Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM vs Nokia 3 vs Nokia 5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Nokia Nokia
Announced April 2015 February 2017 February 2017
Status Available - May 2015 Available - May 2017 Available - May 2017
Price Rs. 8,100 ($119.12) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,499 ($147.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,899 ($199.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Orange, white, black, cyan Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144 x 73.7 x 9.4 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.37 in)
143.4 x 71.4 x 8.5 mm
(5.65 x 2.81 x 0.33 in)
149.7 x 72.5 x 8 mm
(5.89 x 2.85 x 0.31 in)
Weight 152 g (5.36 oz) - -
SIM Type - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, MediaTek MT6737 Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430
GPU Adreno 302 Mali-T720 MP2 Adreno 505
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (282 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.82% 67.18% 68.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 13 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual-Tone)
Features Auto focus, Sensor size: 1/4 inch, f/2.2 aperture Autofocus, f/2.0, 1.12µm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1/3" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR
Video 480p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12 µm pixel size [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-ion Battery
Capacity 2200 mAh 2650 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 576 h - -
Talk Time Up to 26.2 h (2G)
Up to 14.8 h (3G)
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