Comparison: nokia lumia 1020 vs iphone 5

This time it is the turn of the great Iphone 5 to measure its forces against the Nokia Lumia 1020. We are talking about two high-end smartphones that have very good features, which we will check throughout the comparison if they also have a quality ratio- Reasonable price. With our work we only seek to demonstrate whether or not the difference in cost is proportional to its characteristics. As always, the Professional Review team looks forward to helping you. We start:

Designs: the nokia Lumia 1020 has dimensions of 130.4 mm high × 71.4 × 10.4 millimeters thick and weighs 158 grams. The casing is made of a single piece of polycarbonate, presenting a perfect union, which gives it great robustness. We can find it available in white, black and yellow. The American smartphone for its part has 123.8 mm high x 58.5 mm wide x 7.6 mm thick and 112 grams. As for its case, the iPhone for its part has a back and side case made of aluminum and stainless steel. The entire front part of the terminal is made up of an oleophobic cover.

Screens: from the Lumia 1020 we have a super-sensitive that has a size of 4.5 inches AMOLED , which makes it brighter and consumes less energy, in addition to being accompanied with ClearBlack, a technology that makes it perfectly readable in sunlight. Its resolution is 1280 x 768 pixels, giving it a density of 334 pixels per inch. The iPhone 5 for its part, presents a 4-inch TFT with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels . Its IPS technology gives your screen a wide viewing angle and vivid colors. Both terminals use Corning glass to protect against accidents: Gorilla Glass 3 for the Finnish model and Gorilla Glass for the Apple model.

Processors: the Nokia for its part presents a Qualcomm Snapdragon ^TM S4 dual-core 1.5 GHz CPU and an Adreno 225 graphics chip, while the iPhone 5 is accompanied by a dual-core Apple 6A chip It works at 1.2 GHz, which will allow us to be up to date in terms of games and applications that will work quickly and smoothly. They also have differences in terms of RAM, being 1 GB in the case of the iPhone and 2 GB if we are referring to the Lumia. The Windows Phone 8 operating system is present in the Nokia model, while the apple smartphone manages with IOS6.

Cameras: they present a big difference, since the Lumia has 41 megapixels in its main objective, while the iPhone 5 stays at 8 megapixels. Both share functions such as autofocus and LED flash, although the Nokia model also incorporates a Xenon. Its front cameras are rather similar since the Finnish smartphone has 1.2 megapixels and Apple's 2.1 megapixels, in both cases useful for video conferencing or the occasional snapshot. As for video recordings, the two terminals can make recordings with their main objective at 1080p and 30 fps, although the Nokia plays with the advantage of being able to enlarge the image up to six times without losing any quality. In addition, its Nokia Rich Recording application gives it very clear audio.

Internal memories: the two terminals coincide in having a 32 GB and a 64 GB model for sale , although the iPhone 5 also has another 16 GB of ROM. Both terminals lack the possibility of expansion via microSD, however in the case of the Nokia we can count on free 7 GB cloud storage .

Connectivity: both devices have basic connections such as 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, although they also offer LTE / 4G support , as is common among high-end smartphones.

Batteries: the Lumia and the iPhone have 2000 and 1440 mAh respectively, so they do not stand out especially, although especially in the case of the apple model they have not taken much trouble to improve this aspect with respect to their previous terminals.

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Prices: the iPhone 5 is a very expensive terminal: currently it can be found new for an amount that exceeds 500 euros in most cases. However, as with many terminals, we can take advantage of permanence rates offered by our operator. The nokia Lumia 1020 is even more expensive: it is a high-end device with very good features, especially if we talk about its camera, which makes its cost skyrocket, making it less accessible to most people. Whoever can get hold of it will find it in black and free for 562 euros on the pccomponentes website. In conclusion, we are talking about two high-end terminals at exorbitant prices, which nevertheless have their audience, even though they are in crisis!

	Nokia Lumia 1020	iPhone 5
screen	4.5 inch AMOLED	4 inch TFT Full HD IPS Plus
Resolution	1280 × 768 pixels	1136 × 640 pixels
Screen type	Gorilla Glass 3	Gorilla Glass
Internal memory	32GB and 64GB models	Model 16GB / 32GB / 64GB
OS	Windows Phone 8	IOS 6
Battery	2, 000 mAh	1440 mAh
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11b / g / nBluetooth 3G 4G / LTE	WiFi 802.11a / b / g / nBluetooth 4.0 3G 4G / LTE
Rear camera	40.1 MPA autofocus sensor LED flash and Xenon Full HD 1080p video recording at 30 fps	8 MP Sensor Auto Focus LED flash Full HD 1080p video recording at 30 fps
Frontal camera	1.2 MP	1.3 MP
Processor and graphics	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core 1.5 ghz Adreno 225	1.2GHz dual-core Apple 6A
RAM	2 GB	1 GB
Dimensions	130.4 mm high × 71.4 × 10.4 millimeters thick	123.8 mm high x 58.5 mm wide x 7.6 mm thick