Motorola Shadow vs Nokia N9

Comparing the Motorola Shadow vs Nokia N9 across performance, display, camera and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nokia N9 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Motorola Shadow runs at 0.72 GHz, making Nokia N9 the better performer.

Display: Motorola Shadow offers a screen size of 4.1 inches, while Nokia N9 offers 4 inches, making Motorola Shadow the larger display of the two. Nokia N9 features a AMOLED display compared to Motorola Shadow's TFT, making Nokia N9 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Motorola Shadow and Nokia N9 feature a 8 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both Motorola Shadow and Nokia N9 feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.

Storage: Motorola Shadow offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while Nokia N9 offers 64 GB, making Motorola Shadow the better option for storage.

Motorola Shadow

(Discontinued)

Nokia N9

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

01 Apr, 2010

27 Sep, 2011

Performance

N/A	Snapdragon S1
(upto 720 MHz)	(upto 1 GHz)
512 MB RAM	1 GB RAM

Display

4.1 inches (10.41 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)
TFT	AMOLED
480x854 px	480x800 px

Rear Camera

8 MP

Primary Camera

8 MP

Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Battery

N/A

1320 mAh

Storage

8 GB

64 GB

User Ratings

N/A	3/5 (1 rating)

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General

Operating System

Android v2.2 (Froyo)

MeeGo

Performance

Chipset

N/A	Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250

Processor

720 MHz, Cortex 8

1 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Graphics (GPU)

PowerVR SGX 530

RAM

512 MB

1 GB

Display

Display Type

TFT

AMOLED

Screen Size

4.1 inches (10.41 cm)

4 inches (10.16 cm)

Resolution

480x854 px

480x800 px

Pixel Density

239 ppi

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

N/A

63.84 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass

N/A

Design

Height

N/A

116.45 mm

Width

N/A

61.2 mm

Thickness

N/A

12.10 mm

Weight

N/A

135 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Face detection

Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 fps

1280x720
480x800

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

N/A

1320 mAh

Battery Type

N/A

Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A	Up to 6.5(3G) / Up to 11(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

8 GB

64 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini

N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported

SAR Value

Head: 0.76 W/kg Body: 1.38 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 a/b/g)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

N/A

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

HDMI

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

N/A

Video Player

N/A	Yes Video Formats: MPEG4 ASP H.264 H.263 WMV VC-1 Mkv

Music

N/A	Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MPEG-4 AAC eAAC eAAC+ MPEG-1 audio Layer2 (MP2) MPEG-1 audio Layer3 (MP3) WMA 9 WMA Voice 9 WMA Lossless 9 WMA Professional 9 and 10 Dolby Digital Plus (AC-3 & E-AC-3) FLAC with Loud Speaker and 3.5 mm audio jack Music

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

N/A	Angry Birds Magic with NFC support Galaxy on Fire 2 Real Golf 2011 + Downloadable

Java

N/A	Yes MIDP 2.1

Browser

N/A

Yes

Phone Book

N/A	Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall

SMS

N/A	Yes SMS Editor Threaded View

MMS

N/A	Yes Unified MMS

Email

N/A	Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP Microsoft Exchange Push e-mail

Other Facilities

N/A	Scratch-resistant surface Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI Anodized aluminum casing Digital compass Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite v4.0 T9

Applications

N/A	Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint) PDF viewer