Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 vs Sony Xperia E1 Dual vs Nokia 225 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony Nokia
Announced May 2013 January 2014 April 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Available - January 2014 Coming Soon - Q2 2014
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Black, Purple, White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
118 x 62.4 x 12 mm
(4.65 x 2.46 x 0.47 in)
124 x 55.5 x 10.4 mm
(4.88 x 2.19 x 0.41 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 100.6 g (3.53.0.21 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - D2104/D2114
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - D2105
No
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Nokia OS Series 30+
Processor - Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8210 -
GPU - Adreno 302 -
RAM 64 MB 512 MB N/A
Internal Memory 128 MB 4 GB -
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.0 inches 4.0 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% 61.98% 35.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Image Stabilization, Panorama 1/5' Sensor Size
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes, SVGA@30FPS Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Up to 86 kbps Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 237 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM -
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4UL)
Capacity 1200 mAh 1750 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h Up to 366 h (2G)
Up to 441 h (3G)
Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 8 h 13 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 41 min (3G)
Up to 21 h