Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Ace vs Nokia Asha 311 vs Nokia Asha 501

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Nokia
Announced January 2011 June 2012 May 2013
Status Available - February 2011 Available - August 2012 Available - June 2013
Colors Black, Hugo Boss Edition Dark Grey, Rose Red, Blue, Brown, Sand White Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm
(4.43 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
106 x 52 x 12.9 mm
(4.17 x 2.05 x 0.51 in)
99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 95 (3.35) 98 g (3.46 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 S40 Asha Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0
Processor 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset 1 GHz -
GPU Adreno 200 - -
RAM N/A 128 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 158 MB storage 140 MB, 256 MB ROM 128 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors 256K colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.0 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.06% 46.77% 48.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection - Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, VGA@25fps Yes,QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No No
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall 4000 Contacts
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 158 MB storage 140 MB, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM 128 MB, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1350 mAh 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 640 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 696 h (2G)
Up to 768 h (3G)
Up to 624 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 17 h