Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 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 Play runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Sony Ericsson Xperia Play the better performer.

Display: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play offers a screen size of 4 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Sony Ericsson Xperia Play the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Ericsson Xperia Play'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 Play offers 5 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.

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

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

Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Play offers 400 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.

User Rating: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Nokia N8 has a rating of 4.3.

Nokia N8

₹25,239

(Discontinued)

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

₹35,000

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010

30 Mar, 2011

11 Jun, 2026

Performance

N/A	N/A
N/A	Snapdragon S2	MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
(upto 680 MHz)	(upto 1 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.4 GHz)
256 MB RAM	380 MB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display

N/A	N/A
3.5 inches (8.89 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)	6.8 inches (17.27 cm)
AMOLED	LCD	Extreme AMOLED
360x640 px	480x854 px	1272x2772 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A	N/A
12 MP Primary Camera	5 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera

N/A	N/A
0.3 MP	0.3 MP	50 MP

Battery

N/A	N/A
1200 mAh	1500 mAh	6500 mAh
N/A	N/A	90W Turbo Power Charging
N/A	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

512 MB	400 MB	256 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 4.1

User Ratings

4.3/5

(173 ratings)

4.4/5

(46 ratings)

N/A

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Mar 30, 2011

Jun 04, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Symbian vBelle

Android v2.3

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

5 Year

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Excellent

Chipset

N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11

1 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Octa core

3.4 GHz, Single core, Cortex A725 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727

Adreno 205

Mali-G720 MP8

RAM

256 MB

380 MB

12 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR5X

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Best In Class

Display Type

AMOLED

LCD

Extreme AMOLED

Screen Size

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)

4 inches (10.16 cm)

6.8 inches (17.27 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px

480x854 px

1272x2772 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

5200 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1800 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

19.6:9

Pixel Density

210 ppi

245 ppi

450 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %

59.74 %

96.8 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

96.8 %

Display Colour

16M

N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm

119 mm

162.7 mm

Width

59 mm

62 mm

75.6 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm

16 mm

7.19 mm

Weight

135 grams

175 grams

190 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Plastic

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Excellent

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera

5 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.812 mm focal length LYT 710 2.0µm pixel size

N/A

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera12 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

N/A

50 MP
Telephoto Camera81 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

N/A

Shooting Modes

N/A

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization

Digital Zoom
Optical Zoom
Face detection
Filters
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps

N/A

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Macro Video
Audio Zoom

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A

Best In Class

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
f/1.9 Primary Camera1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

N/A

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Excellent

Capacity

1200 mAh

1500 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Silicon Carbon

TalkTime

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

Up to 6.41(3G) / Up to 8.41(2G)

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 90W Turbo Power Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A

Reverse Charging

N/A

Yes 5W Wired Reverse Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB

400 MB

256 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini

N/A

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported

5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A

SIM 1

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) 6GHz

Wi-Fi Features

N/A

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3

Yes v2.1

Yes v5.4

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

N/A

USB Type-C

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos

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

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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

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