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Samsung Galaxy S Duos vs Nokia Lumia 521

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Rs. 5,379
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Rs. 4,449
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Summary
38%
Performance

Snapdragon S1

768 MB RAM

512 MB RAM

Display

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px

4" (10.16 cm)

800x480 px (HD)

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

N/A

Battery

1500 mAh

8.6 h talktime (3G)

1430 mAh

9 h talktime (3G)

Storage

4 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

8 GB

64 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.7/5 based on 4,101 ratings

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos is permanently discontinued.
Nokia Lumia 521 is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Windows Phone v8

Performance
Poor
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A

CPU

Single core, 1 GHz, Cortex A5

Dual core, 1 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4

Graphics

Adreno 200

RAM

768 MB

512 MB

Display
Below Average
Display Type

IPS LCD

Screen Size

4 " (10.16 cm)

Resolution

800x480 px (HD)

Pixel Density

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

59.4 %

57.33 %

Screen Protection

Touch Screen

, , Multi-touch

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 121.5 mm
Width: 63.1 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm

Height: 124 mm
Width: 64 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm

Weight

120 grams

124.5 grams

Build Material

Case: Plastic
Back: Plastic

Colours

Black, White

White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP, Primary Camera(CMOS image sensor)

5 MP, Primary Camera(28 mm focal length)

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

No

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

2592 x 1936 Pixels

Settings

ISO control

Exposure compensation

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection

4 x Digital Zoom
Touch to focus

Video Recording

640x480 @ 30 fps

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Poor
Camera Setup

Single

Resolution

0.3 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Battery
Below Average
Capacity

1500 mAh

1430 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 8.6 Hours(3G) / Up to 12.8 Hours(2G)

Up to 9 Hours(3G) / Up to 8 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 470 Hours(3G) / Up to 570 Hours(2G)

Up to 400 Hours(3G)

Storage
Good
Internal Memory

4 GB

8 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 64 GB

User Available Storage

Up to 1.8 GB

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM, GSM+GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Mini

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

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

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

SIM 1

3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 1700 / 1900 / 850 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 21.1 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class B
EDGE:
236.8 kbps

SIM 2

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

SAR Value

Head: 0.18 W/kg, Body: 0.45 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3.0

, v3.0

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

USB Connectivity

USB 2.0, Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB 2.0

USB 2.0, microUSB

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Applications

Adobe Acrobat Reader, SkyDrive storage, Company Hub, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, OneNote