Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy S2

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Samsung Galaxy S2 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy S2 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.2 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy S2 the better performer.


Display: Samsung Galaxy S2 offers a screen size of 4.3 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Samsung Galaxy S2 the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S2 features a Super AMOLED Plus display compared to Nokia N8's AMOLED, making Samsung Galaxy S2 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while Samsung Galaxy S2 offers 8 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy S2 offers a higher front camera resolution with 2 MP, while Nokia N8 offers 0.3 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S2 better for front camera photography.


Battery: Samsung Galaxy S2 offers a higher battery capacity with 1650 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S2 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Galaxy S2 offers 32 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Samsung Galaxy S2 receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Nokia N8 has a rating of 4.3.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy S2
₹13,503
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
28 Apr, 2011

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210
(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 1.2 GHz)
256 MB RAM
1 GB RAM

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
AMOLED
Super AMOLED Plus
360x640 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
2 MP

Battery

1200 mAh
1650 mAh

Storage

512 MB
32 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
4.6/5
(951 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
Dual core, 1.2 GHz, Cortex A9

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
Mali-400

RAM

256 MB
1 GB

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
Super AMOLED Plus

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
217 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
63.48 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
Corning Gorilla Glass

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
125.3 mm

Width

59 mm
66.1 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
8.49 mm

Weight

135 grams
116 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
3264 x 2448 Pixels

Camera Features

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

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1650 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
Up to 8.66 Hours(3G) / Up to 18.33 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
32 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

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 5GHz

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v3.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A
Yes

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
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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