Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Nokia Lumia 820

Nokia N9
nokia n9
Nokia Lumia 820
nokia lumia 820
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2011 Expected September 2012
Status Available - September 2011 Available - November 2012
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 62.04%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)