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Samsung Galaxy Note II CDMA vs Nokia Lumia 520

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Nokia
Announced
Q3 2012 February 2013
Status
Released - November 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Titanium Gray, Marble White Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
179.4 g (6.31.0.14 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - SCH-I605, SPH-L900, SCH-R950
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - SCH-I605, SCH-R950 -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
68.57% 59.47%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.x (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP4 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Yes
Edge
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Yes
3G
EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL; HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
3100 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by
Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 15 h Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
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