For readers who are considering buying the Nokia Lumia 720 or the Lumia 820, 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 720 comes with a 4.3 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Lumia 820 comes with a 4.3 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 720 comes with 127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm dimensions and weighs 128 grams. The Lumia 820 comes with 123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm dimensions and weighs 160 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nokia Lumia 720 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 Lumia 820 is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

Both the devices run on the Android Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to the WP8 Black version. The Nokia Lumia 720 has 512 MB of RAM and the Lumia 820 has 1 GB of RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 720 sports a 6.1 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3 MP. The Lumia 820 sports an 8 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 720 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 13 hours and 20 minutes on 3G or music play of about 79 hours. The Lumia 820 comes with a Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 55 hours.

Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 720 is priced at around AU $259.95 and the Lumia 820 is priced at around AU $269.95 in Australia.

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