Which smartphone is the ideal choice for consumers? We pit the Oppo Neo against the Nokia Lumia 1320 to see which device is the better purchase.
For the design and display, the Nokia Lumia 1320 features an IPS LCD Clear Black display with the size of 6 inches, which supports a higher resolution than 720x1280pixels and 245ppi. The device is quite heavy as it weighs 220 grams, has the dimensions of 164.2×85.9×9.8 mm and the screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
The Oppo Neo has a much smaller display of 4.5inches, and it’s also IPS LCD, but it supports a lower resolution of 480x800pixels and 207ppi. The smartphone weighs 130 grams, and its sizes are 132×65.8×9.2 mm.
In terms of hardware and and OS, the Nokia Lumia 1320 has a 1.7GHz dual core Krait 300 processor, based on a Qualcomm MSM8230AB Snapdragon 400 chipset (for the 3G model) / MSM8930AB Snapdragon 400 chipset (for the LTE model), and it uses an Adrebo 305GPU. It has 8GB of internal storage, expandable up to 64GB and it runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 OS (upgradeable to v8.1) with 1GB of RAM.
The Oppo Neo on the other hand, comes with a simple dual core 1.3GHz processor. It has only 512MB of RAM and 4GB of built in storage which is expandable up to 32GB and it runs on the Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) OS.
For battery and camera specs, the Nokia Lumia 1320 has a non-removable Li-Ion 3400mAh battery (BV-4BW) which should provide up to 21 hours of talktime on 3G. The Oppo Neo has a Li-Ion 1900mAh battery, which is kind of low for an Android smartphone.
The Oppo Neo’s primary camera has a resolution of 5MP and 2592x1944pixels and only one features geo tagging. It has also a 2MP secondary camera, while the Nokia Lumia 1320 has a VGA, but the Nokia unit has a rear camera of 5MP with lots of features: autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, 1/4” sensor size, geo tagging, touch focus and video recording at 1080p@30fps.
The Nokia Lumia 1320 cost $271 amazon.com, while the Oppo Neo is popular in India, being priced at $163.
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