Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Go vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs Nokia Lumia 530

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Nokia
Announced May 2012 April 2013 July 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - May 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors White, Black, Yellow White, Blue White, Orange, Gray, Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
Weight 110g (3.88oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 129 g (4.55 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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Mali-400 Adreno 203 Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage (4 GB user available) 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.3 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.38% 60.19% 59.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection 1/4'' sensor size
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J)
Capacity 1305 mAh 1800 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 9 h Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)