Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Nokia 5230 vs Lenovo A706

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Lenovo
Announced October 2011 August 2009 2013
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2009 Available - 2013
Colors Black Black, White Black, White/Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
136 x 69 x 10.4 mm
(5.35 x 2.72 x 0.41 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset 434 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8225Q Snapdragon
GPU No Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 128 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 70 MB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 3.2 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 49.39% 59.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 32 Yes
Edge Yes Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot No Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 230 h (2G)
Up to 180 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)