Nokia Lumia 1020 vs ZTE Blade A520

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Lumia 1020:

  OLED

  Blade A520:

  LCD

• Weight

  Blade A520: 28 g lighter

  Lumia 1020:

  158 g

  Blade A520:

  130 g

• Screen diagonal

  Lumia 1020: 0.5 in smaller diagonal

  Lumia 1020:

  4.5 in

  Blade A520:

  5 in

• Chipset

  Lumia 1020:

  Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus

  Blade A520:

  Mediatek MT6737 (28 nm)

• Depth

  Blade A520: 2 mm thinner

  Lumia 1020:

  10.4 mm

  Blade A520:

  8.4 mm

• Height

  Lumia 1020: 13.6 mm shorter

  Lumia 1020:

  130.4 mm

  Blade A520:

  144 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Lumia 1020

   Height:

   130.4 mm

   Width:

   71.4 mm

   Depth:

   10.4 mm +2 mm versus Blade A520

2. 2. Blade A520

   Height:

   144 mm +13.6 mm versus Lumia 1020

   Width:

   71 mm

   Depth:

   8.4 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Lumia 1020

   Screen diagonal:

   4.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   57.6 cm²

2. 2. Blade A520

   Screen diagonal:

   5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   68.9 cm²

Blade A520 has approximately 19.6% more rectangular screen area than Lumia 1020.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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