Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G

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Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G across camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers 5.1 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Nokia N8 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Nokia N8 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offer the same internal storage of 512 GB.

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Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010
18 Sep, 2011

Performance

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

Display

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
AMOLED
LCD
360x640 px
480x854 px

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
5.1 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1200 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

512 MB
512 MB

User Ratings

4.3/5
(173 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian vBelle
N/A

Performance

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11
N/A

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727
N/A

RAM

256 MB
512 MB

Display

Display Type

AMOLED
LCD

Screen Size

3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
480x854 px

Pixel Density

210 ppi
245 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %
59.74 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
N/A

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm
119 mm

Width

59 mm
62 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm
16.00 mm

Weight

135 grams
175 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera
5.1 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash
Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps
N/A

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 6.45(3G) / Up to 8.41(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
512 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
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)

Bluetooth

Yes v3
Yes v2.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
N/A

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 WMA AMR OGG AAC AAC+ WAV with Audio Streaming Album art Stereo Speakers and 3.5mm Audio Jack

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
N/A

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable
3D Games

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
Practically Unlimited

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes Threaded View

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes Push e-mail
Yes Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9
Calendar Alarms Calculator World Clock Voice recording

Applications

N/A
Android Cloud to Device messaging (C2DM) Android Market Dedicated Android Market specially for gaming Additional Microphone for Noise cancellation