Which smartphone is the ideal choice for consumers? We pit the Nokia Lumia 1520 against the LG G Flex to see which is worth the purchase.

In terms of design and display the LG G Flex has a 6 inches P-OLED curved touch screen, which has a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The G Flex weighs 177 g and it features the following dimensions: 160.5 x 81.6 x 8.7 mm, while the Nokia Lumia 1520 is equipped with an IPS LCD touch screen that renders a higher resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. This device is heavier, weighing 209 g and is slightly bigger as well (dimensions: 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.8 mm).

For the hardware and operating systems, the LG G Flex has a quad core processor (Krait 400) that works at 2.26 GHz and also features the Snapdragon MSM8974 800 chipset by Qualcomm. It comes with a 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (this memory cannot be expanded with a microSD card). The G Flex runs on Android Jelly Bean.

Meanwhile, the Nokia Lumia 1520 is powered by the same quad core processor but clocked at 2.2 GHz and it also has the same chipset as the G Flex.The Lumia 1520 supports a 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory (expandable up to 64GB whilst using a microSD card). The Lumia 1520's OS is Windows Phone 8 Black.

In terms of battery and camera specs, the Nokia Lumia 1520 has a Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery unit as the LG G Flex sports a Li-Po 3500 mAh battery unit.

For those who are into nice rear cameras, the Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with a killer 20MP camera that features the Carl Zeiss optics (LED flash + autofocus + optical image stabilization) while the LG G Flex has a 13MP rear camera (LED flash + autofocus). For the front camera, the LG G Flex has a 2.1MP, while the Lumia features a 1.2MP secondary camera.

The LG G Flex cost $524.99 while the Nokia Lumia 1520 cost $469.00.

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