Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Nokia Lumia 720

Nokia N9
nokia n9
Nokia Lumia 720
nokia lumia 720
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2011 February 2013
Status Available - September 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 60.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 520 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)