Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 800 vs Nokia Lumia 820 vs Nokia Lumia 830

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2011 Expected September 2012 September 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2012 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar 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)
123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 150 g (5.29 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900 LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.72% 62.04% 69.80%
Multi-Touch yes 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 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 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 present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A)
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1650 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)