The Nokia Lumia 520 was tagged as the most popular Windows Phone handset of 2013 with combined remarkable performance and cheap price tag. But there’s a new phone Lumia 530 which aims to get the same slice of the cake with its predecessor. It has a lot of working hard to do to live up to the expectations of its users to match the popularity of Lumia 520 but it sure does have a potential. If you want to learn more about these Nokia Lumia handsets, below is a rundown on their similarities and differences.
Similarities
One of the areas that the Nokia Lumia 520 and Lumia 530 are the same is in their features that are impressive enough delighting their users. What’s more to like is that they are offered at very affordable prices carrying reputable digital lenses.
Both phones have the same display screen and design with curved edges and rounded back panels plus builds that allow their users a better grip and a great experience when making long phone calls.
Also, the two units are run by the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and they have 1430mAh user replaceable batteries. If used on a 3G connection, both handsets can sustain up to 10 hours of talk time.
Differences
Of course, a manufacturer would not normally launch two different phones which have the same features and specs because doing so wouldn’t make any sense at all. There should be differences between two phones which holds true for the siblings Nokia Lumia 520 and Nokia Lumia 530.
While both phones are very powerful, they are supported by different processing units. The power behind the Lumia 520 is a dual-core processor that is Qualcomm MSM8227 with GPU of Adreno 305 and speed of 1GHz. This phone uses a RAM of 512MB with internal memory of 8GB. If in need of more storage, the user of the Lumia 530 can get a Micro SD card of up to 64GB.
On the other hand, quad-core processor that is Snapdragon 200 supports the Nokia Lumia 530. It is clocked at a speed of 1.2GHz with a GPU of Adreno 302 and makes use of a RAM of 512MB plus 4GB of internal memory. What’s great about this device is that its storage capacity can be expanded up to 128GB which other competitors fail to imitate.
Ultimately, the Lumia 530 will prove to be a slightly better handset than the Nokia Lumia 520 because of its edge over its sibling in terms of power and storage capacity. If you already have the Lumia 520 though, there is very little difference between the two phones that should make want to swap what you currently have.