Nokia X vs Lumia 520: A comparison

New Delhi: The recently launched Nokia X series android smartphones have become the talk of the town as it to offer a serviceable hybrid Android/ Live Tile experience wrapped in a handsome design. The Nokia X is a neat little phone that is well constructed, has an interesting new UI and is breaking new ground, but it seems a bit expensive for that's on offer. The Lumia 520 offers a full-fledged, fluid and friendly smartphone experience, but it sits in the shadow of the 620. It is also probably the best Windows phone that you can buy in the market, thanks to its impressive specs and low-end price.Read on to find out the difference between the two phones:DesignBoth the Nokia X and Lumia 520 come with a premium polycarbonate design, and are easy to hold. Both these devices deliver what Nokia is known for, with good design and build quality, despite the affordable price point.Winner: Nokia XDisplayBoth these devices offer 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display churning out 223 pixels per inch (ppi). The Lumia 520 has got scratch resistant coating on top whereas it's absent from the Nokia X. Lumia 520 has an edge here.Winner: Lumia 520HardwareThe Nokia X has a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon SoC whereas the Lumia 520′s unit boasts the similar specs and same clock speed but has a different chipset. Moreover, both devices have 512MB of RAM. While the Nokia X has an Adreno 203 GPU (Graphic Processing Unit), the Lumia 520 has an Adreno 305 GPU (Graphic Processing Unit).Having better GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) and different chipset than Nokia X, Lumia 520 wins this leg.Winner: Lumia 520StorageLumia 520 has got larger storage of 8GB internal memory that is expandable up to 64GB via microSD slot card as compared to Nokia X, which has 4GB internal memory, which is expandable up to 32GB. Lumia 520 also supports up to 21.1Mbps download speed on HSDPA while the Nokia X tops at 7.2Mbps.Winner: Lumia 520CameraThe Lumia 520 sports a 5-megapixel rear camera whereas Nokia X gets a 3-megapixel unit. None of them have secondary camera but have higher resolution and have got the ability to shoot 720p video, which makes the Lumia 520 a winner here. The Nokia X is only capable of shooting videos in 480p resolution.Winner: Lumia 520 SoftwareWhile X uses Nokia's X Software, a forked version of Android, Lumia 520 runs on Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. Both devices come incorporated with Nokia and Microsoft services such as Outlook, Skype, HERE maps (Nokia's own APP store), Nokia Music and so on. The best thing about the Nokia X is that it can run many Android apps. Moreover, if you do not find it in Nokia store then you can side-load it from another store. Given that Android has a larger app database than Windows it might not be possible to run the entire app, which is a plus point for the X.Winner: Nokia XBatteryLumia 520 gives you talktime up to 14.80 hours whereas Nokia X gives only 13.30 hours. In this round, Lumia 520 wins the race.Winner: Nokia 520ConclusionIf you are looking for range of apps, then the Nokia X, priced at Rs 8,599, is a better option for you. However, priced approximately at Rs 7,700, the Lumia 520 offers better hardware than the Nokia X.If apps are not important to you, then the Lumia 520 wins the race with better camera, a display with scratch resistant coating and the prospects of faster Internet browsing speed.