Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 503 vs Huawei Ascend Y221 vs HTC Desire 526G+ Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Huawei HTC
Announced October 2013 December 2014 January 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - December 2014 Available - January 2015
Price - Rs. 10,800 ($158.82) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 6,379 ($93.81) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, black, green, red, blue, white Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.6 x 60.6 x 12.7 mm
(4.04 x 2.39 x 0.5 in)
116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.59 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
139.8 x 69.65 x 9.8 mm
(5.5 x 2.74 x 0.39 in)
Weight 110.2 g (3.88.0.07 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (single or dual SIM) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 (single or dual SIM)
HSDPA 850 / 2100 (dual SIM)
HSDPA 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 1.2 Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor - Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572M Octa-core 1.7 GHz
GPU - Mali-400 -
RAM 64 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory N/A 4 GB 8/16 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 Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 3.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (234 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 45.05% 51.56% 62.73%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features - Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v3.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS No No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 1350 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 840 h (2G)
Up to 840 h (3G)
Up to 225 h Up to 622 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 4 h Up to 15 h (3G)