Nokia Lumia 520 vs Nokia Asha 501

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia	Nokia
Announced
February 2013	May 2013
Status
Available - April 2013	Available - June 2013
Colors
Yellow, red, cyan, white/black	Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)	99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm (3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
Weight
124 g (4.37 oz)	98 g (3.46 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100	N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	256K colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar]	3.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]	240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.47%	48.68%
Multi-Touch

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8	Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]	-
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar]	-
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	64 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage	128 MB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB	microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]	3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging	Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps	Yes,QVGA@15fps
Front Camera
No [Similar]	No [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge
Yes	Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps	N/A
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP	Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS	No
Browser
HTML5	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Phonebook
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall	4000 Contacts
Internal
8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM	128 MB, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB	microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included