Nokia N8 vs HTC Desire S

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs HTC Desire S 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 S runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making HTC Desire S the better performer.


Display: HTC Desire S offers a screen size of 3.7 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making HTC Desire S the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to HTC Desire S's 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 S offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Nokia N8 and HTC Desire S feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.


Battery: HTC Desire S offers a higher battery capacity with 1450 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making HTC Desire S better for longer battery life.


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


User Rating: HTC Desire S receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Nokia N8 has a rating of 4.3.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
HTC Desire S
₹16,600
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
23 Mar, 2011

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon S2
(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
256 MB RAM
768 MB RAM

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
3.7 inches (9.4 cm)
AMOLED
S-LCD
360x640 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1200 mAh
1450 mAh

Storage

512 MB
1 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
4.4/5
(111 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
HTC Sense

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
1 GHz, Scorpion

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
Adreno 205

RAM

256 MB
768 MB

RAM Type

N/A
DDR2

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
S-LCD

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
3.7 inches  (9.4 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
252 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
56.61 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
Corning Gorilla Glass

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
115 mm

Width

59 mm
59.8 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
11.6 mm

Weight

135 grams
130 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
0.3 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1450 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
Up to 7.25 Hours(3G) / Up to 9.83 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
1 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
SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

SAR Value

N/A
Head: 0.33 W/kg Body: 1.06 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v2.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

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
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable
N/A

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
N/A

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
N/A

Phone Book

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

SMS

Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes Push e-mail
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

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