Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 520 vs Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Microsoft
Announced February 2013 October 2013 November 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - December 2013 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
99.6 x 59.5 x 11.1 mm
(3.92 x 2.34 x 0.44 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
No HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Nokia Asha software platform 1.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 305 - Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 64 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage N/A 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 47.27% 68.08%
Multi-Touch yes up yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Fixed Focus, Auto and Manual White Balance, Full Screen Viewfinder, Capture Modes, Scene Modes, Color Tone Modes, Image Editor Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, QVGA@15fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 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 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 64 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB 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 Li-Ion Battery (BL-5A) Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A)
Capacity 1430 mAh 1010 mAh 1905 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 576 h Up to 336 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
Up to 13 h 42 min Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)