Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Nokia N8

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Comparing the Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Nokia N8 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam runs at a higher processing speed of 0.72 GHz, while Nokia N8 runs at 0.68 GHz, making Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam the better performer.


Display: Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam offers a screen size of 3.7 inches, while Nokia N8 offers 3.5 inches, making Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam the larger display of the two. Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nokia N8's AMOLED, making Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia N8 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12 MP, while Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam offers 8 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam and Nokia N8 feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam offers a higher battery capacity with 1800 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam and Nokia N8 offer the same internal storage of 512 GB.

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Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam
(Discontinued)
Nokia N8
₹25,239
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2010
04 Oct, 2010

Performance

(upto 720 MHz)
(upto 680 MHz)
384 MB RAM
256 MB RAM

Display

3.7 inches (9.4 cm)
3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
Super AMOLED
AMOLED
480x800 px
360x640 px

Rear Camera

8 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1800 mAh
1200 mAh

Storage

512 MB
512 MB

User Ratings

N/A
4.3/5
(173 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v2.1
Symbian vBelle

Performance

Processor

720 MHz
680 MHz, ARM 11

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Broadcom BCM2727

RAM

384 MB
256 MB

Display

Display Type

Super AMOLED
AMOLED

Screen Size

3.7 inches  (9.4 cm)
3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)

Resolution

480x800 px
360x640 px

Pixel Density

252 ppi
210 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

52.93 %
50.4 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Display Colour

N/A
16M

Design

Height

123 mm
113.5 mm

Width

59.8 mm
59 mm

Thickness

14.90 mm
12.90 mm

Weight

156 grams
135 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash

Image Resolution

N/A
4000 x 3000 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30
1280x720 @ 25 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1800 mAh
1200 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 14.16(2G)
Up to 5.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 12 Hours(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

N/A
SIM1: Mini

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 v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm

Video Player

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

Ring Tone

N/A
Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration

Music

N/A
Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR MIDI MP3 WAV

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

N/A
Yes Java games + Downloadable

Java

N/A
Yes MIDP 2.1

Browser

N/A
Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML

Phone Book

N/A
Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited

SMS

N/A
Yes Threaded View

MMS

N/A
Yes

Email

N/A
Yes Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes

Other Facilities

N/A
Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Video/photo editor Flash Lite support T9