Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Nokia Lumia 520 vs Nokia Asha 503

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced August 2009 February 2013 October 2013
Status Available - November 2009 Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, White Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Yellow, black, green, red, blue, white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
102.6 x 60.6 x 12.7 mm
(4.04 x 2.39 x 0.5 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 110.2 g (3.88.0.07 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Nokia Asha software platform 1.2
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 -
GPU Adreno 305 -
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 8 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.0 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 59.47% 45.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 32 Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

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-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1430 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 840 h (2G)
Up to 840 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)