Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 vs Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 532

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Microsoft
Announced May 2013 July 2014 January 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - August 2014 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 6,450 ($94.85) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark grey Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
118.9 x 65.5 x 11.6 mm
(4.68 x 2.58 x 0.46 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz) 136.3 g (4.8.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor - Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8212 Snapdragon 200
GPU - Adreno 302 Adreno 302
RAM 64 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 128 MB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 4.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% 59.08% 58.60%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder 1/4' Sensor Size Geo-tagging
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps 480p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 1430 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h Up to 528 h Up to 528 h (2G)
Up to 528 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 12 h (3G)