Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Nokia Lumia 830

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Nokia Nokia
Announced Available - April 2013 July 2013 September 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Yellow Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
(5.13 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM N/A 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack Display, Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 61.80% 69.80%
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, 3264 x 2448 pixels 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels) 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics
Flash LED flash Xenon Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Carl Zeiss optics, Auto Focus, 1/1.2' Sensor Size, ND Filter, Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Optical Zoom, Panorama Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery, Wireless Charging Supported via Cover Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A)
Capacity 2370 mAh 2000 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 384 h Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 19 h 6 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)