Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 800 vs Sony Xperia Go vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony Nokia
Announced October 2011 May 2012 February 2013
Status Available - November 2011 Available - July 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta White, Black, Yellow Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 3 cc)
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 110g (3.88oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage (4 GB user available) 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.72% 54.38% 59.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Class 33 Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1305 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)