Phone Comparison - Nokia N86 8MP vs BLU Advance 4.5 vs Samsung Galaxy A3

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BLU Samsung
Announced February 2009 March 2014 October 2014
Status Available - June 2009 Available - March 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 14,265 ($209.78) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, White White, Black Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 103.4 x 51.4 x 16.5 mm, 69 cc
(4.07 x 2.02 x 0.65 in, 2.72 cc)
133 x 67 x 9.4 mm
(5.24 x 2.64 x 0.37 in)
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm
( 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz) 110.3 g (3.88.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.0 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Broadcom VideoCore IV -
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB ROM 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, PLS Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches 4.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (154 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.31% 62.45% 65.39%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash yes LED flash LED flash
Features Variable Aperture, Geotagging, ISO 800 Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 / 177.6 kbits Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, BLE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh (BL-5K) 1700 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h (2G)
264 h (3G)
Up to 200 h -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 18 min (2G)
3 h 54 min (3G)
Up to 6 h -