For readers who are considering buying the HTC Desire 300 or the Nokia Lumia 520, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The HTC Desire 300 comes with a 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with a 4 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

The HTC Desire 300 comes with 131.8 x 66.2 x 10.1 mm dimensions and weighs 120 grams. The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm dimensions and weighs 124 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The HTC Desire 300 is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core cortex A5 processor and Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play chipset. It comes with 4 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 32 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Nokia Lumia 520 is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core processor and Qualcomm MSM8227 chipset. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The HTC Desire 300 runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system whereas the Nokia Lumia 520 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to the WP8 Black. Both the devices have 512 MB of RAM.

Camera

The HTC Desire 300 sports a 5 MP primary camera with autofocus and the secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera. The Nokia Lumia 520 sports a 5 MP primary camera with autofocus and does not have a secondary camera.

Battery

The HTC Desire 300 comes with a Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 11 hours on 3G. The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with a Li-Ion 1430 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 9 hours and 40 minutes on 3G.

Price in Australia

The HTC Desire 300 is priced at around AU $189.95 whereas the Nokia Lumia 520 is priced at around AU $179.95.

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