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Nokia N8 vs Samsung Wave Y

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Rs. 25,239
(Discontinued)

 

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Rs. 8,545
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Summary
Performance

256 MB RAM

N/A

Display

3.5" (8.89 cm)

360x640 px, 210 PPI

3.2" (8.13 cm)

320x480 px

Rear Camera

12 MP

Single Camera

2 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

N/A

Battery

1200 mAh

5.8 h talktime (3G)

1200 mAh

4.6 h talktime (3G)

Storage

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

150 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Rating

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.2/5 based on 742 ratings

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★★★★★

4.2/5 based on 159 ratings

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Nokia N8 is permanently discontinued.
Samsung Wave Y is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Symbian vBelle

Bada v2

Custom UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
CPU

680 MHz, ARM 11

832 MHz

Graphics

Broadcom BCM2727

RAM

256 MB

Display
Display Type

TFT

Screen Size

3.2 " (8.13 cm)

Resolution

320x480 px

Pixel Density

180 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen

Display Colour

16M

Design
Size Compare
Size Compare
Dimensions

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

Height: 110 mm
Width: 58.2 mm
Thickness: 12.30 mm

Weight

135 grams

102.4 grams

Colours

Grey, Green, Orange, Pink, White

Black

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

12 MP Primary Camera

2 MP Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash, Xenon Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps

Other
320 @ 480 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Resolution

0.3 MP Front Camera

Battery
Capacity

1200 mAh

1200 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

Removable

No

TalkTime

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

Up to 4.6 Hours(3G) / Up to 13 Hours(2G)

Standby time

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

Up to 390 Hours(3G) / Up to 570 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

512 MB

150 MB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 32 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: Mini

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 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3

, v3.0

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB, microUSB 2.0

USB 2.0, microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

, RDS, Recording option, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

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

, Video Formats: 3GPP, H.263, H.264, MPEG4

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music ringtones, Vibration

Music

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

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

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Games

, Embedded Java Games + Downloadable

Java

, MIDP 2.1

, MIDP 2.1

Browser

, Flash, HTML, WAP 2.0, XHTML

, HTML, WAP 2.0, XHTML

Phone Book

, Practically Unlimited

, Limited

SMS

MMS

, v1.2

Email

, Push e-mail

, POP3, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Other Facilities

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

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

Applications

Samsung Apps, Samsung Kies 2.0, Samsung ChatON mobile communications service, Samsung TouchWiz for bada