Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 500 vs Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM

Nokia Asha 500
nokia asha 500
Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM
nokia lumia 530 dual sim
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2013 July 2014
Status Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
Weight 101 g (3.56 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor - Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 302 [Similar]
RAM 64 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.58% 59.08%
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, 2592 x 1936 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features - 1/4' Sensor Size
Video Yes,QVGA@13fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 42.8 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 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 present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J)
Capacity 1200 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 840 h Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)