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Samsung Galaxy S III I535 vs Nokia Lumia 520

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Nokia
Announced
June 2012 February 2013
Status
Available - July 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Pebble blue, Marble white Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
137.2 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm
(5.4 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
133.2 g (4.69.0.07 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 13 -
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
4.8 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.09% 59.47%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 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, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM Radio
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
HSPA+, Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 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
2100 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by
Up to 200 h 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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