Nokia N8 vs HTC Desire Z

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

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: HTC Desire Z runs at a higher processing speed of 0.8 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making HTC Desire Z the better performer.


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


Battery: HTC Desire Z offers a higher battery capacity with 1300 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making HTC Desire Z better for longer battery life.


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

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
HTC Desire Z
₹29,699
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
05 Nov, 2010

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon S2
(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 800 MHz)
256 MB RAM
512 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
N/A

Battery

1200 mAh
1300 mAh

Storage

512 MB
1.5 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Android v2.2

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM7230

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
800 MHz, Qualcomm

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
Adreno 205

RAM

256 MB
512 MB

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 %
54.16 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
119 mm

Width

59 mm
60.4 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
14.20 mm

Weight

135 grams
180 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
N/A

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
1280x720

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)
Up to 6.66(3G) / Up to 9.83(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
1.5 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
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor 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