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Nokia Lumia 520 vs Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM

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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S4 Plus

512 MB RAM

64 MB RAM

Display

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px

2.8" (7.11 cm)

240x320 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

2 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1430 mAh

9.7 h talktime (3G)

1200 mAh

14 h talktime (2G)

Storage

8 GB

64 GB (Expandable)

128 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Ratings

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3.9/5 based on 381 ratings

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General
Launch Date

April 26, 2013 (Official)

December 25, 2013 (Official)

Operating System

Windows Phone v8

Nokia Asha

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227

CPU

Dual core, 1 GHz, Krait

Graphics

Adreno 305

RAM

512 MB

64 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

59.35 %

41.69 %

Screen Protection

Display Colour

262k

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 119.9 mm
Width: 64 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm

Height: 100.3 mm
Width: 58.1 mm
Thickness: 12.8 mm

Weight

124 grams

101.3 grams

Colours

Black, Red, White, Yellow, Cyan

Black, Green, Red, White, Yellow

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP f/2.4, Primary Camera(28 mm focal length)

2 MP Primary Camera

Autofocus

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation, ISO control

Camera Features

4 x Digital Zoom
Touch to focus

4 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

320x240 @ 15 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1430 mAh

1200 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 9.7 Hours(3G) / Up to 17.4 Hours(2G)

Up to 14 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 840 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

8 GB

128 MB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 64 GB

, Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Dual SIM, GSM+GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Micro

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 21.1 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
236.8 kbps

2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
GPRS:
42.8 kbps
EDGE:
236.8 kbps

SIM 2

2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz

SAR Value

Head: 0.86 W/kg, Body: 0.88 W/kg

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v4.0

, v3.0

GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

USB Connectivity

Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

, Video Formats: 3GP, H.263, H.264, MPEG4

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: 3GP, AAC, AMR, MIDI, MP3, WAV

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Games

Java

, MIDP 2.1

Browser

, HTML, WAP 2.0, XHTML

Phone Book

, Limited

Email

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Other Facilities

Stopwatch, World clock, Calendar, Alarm

Applications

WhatsApp