Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a

Comparing the Nokia N8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a across display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Nokia N8 offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a offers 3.2 inches, making Nokia N8 the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a'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 X2a offers 8.1 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.

Battery: Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a better for longer battery life.

Storage: Nokia N8 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a offers 110 GB, making Nokia N8 the better option for storage.

Nokia N8

₹25,239

(Discontinued)

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

04 Oct, 2010

08 Apr, 2010

14 Jul, 2026

User Ratings

4.3/5

(173 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Symbian vBelle

N/A

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

6 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Nothing OS

Performance

Chipset

N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SM6650

Processor

680 MHz, ARM 11

N/A

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Broadcom BCM2727

N/A

Adreno 810

RAM

256 MB

N/A

8 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR4X

Display

Display Type

AMOLED

LCD

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)

3.2 inches (8.13 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px

800x480 px (HD)

1080x2344 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

2000 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

20:9

Pixel Density

210 ppi

292 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

50.4 %

49.02 %

87.32 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

Display Colour

16M

N/A

Design

Height

113.5 mm

110 mm

164.4 mm

Width

59 mm

54 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

12.90 mm

16.00 mm

8.6 mm

Weight

135 grams

155 grams

210 grams

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP64 (up to 20 minutes in a depth of 0.25 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera

8.1 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/2.76" sensor size

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size

Autofocus

Yes

N/A

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

N/A

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

Digital Zoom

N/A

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25 fps

N/A

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

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera

N/A

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Battery

Capacity

1200 mAh

1500 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

N/A

TalkTime

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

Up to 6(3G) / Up to 10(2G)

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 33W Fast Charging 50% in 80 minutes

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB

110 MB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Yes Up to 16 GB

N/A

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

Yes

SIM 1

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

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

Wi-Fi Features

N/A

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v3

Yes

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

N/A

USB Type-C

Video Player

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

Yes Video Formats: MPEG4 H.263 H.264 DivX XviD

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 AAC AAC+ eAAC+ WMA - 3.5mm Audio Jack

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

Accelerometer

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

Yes Java games + Downloadable

3D Games

N/A

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1

N/A

Browser

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML

Yes

N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited

Yes

N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View

Yes

N/A

MMS

Yes

N/A

Email

Yes Push e-mail

Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP Microsoft Exchange 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

Handwriting recognition Alarm clock Calendar Calculator Flight mode Notes Tasks # Document Viewer(Word Excel Power Point PDF) Mopbile T.V. out Predictive text input

N/A

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