Phone Comparison - ZTE Blade vs ZTE Blade II V880+ vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE ZTE Nokia
Announced October 2010 February 2012 February 2013
Status Available - November 2010 Available - March 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black, White Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116 x 56.5 x 11.8 mm
(4.57 x 2.22 x 0.46 in)
115.1 x 57.9 x 10.9 mm
(4.53 x 2.28 x 0.43 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 117.4 g (4.13.0.14 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 200 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 150 MB storage 200 MB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED or LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (267 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (267 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.02% 52.15% 59.47%
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 Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 200 MB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1250 mAh 1200 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 192 h - Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h - Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)