For readers who are considering buying the Nokia Lumia 1520 or the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, 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 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra comes with a 6.4 inch capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm dimensions and weighs 209 grams. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra comes with 179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm dimensions and weighs 212 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 upgraded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is equipped with a 2.2 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm MSM8274 or MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black operating system whereas the Sony Xperia Z Ultra runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system. Both the devices have 2 GB of RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 1520 sports a 20 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus and dual-LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.2 MP. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and the secondary camera on the device is 2 MP.

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 Sony Xperia Z Ultra comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 16 hours on 3G or music play of about 120 hours.

Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 1520 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $659.95 and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra C6833 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $599.95 in Australia.