Prices of the previous generation smartphones are seeing a drop with the launch of new smartphones in the market. Readers who are considering the Nokia Lumia 920 or the iPhone 5, here is a specs and price comparison of the two popular devices in Australia.

Display and Design:

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a comparatively bigger 4.5 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 768 x 1280 pixels resolution. The iPhone 5 comes with a 4 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm dimensions and is quite heavy comparatively, weighing 185 grams. The iPhone 5 comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and weighs 112 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Nokia Lumia 920 is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 32 GB of internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The iPhone 5 is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 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 920 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to WP8 Amber. The iPhone 5 runs on iOS 6 operating system, which can be upgraded to the iOS 7. Both the devices have 1 GB of RAM.

Camera:

The Nokia Lumia 920 sports an 8 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus and dual-LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3MP. The iPhone 5 also sports an 8 MP primary camera with features like autofocus and LED flash, the secondary camera on the device is 1.2 MP.

Battery:

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of up to 10 hours on 3G. The iPhone 5 comes with a Non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G.

Readers who wish to save the juice on their smartphones can click here to read about the top 5 battery saving apps that could help increase the battery life on their devices.

Price in Australia:

The Nokia Lumia 920 is priced around AU $349.95 in Australia. The iPhone 5 16 GB variant has a price tag of about AU $779.95, the 32 GB variant has price tag of about AU $849.95 and the 64 GB variant is priced at around AU $899.95 in Australia.