Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM vs Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM

Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM
nokia asha 500 dual sim
Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM
nokia lumia 730 dual sim
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2013 September 2014
Status Available - December 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
Weight 101.3 g (3.56.0.11 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 64 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.58% 66.20%
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] 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, 1/3.4'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes,QVGA@13fps 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 42.8 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA, 21.1 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A)
Capacity 1200 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 528 h Up to 600 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)