Sony Ericsson A8i vs Nokia N8

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Comparing the Sony Ericsson A8i vs Nokia N8 across display, camera and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Both Sony Ericsson A8i and Nokia N8 offer the same screen size of 3.5 inches, but Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Ericsson A8i'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 Sony Ericsson A8i offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Sony Ericsson A8i offers 200 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.

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Summary

Release Date

07 Nov, 2010
04 Oct, 2010
06 May, 2026

Expert Review

N/A
N/A
8.4/10

Pros

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  • Compact, premium design
  • Excellent battery life
  • Reliable performance
  • Strong portrait photography

Cons

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  • Video recording inconsistencies
  • Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

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4.3/5
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4.4/5
(109 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

N/A
N/A
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

N/A
Symbian vBelle
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

N/A
N/A
Origin OS

Performance

Chipset

N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

N/A
680 MHz, ARM 11
Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Broadcom BCM2727
Adreno 829

RAM

N/A
256 MB
12 GB

RAM Type

N/A
N/A
LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A
N/A
3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A
N/A
4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
17.4 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Type

LCD
AMOLED
AMOLED

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
6.31 inches  (16.03 cm)

Resolution

480x854 px
360x640 px
1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A
N/A
19.5:9

Pixel Density

280 ppi
210 ppi
460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

48.89 %
50.4 %
90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Bezel-less Display

N/A
N/A
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
94.38 %

Display Colour

N/A
16M
N/A

Design

Height

117 mm
113.5 mm
150.83 mm

Width

59 mm
59 mm
71.76 mm

Thickness

14.00 mm
12.90 mm
7.99 mm

Weight

136 grams
135 grams
191 grams

Build Material

N/A
N/A
Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A
N/A
Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A
N/A
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera
50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921
N/A
N/A
50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera
N/A
N/A
8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes
Yes

OIS

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

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

Image Resolution

N/A
4000 x 3000 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
N/A

Video Recording

N/A
1280x720 @ 25 fps
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera
50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

N/A
N/A
Yes Screen flash

Battery

Capacity

N/A
1200 mAh
6500 mAh

Battery Type

N/A
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5(2G)
Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A
N/A
16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

200 MB
512 MB
256 GB / 512 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/eSIM

Network Support

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

VoLTE

N/A
N/A
Yes

SIM 2

N/A
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
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) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 a/b/g)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
N/A
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3
Yes v6.0

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
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm
USB Type-C

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

Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 AAC eAAC+ WMA WAV with 3.5 mm audio jack
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
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

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

Yes MIDP 2.0
Yes MIDP 2.1
N/A

Browser

Yes
Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
N/A

Phone Book

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

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
Yes
N/A

Email

N/A
Yes Push e-mail
N/A

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Call list Conference calls Vibrating alert Video calling Predictive text input Alarm clock Calculator Calendar Dictionary Document readers eManual Flight mode Notes Tasks Synchronisation
Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9
N/A

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