Phone Comparison - Nokia C3 vs Nokia Lumia 720 vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Samsung
Announced April 2010 February 2013 April 2013
Status Available - June 2010 Available - April 2013 Available - May 2013
Colors Slate Grey, Golden White, Hot Pink, Black White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm, 63.2 cc
(4.55 x 2.29 x 0.54 in, 2.49 cc )
127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
Weight 114 g (4.02 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 203
RAM 64 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 55 MB 8 GB storage 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available)
External Memory microSD, up to 8GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.4 inches 4.3 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (167 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.48% 60.94% 60.19%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, QCIF@15fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 1000 entries Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 55 MB, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 8GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 2000 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 800 h Up to 520 h Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 9 h