Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs Nokia Lumia 520 vs BLU Life View

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia BLU
Announced September 2012 February 2013 March 2013
Status Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
161 x 82.5 x 8.9 mm
(6.34 x 3.25 x 0.35 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK MT6589
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 305 PowerVR Series 5XT
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB storage 16 GB ROM
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.0 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 59.47% 67.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 12 MP, 4000 x 3000 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 1430 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 980 h (2G)
Up to 920 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
Up to 30 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)