Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 vs Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 532

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Microsoft
Announced May 2013 October 2013 January 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - December 2013 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 6,450 ($94.85) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
99.6 x 59.5 x 11.1 mm
(3.92 x 2.34 x 0.44 in)
118.9 x 65.5 x 11.6 mm
(4.68 x 2.58 x 0.46 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 136.3 g (4.8.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 Nokia Asha software platform 1.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor - - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8212 Snapdragon 200
GPU - - Adreno 302
RAM 64 MB 64 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 128 MB N/A 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 3.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% 47.27% 58.60%
Multi-Touch yes up yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Fixed Focus, Auto and Manual White Balance, Full Screen Viewfinder, Capture Modes, Scene Modes, Color Tone Modes, Image Editor Geo-tagging
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes, QVGA@15fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 64 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BL-5A) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 1010 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h Up to 576 h Up to 528 h (2G)
Up to 528 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 13 h 42 min Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 12 h (3G)