Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 625 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 vs HTC Desire 530

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung HTC
Announced July 2013 October 2014 February 2016
Status Available - August 2013 Available - November 2014 Coming soon
Price - Rs. 14,265 ($209.78) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,990 ($191.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Orange, Bright green, Yellow, Black and white Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.2 x 72.2 x 9.2 mm
(5.24 x 2.84 x 0.36 in)
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm
( 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3 mm
(5.78 x 2.79 x 0.33 in)
Weight 159 g (5.61 oz) 110.3 g (3.88.0.11 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Adreno 305 - Adreno 304
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.05% 65.39% 66.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Yes - -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch focus, Landscape orientation, Auto and manual exposure, Auto and manual white balance, Active toolbar, Full screen viewfinder, Geotagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, f/2.4, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.8 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 1900 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 552 h - -
Talk Time Up to 23 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 15 h 12 min (3G)
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