HTC Desire HD vs Nokia N8

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Comparing the HTC Desire HD vs Nokia N8 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: HTC Desire HD runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making HTC Desire HD the better performer.


Display: HTC Desire HD offers a screen size of 4.3 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making HTC Desire HD the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to HTC Desire HD's LCD, making Nokia N8 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while HTC Desire HD offers 8 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Battery: HTC Desire HD offers a higher battery capacity with 1230 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making HTC Desire HD better for longer battery life.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while HTC Desire HD offers 1 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia N8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while HTC Desire HD has a rating of 4.2.

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HTC Desire HD
₹30,319
(Discontinued)
Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

20 Oct, 2010
04 Oct, 2010
11 Jun, 2026

User Ratings

4.2/5
(4 ratings)
4.3/5
(173 ratings)
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General

Launch Date

N/A
N/A
Jun 04, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Android v2.2 (Froyo)
Symbian vBelle
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
3 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Custom UI

HTC Sense
N/A
N/A

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
N/A
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Processor

1 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
680 MHz, ARM 11
Octa core

3.4 GHz, Single core, Cortex A725 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 205
Broadcom BCM2727
Mali-G720 MP8

RAM

768 MB
256 MB
12 GB

RAM Type

N/A
N/A
LPDDR5X

Display

Display Type

LCD
AMOLED
Extreme AMOLED

Screen Size

4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)
3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
6.8 inches  (17.27 cm)

Resolution

480x800 px
360x640 px
1272x2772 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
5200 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A
N/A
1800 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A
N/A
19.6:9

Pixel Density

217 ppi
210 ppi
450 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

62.86 %
50.4 %
96.8 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass
Corning Gorilla Glass v3
Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

N/A
N/A
Yes

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
96.8 %

Display Colour

N/A
16M
N/A

Design

Height

123 mm
113.5 mm
162.7 mm

Width

68 mm
59 mm
75.6 mm

Thickness

11.80 mm
12.90 mm
7.19 mm

Weight

164 grams
135 grams
190 grams

Build Material

N/A
N/A
Back: Plastic

Water Resistance

N/A
N/A
Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69

Ruggedness

N/A
N/A
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera
50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.812 mm focal length LYT 710 2.0µm pixel size
N/A
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera12 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size
N/A
N/A
50 MP
Telephoto Camera81 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes
Yes
Yes

OIS

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash
Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels
4000 x 3000 Pixels
N/A

Shooting Modes

N/A
N/A
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Face detection
2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Optical Zoom
Face detection
Filters
Smile detection

Video Recording

720x480 @ 30 fps
1280x720 @ 25 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A
N/A
Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Macro Video
Audio Zoom

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera
50 MP
f/1.9 Primary Camera1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

N/A
N/A
Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

N/A
N/A
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Battery

Capacity

1230 mAh
1200 mAh
6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion
Silicon Carbon

TalkTime

Up to 5.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 9.25 Hours(2G)
Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 90W Turbo Power Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A
N/A
N/A

Reverse Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 5W Wired Reverse Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

1.5 GB
512 MB
256 GB

Storage Type

N/A
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB
No

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

N/A
SIM1: Mini
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported
5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A
N/A
No

SIM 1

N/A
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)
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SIM 2

N/A
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) 6GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3
Yes v5.4

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A
N/A
Yes

IR Blaster

N/A
N/A
No

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A
N/A
Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm
USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Mobile SRS Sound
N/A
Dolby Atmos

Video Player

N/A
Yes Video Formats: 3GP H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV
N/A

Ring Tone

N/A
Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

N/A
Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR MIDI MP3 WAV
N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A
N/A
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A
N/A
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
N/A
Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

N/A
Yes Java games + Downloadable
N/A

Java

N/A
Yes MIDP 2.1
N/A

Browser

N/A
Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
N/A

Phone Book

N/A
Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
N/A

SMS

N/A
Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

N/A
Yes
N/A

Email

N/A
Yes Push e-mail
N/A

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

N/A
Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9
N/A

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