Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Active

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Active across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Sony Ericsson Xperia Active runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Sony Ericsson Xperia Active the better performer.


Display: Nokia N8 offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Active offers 3 inches, making Nokia N8 the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Ericsson Xperia Active'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 Sony Ericsson Xperia Active offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Both Nokia N8 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Active offer the same 1200 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Active offers 1 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia N8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Active has a rating of 4.2.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
17 Oct, 2011

Performance

(upto 680 MHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
256 MB RAM
512 MB RAM

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
3 inches (7.62 cm)
AMOLED
LCD
360x640 px
320x480 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
N/A

Battery

1200 mAh
1200 mAh

Storage

512 MB
1 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
4.2/5
(79 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
Android v2.3

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
Adreno 205

RAM

256 MB
512 MB

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
LCD

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
3 inches  (7.62 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
320x480 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
192 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
52.96 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
92 mm

Width

59 mm
55 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
16.50 mm

Weight

135 grams
110.8 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

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

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
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh
1200 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(2G)
Up to 3.51(3G) / Up to 4.88(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
1 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)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes

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
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Proximity sensor Accelerometer

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

Applications

N/A
Document viewer