Nokia Lumia 521 vs Samsung Galaxy Note II Comparison

Nokia Lumia 521

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Nokia Lumia 521 General Specs

Screen Size:
4 ''

Release date:
Apr 2013

OS:
Windows Phone OS

Dimensions:
124 x 64 x 9.9 mm

Weight:
124.5 g

Touchscreen type:
Super sensitive touch

Resolution:
WVGA (800 x 480)

Pixels per inch (PPI):
235 ppi

Samsung Galaxy Note II General Specs

Screen Size:
5.5"

Release date:
Sep 2012

OS:
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Dimensions:
80.5 x 151.1 x 9.4 mm

Weight:
182.5g

Touchscreen type:
Multi-touch

Resolution:
1,280 x 720

Pixels per inch (PPI):
265 ppi

Nokia Lumia 521 Camera Specs

Rear camera:
5 MP

Front camera:
-

Flash:
No Flash

Samsung Galaxy Note II Camera Specs

Rear camera:
8 megapixels

Front camera:
1.9 megapixels

Flash:
LED

Nokia Lumia 521 Hardware Specs

Processor:
Dual core, 1000 MHz, Krait

RAM:
512 MB

Internal storage:
8 GB

Expandable storage type:
MicroSD (up to 64GB)

Samsung Galaxy Note II Hardware Specs

Processor:
1.6 GHz quad-core processor

RAM:
2 GB RAM

Internal storage:
16 GB

Expandable storage type:
microSD slot (up to 64GB)

Nokia Lumia 521 Battery Specs

Capacity:
1430 mAh

Talk time:
14.80 hours

Stand-by time:
-

Samsung Galaxy Note II Battery Specs

Capacity:
3100 mAh

Talk time:
35.00 hours

Stand-by time:
40.8 days (980 hours)

Nokia Lumia 521 Connectivity Specs

Wi-Fi:
WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth:
3.0

GPS:
HERE Drive +, HERE Maps, HERE Transit

USB:
USB 2.0

Samsung Galaxy Note II Connectivity Specs

Wi-Fi:
802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi HT40

Bluetooth:
4.0 (Apt-X Codec support) LE

GPS:
A-GPS + GLONASS

USB:
USB 2.0

Nokia Lumia 521 Audio Codecs

Codecs: MP3, AAC LC, AMR-NB, WMA 9, GSM FR, WMA 10 Pro/Audio playback file formats: MP4, AAC, MP3, M4A, WMA, 3G2, AMR, 3GP, ASF

Samsung Galaxy Note II Audio Codecs

MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, WAV, AC-3, Flac

Nokia Lumia 521 Video Codecs

Video playback codecs: VC-1, Windows video, H.264/AVC, H.263, MPEG-4/Video playback file formats: MP4, ASF, WMV, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, MOV

Samsung Galaxy Note II Video Codecs

MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8

Nokia Lumia 521 Sensors

• Ambient light sensor
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor

Samsung Galaxy Note II Sensors

• Accelerometer
• RGB Light
• Digital Compass
• Proximity
• Gyro
• Barometer