Difference between Nokia Lumia 520 and Micromax A116 Canvas HD
Key Difference: The Nokia Lumia 520 is a 4-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen smartphone that offers 480x800 pixels display, which offers approximately 233 ppi. The phone comes with 8 GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 64 GB. The phone offers 1 GHz on its dual-core snapdragon S4 and only 512 MB RAM, which is slightly disappointing. The Micromax A116 Canvas HD is the successor to the really popular Micromax A110 Canvas 2 and is better than its predecessor in every way. It features a 5.0 inch display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It runs on a Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 and 1 GB of RAM.
Nokia is a Finnish cell phone company, well known for its superb battery power and durability of its phones, and is the only phone that has not yet integrated its smartphones with Android. Nokia has been single-handedly leading Microsoft Windows OS 8 in the smartphone market. Most of the smartphones have become a pricy accessory to own, and if people opt for a cheaper phone, they must sacrifice on some features. To make a mark in the low- to mid-range smartphone market, Nokia has announced the Lumia 520, which should be available in April 2013 in India (release dates for the rest of the world is yet unannounced) and is currently up for pre-orders on many websites. It has even reached to the second-spot following Samsung Galaxy Grand on the Indian website, Flipkart. The phone is a variant of its big brothers 820 and 920, minus some ‘flash’ features. The Lumia 520 is a 4-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen smartphone that offers 480x800 pixels display, which offers approximately 233 ppi. This is pretty good display screen for a mid-range smartphone.
The Lumia 520 is a bar phone with the straight sharp edges and is available with the standard Windows Tile layout. The phone comes with 8 GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 64 GB. The phone offers 1 GHz on its dual-core snapdragon S4 and only 512 MB RAM, which is slightly disappointing. Another let down is the lack of a secondary camera, which makes it difficult to video conferencing. The phone does offer a 5MP autofocus primary camera, with 4X digital zoom and no flash. However, the company claims to use the same digital lens that is found on the flagship. The camera offers features such as Landscape orientation, Auto and manual exposure, Auto and manual white balance, Cinemagraph lens and Smart Shoot lens. The smart shoot lens allows the user to change individual objects in the photo and replace them with objects from the other photos. For example: incase the user is taking photos of two people; however, he does not like the expression of one person in the photo, they can swap the face for another face from another photo. The phone is customizable with changeable shells. The phone has a monoblock casing with the sleep/wake button, camera button and volume buttons on the right-hand side of the phone. Nokia also offers the Windows Office, plus Nokia Music and Nokia Maps. The phone also offers many different features including 7GB free SkyDrive storage.
Micromax is one such company that has made it a point to offer high-range features on low- and mid-range phones. These phones are appealing to the eyes and do not require such heavy investment. These phones have become disposable, to be used until something better comes along. Such phones include the Micromax A116. It has been known to give excellent competition to Karbonn phones, Samsung mid-range phones and is even beating out Nokia phones. Samsung Galaxy Grand is a mid-range phone that is launched by Samsung Corporation.
The Micromax A116 Canvas HD is the successor to the really popular Micromax A110 Canvas 2 and is better than its predecessor in every way. It features a 5.0 inch display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It runs on a Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 and 1 GB of RAM, making is faster than its predecessor and most mid-market smartphones at the time. It comes with Android OS v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), and has a planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean). Like its predecessor, it is also a Dual-SIM phone and has an internal memory of 4 GB, of which 1.77 GB is available to the user. The phone has an 8 MP primary camera and a 2 MP secondary camera
The information for the detailed table about the two phones has been taken from the Nokia website, techradar.com, Micromax website, flipkart.com and GSMArena.com.
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Nokia Lumia 520 |
Micromax A116 Canvas HD |
Launch Date |
April 2013 |
February 2013 |
Company |
Nokia |
Micromax |
Size |
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm |
144 x 74 x 10.7 mm |
Display |
4'' IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Screen |
480 x 800 pixels (~233 ppi pixel density) |
720 x 1280 pixels, 5.0 inches (~294 ppi pixel density) |
Protection |
Scratch-resistant glass |
Yes |
Weight |
124 grams |
156 g |
2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions |
GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - RM-914 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-915 HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-917 |
HSDPA 2100 |
4G Network |
N/A |
No |
GUI |
Windows Phone 8 |
Custom UI |
CPU speed |
1 GHz Dual-core Snapdragon S4 |
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 |
GPU |
Adreno 305 |
PowerVR SGX544 |
OS |
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 |
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) |
Chipset |
Qualcomm MSM8227 |
MTK MT6589 |
RAM |
512 MB |
1 GB RAM |
SIM Size |
microSIM |
Dual SIM (Mini-SIM) |
Internal Memory |
8 GB |
4 GB (1.77 GB user available) |
Expandable Memory |
Up to 64 GB |
microSD, up to 32 GB |
Sensors |
Brightness control, Orientation sensor, Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, proximity |
Proximity sensor, Motion sensor, Gravity sensor, Light sensor |
Connectivity |
GSM, WCDMA, Micro-USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi |
3G , Bluetooth 4.0 , Wi-Fi , USB 2.0, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, GPS |
Data |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB. |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
Speed |
HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 HSPA 2100 MHz HSPA+ (DL-21Mbps, UL-11Mbps) depends upon network |
WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot |
Bluetooth |
Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP |
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP |
USB |
microUSB v2.0 |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Primary Camera |
5MP, autofocus camera |
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash |
Secondary Camera |
No |
Yes, 2 MP |
Video |
720p@30fps |
Yes, 720p@30fps |
Camera Features |
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Sound Enhancement |
None |
No |
Audio supported formats |
MP3, AMR-NB, WMA 10 Pro, GSM FR, WMA 9, AAC LC, AAC+/HEAAC, eAAC+/HEAACv2, ASF, MP4, AAC, AMR, MP3, M4A, WMA, 3GP, 3G2 |
MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player |
Video supported formats |
MP4, ASF, WMV, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, MOV |
MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player |
Battery Capacity |
Li-Ion 1430 mAh battery |
Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery |
Talktime |
2G: 14.8 hours 3G: 9.6 hours |
2G: 5 hours |
Standby Time |
3G: 360 hours |
2G: 174 hours |
Available Colors |
Yellow, red, cyan, white/black |
Black, White |
Messaging |
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Browser |
HTML5 |
HTML5 |
Radio |
No |
FM radio |
GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
Java |
No |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Additional Features |
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Image Courtesy: nokia.com, fonearena.com
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