Nokia N8 vs Samsung S8530 Wave II

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Samsung S8530 Wave II across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung S8530 Wave II runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung S8530 Wave II the better performer.


Display: Samsung S8530 Wave II offers a screen size of 3.7 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Samsung S8530 Wave II the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Samsung S8530 Wave II'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 Samsung S8530 Wave II offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Nokia N8 and Samsung S8530 Wave II feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Samsung S8530 Wave II offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Samsung S8530 Wave II better for longer battery life.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung S8530 Wave II offers 2 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia N8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Samsung S8530 Wave II has a rating of 3.9.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
Samsung S8530 Wave II
₹16,417
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
15 Nov, 2010

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)
3.7 inches (9.4 cm)
AMOLED
LCD
360x640 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1200 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

512 MB
2 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
3.9/5
(50 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Bada v1.2

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
PowerVR SGX 540

RAM

256 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
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 %
52.54 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
123.9 mm

Width

59 mm
59.8 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
11.80 mm

Weight

135 grams
135 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
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
1280x720 @ 30

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1500 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 14.16(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
2 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) SyncML DM SyncML DS

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v3

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
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 WAV WMA eAAC+ with DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) and 3.5 mm audio jack

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable
+ Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
Yes Photocall (Up to Momory Size)

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes 1300 SMS Memory

MMS

Yes
Yes MMS 1.2

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
Organizer Picsel Document Viewer Image Editor Voice Memo Calendar Scheduler To do List Clock World Time Alarm Currency Converter (Download) Converter (Downloadable) Calculator Memo Book Stop Watch Count Down Timer Call Functions : Speakerphone Caller ID Call Cost Call Time Multiparty : 5 Messaging : Cell Broadcast. vCard / vCalendar