Nokia Lumia 520 vs Samsung Galaxy Note III

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia	Samsung
Announced
February 2013	Expected Announcement - September 2013
Status
Available - April 2013	Rumored - Q4 2013
Colors
Yellow, red, cyan, white/black	Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)	-
Weight
124 g (4.37 oz)	-
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA
4G Network
-	LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar]	5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.47%	-
Multi-Touch

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8	Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]	Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 / Exynos 5420 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar]	Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage	32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB	microSD, up to 64 GB

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]	13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging	Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps	Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar]	Yes [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps	HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5