Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 550 vs Nokia 230

Microsoft Lumia 550
microsoft lumia 550
Nokia 230
nokia 230
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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Nokia
Announced October 2015 November 2015
Status Available - December 2015 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 141.9 (4.97.0.32) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows 10 -
Processor Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 [Similar] -
GPU Adreno 304 [Similar] -
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 16 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 2.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) [Similar] 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.94% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus -
Video 720p@30fps 240p@15fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 480p [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot No
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou No
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 23 h