Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 535

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia Microsoft
Announced June 2009 July 2014 November 2014
Status Available - June 2009 Available - August 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,000 ($102.94) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark grey Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 302 Adreno 302
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 59.08% 68.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM Radio FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging 1/4' Sensor Size Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 480p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J) Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A)
Capacity 1430 mAh 1905 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 528 h Up to 552 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)