Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Nokia Lumia 530

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Nokia
Announced Available - April 2013 September 2013 July 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - September 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Pink White, Orange, Gray, Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - S Pen stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 330 (LTE model) Adreno 302
RAM N/A 3 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 5.7 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 74.98% 59.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR 1/4'' sensor size
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J)
Capacity 2370 mAh 3200 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 420 h (3G) Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 21 h (3G) Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)