How Nokia Lumia 920, 820 fare against Motorola's Razr series

Nokia and Motorola have recently added new smartphones in their Lumia and Razr series respectively.

The new flagships and mid-range smartphones by the two companies have broken cover just a week ahead of the unveiling of the next Apple iPhone and are expected to be launched in the next few months.

Here is a round up of the new phones, showing how they fare against each other on specs front.

Display

Nokia Lumia 920: 4.5-inch IPS TFT touchscreen with PureMotion HD+

Nokia Lumia 820: 4.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen with ClearBlack Display

Motorola Razr HD Maxx: 4.7-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen

Motorola Razr HD: 4.7-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen

Motorola Razr M: 4.3-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen

Nokia's smartphone, the Lumia 820, equipped with Microsoft Windows Phone 8, is displayed

Operating system

Nokia Lumia 920: Windows Phone 8

Nokia Lumia 820: Windows Phone 8

Motorola Razr HD Maxx: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Motorola Razr HD: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Motorola Razr M: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

A Nokia executive shows the new Lumia 920 phone with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system at a launch event in New York

Processor and RAM

Nokia Lumia 920: 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM; 32GB internal storage

Nokia Lumia 820: 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM; 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card

Motorola Razr HD Maxx: 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM; 12GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card

Motorola Razr HD: 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM; 12GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card

Motorola Razr M: 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM; 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card

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