Nokia 603 vs Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Comparison and Differences

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Nokia 603

Nokia 603

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Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE

Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE

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Nokia 603 or Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia 603 Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
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Release date 2011, October 2015, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 113.5 x 57.1 x 12.7 mm | 4.47 x 4.47 x 2.25 in 141.3 x 72.2 x 8.8 mm | 5.56 x 5.56 x 2.84 in
Weight 109.6 g | 3.87 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
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Colors Black, white (front panel)/ black, white, fuchsia, green, yellow, blue (back panel) Glossy cyan, Orange, White, Matte black
Battery 0 mAh, 2500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 460 h (2G) / Up to 490 h (3G)
Talking time - Up 16 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 75 h
Stand by time - Up to 864 h (2G) / Up to 864 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 26 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 17 h 30 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 3.5" in 5" in
Screen area 33.8 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 52.1% 67.6%
Screen resolution 360 x 640 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 210 PPI 294 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Nokia ClearBlack display - ClearBlack display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -5 MP -8 MP, f/2.2, 28mm (wide), 1/4'', AF
Functions fixed focus LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 1 MP, Single
Specifications 1 MP
Video 720p

Performance

Operating system - OS Symbian Belle, upgradable to Belle FP1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1, upgradable to Microsoft Windows 10
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU - 1.0 GHz - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 2 GB (340 MB user available), 512 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

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Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - T-Mobile
Speed HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Class 33 Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.33 W/kg (head)     1.02 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- SNS integration
-MP4/WMV/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/еAAC+ player
-Dolby Digital Plus (via FP1 update)
-Photo editor
-Organizer
-Quickoffice document editor
-Adobe PDF Reader
-Voice command/dial
-Predictive text input

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