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Nokia Asha 306

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Network
Technology	GSM	GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y
		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network		HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F
		HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile)
4G Network		1, 3, 5, 7, 8 - G530F
		1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - G530FZ
		1, 3, 5, 8, 28 - G530Y
		1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40 - G531F LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
Speed		HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps

Launch
Announced	2012, June. Released 2012, July	2014, September 30. Released 2014, October
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Body
Dimensions	110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm, 66 cc (4.34 x 2.12 x 0.50 in)	144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight	96 g (3.39 oz)	156 g (5.50 oz)
Build		Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM	Mini-SIM	Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display
Type	TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors	TFT
Size	3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~43.2% screen-to-body ratio)	5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 ppi density)	540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density)

Platform
OS		Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Chipset		Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
CPU		Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
GPU		Adreno 306 Mali-400 (Value Edition)

Memory
Card slot	microSDHC (dedicated slot), 2 GB included	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook	Yes, Photocall	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocal
Call records	Yes	Practically unlimited
Internal	10MB 64MB ROM 32MB RAM	8GB 1GB RAM
		eMMC 4.5

Main Camera
Modules	2 MP	8 MP, f/2.4, AF
Features		LED flash, panorama
Video	176x144@10fps	1080p@30fps

Selfie Camera
Modules	No	5 MP, f/2.2
Video		1080p@30fps

Sound
Loudspeaker	Yes	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes	Yes

Comms
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	2.1, EDR	4.0, A2DP
Positioning	No	GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC		Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)
Infrared port	No	No
Radio	Stereo FM radio, RDS	FM radio
USB	microUSB 2.0	microUSB 2.0

Features
Sensors	Accelerometer	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	SNS integration MP4/H.264/WMV player MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC player Organizer Voice memo Predictive text input

Battery
Type	Removable Li-Ion 1110 mAh battery (BL-4U)	Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable
Stand-by	Up to 600 h
Talk time	Up to 14 h	Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play	Up to 40 h	Up to 75 h

Misc
Colors	Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey	White, Gray, Gold
SAR	1.06 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)
SAR EU	0.69 W/kg (head)	0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)
Models		SM-G5306W, SM-G5308W, SM-G5309W, SM-G530BT, SM-G530F, SM-G530FQ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530H, SM-G531F, SM-G531H, SM-G530T, SM-G530W, SM-G530Y, SM-G530AZ, SM-G531Y, SM-G530T1, SM-G531M, SM-G530A, SM-G530M, SM-G531BT, SM-G530MU, SM-G530P
Price	About 70 EUR	About 140 EUR

Tests
Performance		Basemark OS II 2.0: 520 Basemark X: 1904
Display		Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker		Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB
Audio quality		Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB