Nokia N8 vs Samsung Wave M

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

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Wave M runs at a higher processing speed of 0.83 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung Wave M the better performer.


Display: Samsung Wave M offers a screen size of 3.6 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Samsung Wave M the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Samsung Wave M's TFT, making Nokia N8 the better display of the two.


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


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


Battery: Samsung Wave M offers a higher battery capacity with 1350 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Samsung Wave M better for longer battery life.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Wave M offers 160 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia N8 and Samsung Wave M both receive the same user rating of 4.3.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
Samsung Wave M
₹12,990
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
16 Dec, 2011

Performance

(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 832 MHz)
256 MB RAM
N/A

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
3.6 inches (9.14 cm)
AMOLED
TFT
360x640 px
320x480 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1200 mAh
1350 mAh

Storage

512 MB
160 MB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
4.3/5
(122 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Bada v2

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
832 MHz

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
N/A

RAM

256 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
TFT

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
3.6 inches  (9.14 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
320x480 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
160 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
53.57 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
262k

Design

Height

113.5 mm
113.8 mm

Width

59 mm
63.3 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
11.95 mm

Weight

135 grams
119.3 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
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Settings

N/A
ISO control

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
2 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
640x480 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1350 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
Up to 6.33 Hours(3G) / Up to 16.33 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
160 MB

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

SAR Value

N/A
Head: 0.96 W/kg Body: 0.93 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
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v3.0

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
Yes Video Formats: 3GPP H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
Music ringtones Vibration

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR MIDI MP3 WAV
Yes Music Formats: AAC AAC++ eAAC+ MP3 WMA

Special Features

N/A
Voice Memo

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable
Yes Embedded Java Games + Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes MIDP 2.1 CLDC 1.1

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
Yes WAP 2.0 XHTML

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
Yes Up to memory + SIM contact Practically Unlimited

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes Threaded View Up to memory + SIM msg

MMS

Yes
Yes v1.2

Email

Yes Push e-mail
Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP

Instant Messaging

Yes
Yes ChatON Yahoo!

Other Facilities

Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9
Organizer Voice memo Predictive text input

Applications

N/A
Samsung Apps Samsung Kies 2.0 Samsung ChatON Mobile Communication Service Samsung TouchWiz for bada