For readers who are considering buying the Nokia Lumia 1520 or the Apple iPhone 5S, 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 Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with a 6.0 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The Apple iPhone 5S comes with a 4.0 inch LED backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm dimensions and is comparatively heavy, weighing 209 grams. The iPhone 5S comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and weighs 112 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nokia Lumia 1520 is equipped with a 2.2 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset. It comes with 32 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 5S is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core cyclone processor and Apple A7 chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black operating system and has 2 GB of RAM. The iPhone 5S runs on the iOS 7 operating system and has 1 GB of RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 1520 sports a whopping 20 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus and dual LED flash. The iPhone 5S sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and dual LED flash. Both the devices have a 1.2 MP secondary camera.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 25 hours on 3G or music play of about 124 hours. The iPhone 5S comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1560 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 10 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours.

Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 1520 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $949.95. The iPhone 5S 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $889.95, the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $1,029.95 and the 64 GB variant is priced at around AU $1,199.95 in Australia.

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