Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Nokia Lumia 520

Nokia 5230
nokia 5230
Nokia Lumia 520
nokia lumia 520
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced August 2009 February 2013
Status Available - November 2009 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor 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)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network 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
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 128 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 59.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 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)