Sony Xperia S vs Nokia 808 PureView

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Comparing the Sony Xperia S vs Nokia 808 PureView across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Sony Xperia S runs at a higher processing speed of 1.5 GHz, while Nokia 808 PureView runs at 1.3 GHz, making Sony Xperia S the better performer.


Display: Sony Xperia S offers a screen size of 4.3 inches, while Nokia 808 PureView offers 4 inches, making Sony Xperia S the larger display of the two. Nokia 808 PureView features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Xperia S's LCD, making Nokia 808 PureView the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia 808 PureView offers a higher rear camera resolution with 41 MP, while Sony Xperia S offers 12.1 MP, making Nokia 808 PureView better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Sony Xperia S offers a higher front camera resolution with 1.3 MP, while Nokia 808 PureView offers 0.3 MP, making Sony Xperia S better for front camera photography.


Battery: Sony Xperia S offers a higher battery capacity with 1750 mAh, while Nokia 808 PureView offers 1400 mAh, making Sony Xperia S better for longer battery life.


Storage: Sony Xperia S offers higher internal storage with 32 GB, while Nokia 808 PureView offers 1 GB, making Sony Xperia S the better option for storage.


User Rating: Sony Xperia S receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Nokia 808 PureView has a rating of 4.

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Summary

Release Date

21 Feb, 2012
07 Jun, 2012
14 May, 2026

Performance

N/A
N/A
Snapdragon S3
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
(upto 1.5 GHz)
(upto 1.3 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
1 GB RAM
512 MB RAM
16 GB RAM

Display

N/A
N/A
4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
LCD
AMOLED
AMOLED
720x1280 px (HD)
360x640 px
1440x3168 px (QHD+)
N/A
N/A
144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A
N/A
12.1 MP
Primary Camera
41 MP
Primary Camera
200 MP
Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
N/A
N/A
200 MP
Telephoto Camera
N/A
N/A
50 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

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

Battery

N/A
N/A
1750 mAh
1400 mAh
6600 mAh
N/A
N/A
100W Flash Charging
N/A
N/A
Wireless Charging

Storage

32 GB
1 GB
512 GB
N/A
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A
N/A
8.7/10

Pros

  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
  • Excellent performance
  • Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Battery life could have been better
  • Very expensive with camera kit
  • No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.6/5
(603 ratings)
4/5
(560 ratings)
4.6/5
(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
3,977,648
AnTuTu Score
N/A
N/A
15h 10m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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1 Video

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General

Launch Date

N/A
Jun 07, 2012
(Official)
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Symbian
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

Timescape UI
N/A
Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A
N/A
Best In Class

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Scorpion
1.3 GHz
Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 220
Broadcom BCM2763
Adreno 840

RAM

1 GB
512 MB
16 GB

RAM Type

N/A
N/A
LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A
N/A
3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A
N/A
6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
21.7 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

N/A
N/A
Best In Class

Display Type

LCD
AMOLED
AMOLED

Screen Size

4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)
6.82 inches  (17.32 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)
360x640 px
1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
4500 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A
N/A
19.8:9

Pixel Density

342 ppi
184 ppi
510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

62.08 %
59.1 %
89.7 %

Screen Protection

Yes
Corning Gorilla Glass
Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A
N/A
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
94.49 %

Display Colour

N/A
16M
N/A

Design

Height

128 mm
123.9 mm
162.98 mm

Width

64 mm
60.2 mm
76.81 mm

Thickness

10.60 mm
13.90 mm
8.19 mm

Weight

144 grams
169 grams
232 grams

Build Material

N/A
N/A
Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A
N/A
Best In Class

Resolution

12.1 MP
Primary CameraCMOS image sensor Exmor-R CMOS image sensor
41 MP
Primary Camera
200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size
N/A
N/A
200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size
N/A
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes
Yes
Yes

OIS

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Xenon Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
7152 x 5369 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus
3 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
Full HD @30 fps
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A
N/A
Best In Class

Resolution

1.3 MP
Primary Camera
0.3 MP
Front Camera
50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A
N/A
Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Fixed Focus
N/A
N/A

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps
N/A
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A
N/A
Excellent

Capacity

1750 mAh
1400 mAh
6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 8.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 7.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 6.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 9 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A
N/A
15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

32 GB
1 GB
512 GB

Storage Type

N/A
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

No
Yes Up to 32 GB
N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro
SIM1: Micro
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported
5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A
N/A
Yes

SIM 1

N/A
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 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)
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SIM 2

N/A
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 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)
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SAR Value

Head: 1.3 W/kg Body: 1.07 W/kg
N/A
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
N/A
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3
Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes
N/A
Yes

HDMI

Yes
Yes
N/A

IR Blaster

N/A
N/A
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
N/A
USB Type-C

Video Player

N/A
Yes Video Formats: 3GP ASF AVI MPEG4 WMV
N/A

Ring Tone

N/A
Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

N/A
Yes Music Formats: AAC M4A (Apple lossless) MP3 WMA
N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A
N/A
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A
N/A
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

N/A
Yes OpenGL 2.0 Java games 3D image engine Dedicated graphics processor
N/A

Java

N/A
Yes MIDP 2.1
N/A

Browser

N/A
Yes HTML5
N/A

Phone Book

N/A
Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited
N/A

SMS

N/A
Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

N/A
Yes
N/A

Email

N/A
Yes IMAP Microsoft Exchange POP3 Push e-mail SMTP
N/A

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

N/A
Voice command/dial Video/photo editor Predictive text input
N/A

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