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Rs. 25,239
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Summary
Performance

256 MB RAM

Samsung Exynos 4

1 GB RAM

Display

3.5" (8.89 cm)

360x640 px, 210 PPI

4.8" (12.19 cm)

720x1280 px (HD)

Rear Camera

12 MP

Single Camera

8 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

1.9 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1200 mAh

5.8 h talktime (3G)

2100 mAh

11.4 h talktime (3G)

Storage

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

16 GB

64 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Rating

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.2/5 based on 742 ratings

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4.1/5 based on 2,982 ratings

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Nokia N8 is permanently discontinued.
Samsung Galaxy S3 is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Symbian vBelle

Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Custom UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
Chipset

Samsung Exynos 4

CPU

680 MHz, ARM 11

Quad core, 1.4 GHz, Cortex A9

Graphics

Broadcom BCM2727

Mali-400 MP4

RAM

256 MB

1 GB

Display
Display Type

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

4.8 " (12.19 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

Pixel Density

306 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v2, Scratch-resistant glass

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Display Colour

16M

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 113.5 mm
Width: 59 mm
Thickness: 12.90 mm

Height: 136.6 mm
Width: 70.6 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm

Weight

135 grams

133 grams

Colours

Grey, Green, Orange, Pink, White

Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Red, White, Pebble Blue, Marble White, Amber Brown, Garnet Red, Sapphire Black, Titanium Grey

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

12 MP Primary Camera

8 MP f/2.6, Primary Camera

Autofocus

OIS

No

Flash

, LED Flash, Xenon Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation, ISO control

Shooting Modes

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Smile detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

0.3 MP Front Camera

1.9 MP f/2.6, Primary Camera

Flash

No

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Battery
Capacity

1200 mAh

2100 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

Removable

No

TalkTime

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

Up to 11.4 Hours(3G) / Up to 21.4 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 400 Hours(3G) / Up to 390 Hours(2G)

Up to 790 Hours(3G) / Up to 590 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

512 MB

16 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 64 GB

User Available Storage

Up to 16 GB

USB OTG

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Mini

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 1700 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 10.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 2 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class 33
EDGE:
Class 33

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 21.1 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12

SAR Value

Head: 0.55 W/kg, Body: 1.49 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3

, v4.0

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

NFC

USB Connectivity

microUSB, microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

Mobile High-Definition Link(MHL)

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

, Video Formats: 3GP, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: AAC, AMR, MIDI, MP3, WAV

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Games

Java

, MIDP 2.1

Browser

, Flash, HTML, WAP 2.0, XHTML

Phone Book

, Practically Unlimited

Email

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Other Facilities

Calculator, Stopwatch, World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer