Nokia Lumia 530 vs LG Optimus 2X Comparison and Differences

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Nokia Lumia 530

Nokia Lumia 530

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Nokia Lumia 530 or LG Optimus 2X Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia Lumia 530 LG Optimus 2X
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Release date 2014, July 2010, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm | 4.71 x 4.71 x 2.45 in 123.9 x 63.2 x 10.9 mm | 4.88 x 4.88 x 2.49 in
Weight 129 g | 4.55 oz 139 g | 4.9 oz
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Colors Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark grey Black
Battery 1430 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h
Talking time - Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 51 h
Stand by time - Up to 400 h
Talking time - Up to 7 h 50 min
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Screen

Technology TFT IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4" in 4" in
Screen area 44.1 cm2 45.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 59.1% 58.2%
Screen resolution 480 x 854 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 245 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -5 MP, 1/4'' -8 MP, AF
Functions LED flash
Video 480p@30fps 1080p@24fps, 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 1.3 MP, Single
Specifications 1.3 MP

Performance

Operating system - OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android 2.2 (Froyo), 2.3, upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (28 nm) - Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 - Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 302 ULP GeForce
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Class 12
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update 2.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.77 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.09 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.27 W/kg (head)     0.62 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.55 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- HDMI port
-DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/WMV player
-MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
-Document editor
-Organizer
-Voice memo/dial/commands
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Also known as Nokia Lumia 530 RM-1017

- Also known as LG P990 Star, LG P990 Optimus Speed

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