Two of the more popular smartphones which are not too heavy on the purse are the Nokia Lumia 520 and Sony Xperia E. For readers who are considering the two devices, here is a specs and price comparison of the two devices in Australia.

Display and Design

The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with a 4-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixel resolution. The Sony Xperia E comes with a 3.5-inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 320 x 480 pixel resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm dimensions and weighs 124 g. The Sony Xperia E comes with 113.5 x 61.8 x 11 mm dimensions and is slightly lighter, weighing 115.7 g.

Hardware and Operating System

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 Sony Xperia E is equipped with a 1 GHz cortex A5 processor and Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon 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 runs on Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to WP8 Amber. The Sony Xperia E runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Both the devices come with 512 MB of RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 520 sports a 5 MP camera, which can shoot both pictures and video. The Sony Xperia E sports a 3.15 MP camera with similar features. Both the devices do not have a secondary camera.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 520 comes with a Li-ion 1,430 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 9 hours and 40 minutes on 3G. The Sony Xperia E comes with a Li-ion 1,530 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 6 hours and 18 minutes on 3G.

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Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 520 is priced at around AU $179.95 in Australia. The Sony Xperia E is priced at around AU $129.95 and the dual SIM variant is priced at around AU $169.95 in Australia.