Phone Comparison - Nokia N82 vs HTC Desire 500 vs Lenovo A536

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC Lenovo
Announced November 2007 July 2013 September 2014
Status Available - November 2007 Available - September 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Silver, Black Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm, 90 cc
(4.41 x 1.98 x 0.68 in, 3.54 cc )
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
139.6 x 72 x 9.95 mm
(5.5 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
Weight 114 g (4.02 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 332 MHz Dual ARM 11 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M
GPU 3D Graphics HW Accelerator Adreno 203 Mali-400MP2
RAM 128 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 100 MB storage 4 GB 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, hot swap, 2 GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.4 inches 4.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.60% 59.67% 68.49%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio; Visual radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM Radio
Games Yes, N-gage + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera CIF videocall camera [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32, 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Call Records Detailed, max 30 days Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 100 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, hot swap, 2 GB card 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 present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1050 mAh (BP-6MT) 1800 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h (2G)
216 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 20 min (2G)
3 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 15 h 30 min