Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 530 vs Samsung Galaxy J1 vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2014 January 2015 March 2015
Status Available - August 2014 Available - January 2015 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 5,850 ($86.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,300 ($181.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Orange, Gray, Green, Blue Blue, Black, White Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
129 x 68.2 x 8.9 mm
(5.08 x 2.69 x 0.35 in)
10 mm thickness
(0.39 in thickness)
Weight 129 g (4.55 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (single or dual SIM)
HSDPA 850 / 2100 (dual SIM)
HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 -
GPU Adreno 302 - -
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.3 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.08% 59.80% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED Flash LED flash
Features 1/4'' sensor size Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Yes
Video 480p@30fps 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J) Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1430 mAh 1850 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 528 h - -
Talk Time Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (3G) -