Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Lumia 1520 Features, Specs, Display, Memory, News: A Comprehensive Comparison and Review - Go for the Best Option!

By Aishwarya Oct 22, 2014 08:50 AM EDT

Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Lumia 1520 Features, Specs, Display, Price, Memory, News: A Comprehensive Comparison and Review - Go for the Best Option!

Microsoft is providing high-end smartphones by Nokia Lumia series to attract the tech freaks towards the Windows operated phone. Last year the Windows phone manufacturer released Nokia Lumia 1020 in June that achieved satisfactory popularity. So this year the Lumia series presented the sibling of Lumia 1020 named Lumia 1520. Let's have a quick review.

Nokia Lumia 1020 is compact device that has 4.5-inch display size that offers 768 x 1280 pixels resolution. The pixel density is also standard with 332 pixels per inch. The display type is AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M color. The other model, Lumia 1520 comes with giant 5.5-inch display that has 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The pixel density is very impressive with 367 pixels per inch. The display type is IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen. The glass is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 according to GSMARENA.

The Lumia 1020 has been a revolutionary smartphone that contains 41MP rear facing camera though the camera is 38MP effective having 7152 x 5368 pixel picture resolution. As stated in the Gamers Headlines the secondary camera 1.2MP is very disappointing compared to primary. The Lumia 1520 is packed with 20MP back camera and1.2MP front facing camera. Both the devices camera image capture quality really impresses the user every time it has been shot. Features like Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, optical image stabilization, PureView Technology, geo-tagging, face detection, dual LED flash, panorama are common in both the devices.

The hardware specification for Lumia 1020 includes Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-Core 1.5GHz processor that is combined with Adreno 225 GPU. Meanwhile, the Lumia 1520 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset that consists of Quad-Core 2.2GHz Krait 400 processor. The GPU department is boosted with Adreno 330 chip.

The Lumia 1520 has 16GB/32GB internal storage facility with 64GB expandable external storage provision while the Lumia 1020 offers only 32GB/64GB internal storage model without extra memory slot. Both the devices are powered by 2GB of RAM. The price for Lumia 1520 is set at $480 for the 32GB model while the Lumia 1020 costs around $450 as mentioned in the Gigjets.