Phone Comparison - Nokia N97 vs Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Apple Nokia
Announced November 2008 June 2009 July 2014
Status Available - June 2009 Available - June 2009 Available - August 2014
Colors White, Black Black, White Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
(4.61 x 2.18 x 0.63 in, 3.46 cc )
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
Weight 150 g (5.29 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 302
RAM 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (210 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 50.75% 59.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visu No FM Radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics No No
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging 1/4' Sensor Size
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA@15fps [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB No 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 not 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-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J)
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
408 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)