Which Nokia smartphone is the best purchase? The Lumia 520 or the Lumia 610.

In terms of design and display, the Nokia Lumia 610 has a TFT display that measures 3.7 inches and renders 480 x 800 pixels. It weighs 131.5 grams and measures 119 x 62 x 12 mm.

The Lumia 520 has 4 inch IPS LCD display that renders the same resolution. It weighs 124 grams and measures 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm.

For the hardware and OS, the Lumia 610 has a Cortex A5 800 MHz ARM processor, partnered with the Snapdragon MSM7227A chipset from Qualcomm. It supports 256 MB of RAM with 8GB of internal storage capacity and runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS.

The Lumia 520 has a dual core processor at 1.5 GHz which is partnered by the Snapdragon MSM8227 chipset from Qualcomm. It has 512MB RAM, supports 8GB of internal memory (expandable for 64GB), and runs on the Windows Phone 8 upgradable to Windows Phone 8 Amber.

For battery and camera specs, both have similar 5MP primary camera that has features like geo-tagging and autofocus; the handsets don’t feature any secondary cameras. The Nokia Lumia 520 has Li-Ion battery of 1430 mAh which last around 9 hours and 40 minutes of talking time on 3G. The Nokia Lumia 610 has a Li-Ion as well, wit a capacity of 1300 mAh and lasts around 9 hours and 30 minutes of talking time on 3G.

The Nokia Lumia 610 cost around $86.00, while the Lumia 520 is at $49.99.

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