Nokia N8 vs Blackberry Torch 2

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Blackberry Torch 2 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Torch 2 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.2 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Blackberry Torch 2 the better performer.


Display: Nokia N8 offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Blackberry Torch 2 offers 3.2 inches, making Nokia N8 the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Blackberry Torch 2'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 Blackberry Torch 2 offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Blackberry Torch 2 offers a higher battery capacity with 1300 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Blackberry Torch 2 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Torch 2 offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while Nokia N8 offers 512 GB, making Blackberry Torch 2 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia N8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Blackberry Torch 2 has a rating of 3.5.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
Blackberry Torch 2
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
31 Mar, 2011

Performance

(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 1.2 GHz)
256 MB RAM
512 MB RAM

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
3.2 inches (8.13 cm)
AMOLED
LCD
360x640 px
480x640 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
N/A

Battery

1200 mAh
1300 mAh

Storage

512 MB
8 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
3.5/5
(2 ratings)

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General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Blackberry v6.1

Performance

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
1.2 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
N/A

RAM

256 MB
512 MB

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
LCD

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
3.2 inches  (8.13 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
480x640 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
250 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
N/A

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
N/A

Width

59 mm
N/A

Thickness

12.90 mm
N/A

Weight

135 grams
N/A

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
N/A

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1300 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

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

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
8 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini
N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

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

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v2.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
N/A

Video Player

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

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

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

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable
+ Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes Push e-mail
Yes Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9
Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint)