Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Huawei Ascend Y300

Nokia 5230
nokia 5230
Huawei Ascend Y300
huawei ascend y300
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Huawei
Announced August 2009 March 2013
Status Available - November 2009 Available - March 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 128 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 57.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, 2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1730 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)