For readers who are considering buying the Nokia Lumia 800 or the Lumia 900 before the holiday season, 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 800 comes with a 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixel resolution. The Lumia 900 comes with 4.3-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixel resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 800 comes with 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm dimensions and weighs 142 g. The Lumia 900 comes with 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm dimensions and is comparatively heavier, weighing 160 g.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nokia Lumia 800 is equipped with a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor and Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Lumia 900 is also equipped with a 1.4 GHz Scorpion and Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon chipset. The internal memory is also similar with 16 GB of memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

Both the devices run on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system and both come with 512 MB of RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 800 sports an 8 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual-LED flash and does not come with a secondary camera. The Lumia 900 also sports an 8 MP primary camera with similar features. The secondary camera on the device is 1 MP.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 800 comes with a non-removable Li-ion 1,450 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 9 hours and 30 minutes on 3G or music play of about 55 hours. The Lumia 900 comes with a non-removable Li-ion 1,830 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 7 hours on 3G or music play of about 60 hours.

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Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 800 is priced at AU $319.95 and the Lumia 900 is priced at AU $379.95 in Australia.