Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 800 vs Nokia Asha 500

Nokia Lumia 800
nokia lumia 800
Nokia Asha 500
nokia asha 500
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2011 October 2013
Status Available - November 2011 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 3 cc)
100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 101 g (3.56 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] -
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] -
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 64 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage N/A
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 2.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.72% 41.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics No
Features Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes,QVGA@13fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Class 33 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

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 (BL-4U)
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Up to 840 h
Talk Time Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h