Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 610 vs Nokia Asha 305 vs Nokia Asha 230

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced February 2012 June 2012 February 2014
Status Available - April 2012 Available - July 2012 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors White, Cyan, Magenta, Black Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 12 mm, 77.6 cc
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.47 in, 3.06 cc)
110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm
(4.34 x 2.12 x 0.5 in)
99.5 x 58.6 x 13.2 mm
(3.92 x 2.31 x 0.52 in)
Weight 131.5 g (4.62.0.18 oz) 98 g (3.46 oz) 89.3 g (3.14.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A No
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango S40 Asha Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor 800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon - -
GPU Adreno 200 - -
RAM 256 MB 32 MB N/A
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 10 MB, 64 MB ROM -
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors 256K colors
Size 3.7 inches 3.0 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.88% 43.44% 41.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 960 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection - -
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 176x144@10fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n No No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No A-GPS support only
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM -
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1300 mAh (BP-3L) 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1020 mAh
Stand by Up to 580 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 528 h Up to 504 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h Up to 12 h