Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy Q

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

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy Q runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy Q the better performer.


Display: Nokia N8 offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Samsung Galaxy Q offers 3.2 inches, making Nokia N8 the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy Q features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nokia N8's AMOLED, making Samsung Galaxy Q the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while Samsung Galaxy Q offers 3 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


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


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Galaxy Q offers 173 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy Q
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
25 Aug, 2011

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110
(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
256 MB RAM
N/A

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
3.2 inches (8.13 cm)
AMOLED
Super AMOLED
360x640 px
480x720 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
3 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
N/A

Battery

1200 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

512 MB
173 MB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Android v2.2 (Froyo)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
Adreno 305

RAM

256 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

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

Resolution

360x640 px
480x720 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
180 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
45.61 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
113.9 mm

Width

59 mm
58.7 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
13.9 mm

Weight

135 grams
135 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera
3 MP
Primary Camera3x Digital Zoom

Autofocus

Yes
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
2048 x 1536 Pixels

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
3 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
N/A

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
Up to 4 Hours(3G) / Up to 5 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
173 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 16 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: 0.35 W/kg Body: 0.95 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 v2.0

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