Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 520 vs Acer Liquid Z5 vs Microsoft Lumia 435

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Acer Microsoft
Announced February 2013 January 2014 January 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - February 2014 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Essential White, Gentle Grey Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
145.5 x 73.5 x 8.8 mm
(5.73 x 2.89 x 0.35 in)
118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6572 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-400 Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 64.37% 59.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+ HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1430 mAh 2000 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
- Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
- Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)