Phablets comparison: Nokia Lumia 1520 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Market trends are a variant against which different manufacturers of mobile devices may present little resistance - for their own good -. In this way and given the good results and acceptance received by the results of the terminals launched by competing brands, some others such as HTC have been forced to enter the phablet sector with the HTC One Max and, more recently, Nokia with the Lumia 1520 which has just been presented in Abu Dhabi. In this article we confront the new device of the Finnish firm with the 'enemy' to beat in the sector, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

El Nokia Lumia 1520 presented this Tuesday at the event that the firm recently acquired by Microsoft, becomes the new flagship of the house and for this it has among its arsenal with Windows Phone 8 and the clear intention of stand up to Android, once and for all, with a device capable of competing with the main exponents of the mobile operating system of Google. For that, Nokia seems to have made an interesting bet in the hardware section. It will be enough?

What jumps out: Operating system and general appearance

The first difference between the two contenders that we present to you today and that, surely, are going to fight for the throne of the 'phablet kingdom' is the operating system. While the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Nokia Lumia 1520 has been presented in partnership with the latest update of Windows Phone 8, which opens the doors to a series of new features so far banned from devices with the mobile operating system of Microsoft - Some characteristics that we will be reeling from now on -.

In this sense, we will begin by focusing on the six-inch screen with which the Nokia Lumia 1520 has been brought to light and that narrowly exceeds the 5,7 third-generation Samsung phablet. In the resolution section, the Finnish device is Full HD 1.920 by 1.080 pixels, which equates in this aspect to the Galaxy Note 3 in a tonic that will be repeated in the different sections: unlike in other releases, Nokia seeks to abandon the feeling that its terminals have always been one step behind Android since its launch.

Regarding the overall dimensions, while the Lumia 1520 presents about 162,8 by 85,4 and 8, millimeters for a total weight of 209 grams, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 yields data of 151,2 by 79,2 by 8,3 millimeters and a weight of 188 grams.

Processor

Following the idea that we have just raised, the Lumia 1520 once again equates to the rest of the phablet market competitors by equipping the powerful processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, which we can already see working at full capacity in the own Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Sony Xperia Z Ultra.

In this sense, the company based in Espoo has opted for the powerful chipset of the American company, understanding it as a guarantee to get the best possible performance from the hardware and operating system of the terminal. In this way, the task of moving the pixels across the six inches of your screen will be in the hands of the Adreno GPU 330 which also has the Galaxy Note 3. While, at the same time, the Qualcomm facilitates the integration of LTE support.

Camera, internal storage and other specifications

The main and most striking difference that we find when putting both phablets face to face - beyond the operating system, of course - is the camera. While that of Nokia Lumia 1520 has 20 megapixels with technology PureView, Carl lenses Zeiss and optical image stabilizer - OIS by its name in English -, that of the phablet of Samsung stays in the 13 megapixels and, in what was possibly one of the biggest disappointments of his presentation, without OIS despite the fact that other devices in the sector already had the aforementioned system.

Focusing now on the internal storage section, both devices offer 32 and 64 gig versions expandable by cards MicroSD. On the other hand and while the Nokia Lumia 1520 will be released with 2 gigs of RAM, one of the main novelties of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 they were his three gigabytes of RAM, which placed it at the head of the market in this section.

It is also worth noting the Nokia Lumia 1520 using the microphones - four in total, with two in the front and as many in the back -, which is firmly intended to be a step forward for the function Rich Recording optimizing services such as noise suppression, among others.

Availability and prices

While the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is already available in the Spanish market with official launch price of 749 euros - free, of course -, Nokia has announced that the Lumia 1520 it will begin to be distributed in the fourth quarter of the year in some markets such as the United States, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Finland; with a Estimated price without tax of $ 749 - around 548 euros to change -.

The phablet of Nokia It will arrive in stores in four color options - yellow, white, black and bright red - and will soon be distributed to other international markets beyond those described above, with which we hope that it will arrive in Spain in a short or medium term of time. .

Conclusions

Leaving aside any qualms that we may have when facing a device with Windows Phone 8 - why deny it, the experiences that a server has had to date have not been entirely satisfactory - we will wait until we can get hold of the new one Nokia Lumia 1520 to give a definitive opinion on the matter. On paper, the phablet of the Finnish company looks very good and, perhaps, its price makes it a quite interesting option compared to a Galaxy Note 3 to which its excessive cost and being weighed down by some details such as the lack of OIS on camera could end up billing Samsung. For your part Which one would you choose?