Nokia 5.1 Plus vs Nokia 5 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 5
Nokia 5.1 Plus Nokia 5
Released · Aug 31, 2018
Released · Jun 16, 2017
5.8-inch · 1520x720px
5.2-inch · 1280x720px
Dual camera
Single camera
3GB · 32GB
2GB · 16GB
3060 mAh
3000 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 21, 2018 Feb 26, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.89 x 2.83 x 0.32 inches
149.51 x 71.98 x 8.096 mm
5.89 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches
149.7 x 72.5 x 8.05 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g 5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue, White Black, Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.8-inch, 78.08% screen-to-body 5.2-inch, 68.83% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD, 500 nits
Resolution
1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 290 PPI 1280x720px, 282 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 2 (Good)

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P60 MT6771 (12 nm) Snapdragon 430 8937
Processor
Octa-core
1800 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
1400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 505
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
3GB/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3060 mAh 3000 mAh, Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
1080p
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP
Video capture: 720p
8 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40 38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Dual SIM Yes
with 3 GB RAM
Memory 3GB
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