Consumers interested in buying a Nokia Lumia 925 or Nokia Lumia 930 should find out how they differ before fully committing to either one. A comparison between the smart phones concerning their specs, features, and prices should help techies make their decision.

Display and Design

While the Nokia Lumia 925 is available with a 4.5-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, delivering 768 x 1280 pixels resolution, the Nokia Lumia 930 is larger and comes with a 5-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

Compared to the 332 ppi pixel display density of Lumia 925, the Nokia Lumia 930 has received a major upgrade in this regard, as it has 441 ppi pixel display density. In addition, Nokia Lumia 930 measures 137 x 71 x 9.8 mm and weighs 167g, the Nokia Lumia 925 measures 129 x 70.6 x 8.5 mm and weighs 139g.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nokia Lumia 925 comes with a 1.5 GHz dual core Krait processor plus Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. It has an internal memory of 16 GB, but does not come with Micro SD slot for expandable memory.

The Nokia Lumia 930 comes with a 2.2 GHz quad core Krait 400 processor along with Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset. This device is available with 32 GB of internal memory and is also without a Micro SD slot for added memory.

Lumia 925 has 1 GB RAM and operates on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which may be upgraded to the 8.1 version. On the other hand, Lumia 930 runs on Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 OS and includes 2 GB RAM.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 930 is equipped with a 20 MP primary camera along with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, optical image stabilization and dual LED flash. The second camera on the device is 1.2 MP. On the other hand, the Nokia Lumia 925 comes with an 8 MP main camera with Carl Zeiss, autofocus, optical image stabilization and dual LED flash. The secondary camera on this device is 1.3 MP.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 925 sports a non-removal Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery that enables a maximum talk-time for about 12 hours and 40 minutes on 3G, while it supports music play for about 55 hours. The Nokia Lumia 930, on the other hand, sports a Li-Ion 2420 mAh battery, allowing 15.5 hours talk-time on 3G and about 75 hours music play.

Price

The Nokia Lumia 930 is expected to retail for around $599/ £360 / 434 Euros AU$648 prior to taxes and subsidies when it is scheduled for launch in June. On the other hand, the Nokia Lumia 925 is available now for around $465/ £280 / 338 Euros / AU$504.