Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy A

Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy A across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy A runs at a higher processing speed of 0.72 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy A the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy A offers a screen size of 3.7 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Samsung Galaxy A the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy A features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nokia N8's AMOLED, making Samsung Galaxy A the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while Samsung Galaxy A offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.

Battery: Samsung Galaxy A offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy A better for longer battery life.

Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Galaxy A offers 1 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.

Nokia N8

₹25,239

(Discontinued)

Samsung Galaxy A

₹26,940

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010

05 May, 2010

Performance

N/A	TI OMAP
(upto 680 MHz)	(upto 720 MHz)
256 MB RAM	384 MB RAM

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)	3.7 inches (9.4 cm)
AMOLED	Super AMOLED
360x640 px	480x800 px

Rear Camera

12 MP

Primary Camera

5 MP

Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

N/A

Battery

1200 mAh

1500 mAh

Storage

512 MB

1 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5

(173 ratings)

N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle

Android v2.1

Performance

Chipset

N/A	TI OMAP 3440

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11

720 MHz, TI

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727

PowerVR SGX 530

RAM

256 MB

384 MB

Display

Display Type

AMOLED

Super AMOLED

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 %

54.48 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

N/A

Display Colour

16M

N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm

119.5 mm

Width

59 mm

59.8 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm

12.50 mm

Weight

135 grams

128 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera

5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

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

720x480 @ 30

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera

N/A

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh

1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

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

Up to 13(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB

1 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

Wi-Fi

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

Bluetooth

Yes v3

Yes v2.1

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

Proximity sensor Accelerometer

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