User:Mardus/Template:Comparison of Nokia Asha and Apple iPhone mobile phones

Although Apple and Corning have much of their manufacturing offshored to China with a subcontractor doing the most work there on preparing the display glass for assembly, it can be generally accepted that iPhones do use various respective iterations of Corning's Gorilla Glass, but that both companies are keeping it secret, and are being circumspect about their business relationship and what kind of glass is in which iPhone. Nevertheless, informed guesswork allows for some inference.

Corning announced Gorilla Glass 2 in early January 2012 at that year's CES, claiming it was 20% thinner, "2mm thinner at 8mm, 20 times stiffer, 30 times harder, thanks to strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate material." iPhone 5 was released on September 21, 2012, and is 18% thinner (by 0.7mm), 20% lighter, and has 12% less overall volume than iPhone 4S. The phone is covered with aluminosilicate glass.

That Corning were responsible for the scratch-resistant display glass has been directly stated only about the 1st-generation iPhone, whereas neither Apple or Corning have publicized pertinent information about iPhone 3G and later. Therefore in the above table "Gorilla Glass" is grayed out.

On the other hand, Nokia's policy on publicizing such information is much more relaxed, as official specifications for its Asha 311, Asha 503, and its many Lumia models phone models show. *Asha 501 was released as the first of a new generation of Asha models. It still beats all others with battery life (48 days on standby).
 * Conclusion after the introduction of Nokia Asha 503:
 * Asha 503 mostly succeeds Asha 311, and even more closely matches the iPhone 4 in above features than Asha 311 matched iPhone 3GS. Asha 503 seems to have a better camera for photos &mdash; Note LED flash for low-light shots, but no image stabilisation. Asha 503 has superb battery life with 35 days' maximum standby time compared to Asha 311's 22 days. Asha 503's screen has Corning's Gorilla Glass 2, which is best of the bunch above.
 * Asha 311 has superior video recording, faster HSDPA speed, and pentaband WCDMA compared to Asha 503, wherein WCDMA frequencies vary by submodel, so Asha 311 remains slightly more versatile as a 'World phone'. The camera has full focus and extended depth of field, which should ensure less blurry photos. Mini-SIM support allows for a large number of long-term mobile users to migrate from an older phone without having to make the existing SIM cards obsolete or incur the cost of transitioning to a Micro-SIM card. Granted, Micro-SIM cards have better security and new functionality which may become essential for future uses, especially wrt mobile transactions, financial and otherwise.
 * Photography-wise, iPhone 4S diverges next and further, with an 8 MP camera.
 * Conclusion as of the presence of Nokia Asha 501 as the latest model:
 * Here, iPhone 4 substantially diverges, since it's got a 5 MP camera and a further amount of unique features. The only other Asha phone with a 5 MP camera is Asha 300, but it includes a keypad. The earliest comparable Nokia phone with data bearer, touchscreen, and a 5 MP camera is Nokia N97 (2008-12-02); the earliest such Nokia phone without a keymap or QWERTY keyboard is Nokia X6-00 (2009-09-02).
 * Asha 311 and iPhone 3GS match most closely, with either having better unique features over the other. Asha 501 lacks some features, but matches camera-wise and has the best battery performance of all.