Nokia Lumia 1520 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3

We are living in the 21st Century where the tech innovators have taken our Smartphone usage experience to a very high degree. It was a time when mobile phones were intended just for making calls or texting. Nowadays, mobile phones rather say Smartphones are made to do more than that. They entertain us, enable us to work on the move, take pictures, work as virtual money, navigate us, connect us to our friends & relatives and do a lot more than needed.

Almost every Smartphone manufacturer has its offering in the high end Smartphone segment to showcase the best of their technical achievements. If you are also planning to buy a high end Smartphone, we have something really interesting for you.

Here we bring you a neck to neck, high voltage specs comparison test between two flagship Smartphones of their respective manufacturers. The first Smartphone comes from the Finnish manufacturers, i.e; Nokia Lumia 1520, while the second Smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 3 comes from the No.1 Smartphone manufacturers based in South Korea. Lets have a look on the comparison: Nokia Lumia 1520 vs Galaxy Note 3

Display:

Nokia Lumia 1520 sports a 6-inch ClearBlack IPS LCD Touch Screen, which produces a brilliant resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels at a rate of 367 pixels per inch. For its safety, it is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sports 5.7 inch Super AMOLED Capacitive Touch screen. This also produces Full HD resolution at a rate of 386 pixels per inch. It has a bit smaller display but it produces better colors and pixel density than its rival.

Hardware configuration:

Nokia Lumia 1520 is a very powerful device. Beneath its body, it carries a 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset processor coupled with 2GB of RAM.

While the LTE variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is powered by a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 Quad Core Processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. Multitasking and running hard core games & applications is a buttery task on this Smartphone. With the support of massive 3GB RAM, things will work very smooth on this device.

Operating System:

Nokia Lumia 1520 runs on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 Operating System with the latest Amber update. Whereas Samsung Galaxy Note 3 runs on the latest Google’s Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Operating System.

It is well known that Google’s Play Store owns much more apps & games when compared to the Windows App Store. But recently Microsoft has added many exclusive interesting applications and games which makes it a strong contender. The HERE DRIVE+ navigation app in Windows App Store is no doubt the best navigation app till date.

Camera:

Nokia Lumia 1520 houses a very brilliant 20 megapixels PureView camera on its rear back. It features optical image stabilization, Zeiss optics and a 1/2.5 inch sensor size and Dual LED flash.  For your video calls, this Smartphone also carries a 1.2 megapixels camera on its front.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 houses a 13 Megapixels Autofocus Rear camera coupled with LED flash. It features HD recording, Dual Shot, Geo-tagging, image stabilization, touch focus and a bunch of other features. It also carries a 2 Megapixels secondary camera for video calling.

Storage:

Both these Smartphone offers 32GB on board storage memory. You can add an external MicroSD card up to 64GB on both the devices.

Connectivity:

For connectivity, Nokia Lumia 1520 supports 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS with A-GPS, WI-Fi, WI-Fi hotspot, NFC, USB 2.0, MicroUSB and other standard options like 3.5mm audio jack.

One variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 supports 4G LTE connectivity including the stock options as 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, WI-Fi, WI-Fi Hotspot, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, DLNA, NFC, USB 3.0 and 3.5mm audio jack.

Battery:

Nokia Lumia 1520 is fuelled by a 3400mAH battery, while the Note 3 is fuelled by a 3200mAH battery.

Final Verdict:

Both Nokia Lumia 1520 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 boast all the essential flavors of an all rounder Smartphone. The duo has capability to serve all your demands, what the maximum you can expect from your high end costly Smartphone.

The Camera on the Lumia 1520 is better while the processor and an extra GB of RAM looked better on Note 3. Naming a winner in this comparison test could be a partiality as both have the best of technology advancement on them. They both run on different operating systems too.

Hence, we leave the final decision up to you as we think that both these Smartphones have all the potentials to be your next great buy!!