Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Huawei Ascend Y530

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung Huawei
Announced June 2011 May 2012 January 2014
Status Available - September 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - February 2014
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white Blue, White Black with Grey, Black with Red, Black with Yellow, White with G
Form Factor Candybar 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 )
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
132.5 x 67 x 9.3 mm
(5.22 x 2.64 x 0.37 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8210
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Mali-400MP Adreno 302
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB ROM
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.9 inches 4.8 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 65.84% 62.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Image Stabilization, Panorama, Red-eye reduction, Touch capture
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 86 kbps
Edge Class 33 Class 12 Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 2100 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -