We compare the Lumia 900 against the Lumia 1020 to see which Nokia smartphone is the better purchase.

Both Nokia smartphones have AMOLED displays, but with different sizes and resolutions. The Lumia 900's display is at 4.3 inches, and can render resolution of 480 x 800 pixels at 217 ppi pixel density, while the Lumia 1020 is bigger at 4.5 inches, and renders a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels at 332 ppi. The Lumia 900 is heavier at 160 grams, while the Lumia 1020 is at 158 grams, and both smartphones have Corning Gorilla Glasses for protection.

The Nokia Lumia 900 has a 1.4 GHz processor powered by a Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon chipset and an Adreno 205 GPU. It has 512MB of RAM, an internal storage of 16GB, and runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango software.

Meanwhile, the Lumia 1020 is equipped with a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor, with the same Snapdragon chipset, and an Adreno 225. It has 32 GB of internal memory, a 2GB RAM, and runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8, and v8.1 softwares.

According to the specs from GSMArena, the Lumia 1020 has greater cameras than the Lumia 900. The Lumia 1020 is equipped with 41MP primary camera, and 1.2MP secondary shooter, while the Lumia 900 has 8MP and 1MP cameras.

The Lumia 1020 also trumps the Lumia 900 in term of battery as it has capacity of 2000 mAh, that can last 13 hours and 20 mins of talktime. The Lumia 900 on the other hand, has a 1830 mAh battery capacity that can last only 7 hours of talktime.

The Nokia Lumia 900 is worth $195 on Amazon.com, while the Nokia Lumia 1020 is at $350.