Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 311 vs Nokia Asha 501 Dual SIM vs Nokia Lumia Icon

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2012 May 2013 February 2014
Status Available - August 2012 Available - June 2013 Coming Soon - February 2014
Colors Dark Grey, Rose Red, Blue, Brown, Sand White Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 106 x 52 x 12.9 mm
(4.17 x 2.05 x 0.51 in)
99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
137 x 71 x 9.8 mm
(5.39 x 2.8 x 0.39 in)
Weight 95 (3.35) 91 g (3.21 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 - CDMA version
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - - LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS S40 Asha Nokia Asha software platform 1.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black
Processor 1 GHz - Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU - - Adreno 330
RAM 128 MB 64 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 140 MB, 256 MB ROM 128 MB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 56K colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 3.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.77% 48.68% 70.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 20 MP
Flash No No Dual-LED flash
Features - Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Carl Zeiss optics, 1/2.5' Sensor Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@25fps Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, Video Light, Stereo Sound Rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Yes, Photocall 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 140 MB, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included No
USB OTG Supported - -

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1200 mAh 2420 mAh
Stand by Up to 696 h (2G)
Up to 768 h (3G)
Up to 624 h Up to 432 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 17 h Up to 16 h 20 min