Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 550 vs Nokia 230

general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Microsoft Nokia
Announced April 2015 October 2015 November 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Available - December 2015 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price Rs. 8,100 ($119.12) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Orange, white, black, cyan Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144 x 73.7 x 9.4 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.37 in)
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 152 g (5.36 oz) 141.9 (4.97.0.32) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim Microsoft Windows 10 -
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 -
GPU Adreno 302 Adreno 304 -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 16 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.7 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.82% 64.94% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Sensor size: 1/4 inch, f/2.2 aperture Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus -
Video 480p@30fps 720p@30fps 240p@15fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 480p [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Up to 236 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot No
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2200 mAh 2100 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 576 h Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 26.2 h (2G)
Up to 14.8 h (3G)
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 23 h