Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 Dual SIM vs Acer Liquid S1 vs Nokia X

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Acer Nokia
Announced May 2013 June 2013 February 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Coming Soon - Q3 2013 Available - February 2014
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Black White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
- 115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm
(4.55 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
Weight 91 g (3.21 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz) 128.7 g (4.52.0.25 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.0 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Nokia X Software Platform 1.0 Based on Android v4.1.2 (JellyBean)
Processor - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex A-7, MTK 6589 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU - PowerVR SGX 544MP Adreno 203
RAM 64 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 128 MB 8 GB storage 4 GB ROM
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 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 5.7 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% - 62.71%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 3 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Auto-focus, Geo tagging Fixed focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB ROM, 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor 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
Capacity 1200 mAh 2400 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h - Up to 408 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h - Up to 13 h 18 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)