Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 vs Nokia N8

Comparing the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 vs Nokia N8 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nokia N8 runs at a higher processing speed of 0.68 GHz, while Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 runs at 0.53 GHz, making Nokia N8 the better performer.

Display: Nokia N8 offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 offers 3 inches, making Nokia N8 the larger display of the two. Nokia N8 features a AMOLED display compared to Sony Ericsson Xperia X1'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 X1 offers 3.2 MP, making Nokia N8 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and Nokia N8 feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Nokia N8 offers 1200 mAh, making Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and Nokia N8 offer the same internal storage of 512 GB.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

(Discontinued)

Nokia N8

₹25,239

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

01 Feb, 2008

04 Oct, 2010

14 Jul, 2026

User Ratings

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4.3/5

(173 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Windows Mobile

Symbian vBelle

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

6 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Nothing OS

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM7200

N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SM6650

Processor

528 MHz, Qualcomm

680 MHz, ARM 11

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)

N/A

Broadcom BCM2727

Adreno 810

RAM

256 MB

8 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR4X

Display

Display Type

LCD

AMOLED

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3 inches (7.62 cm)

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

800x480 px (HD)

360x640 px

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

311 ppi

210 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

44.03 %

50.4 %

87.32 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

Display Colour

N/A

16M

N/A

Design

Height

110.5 mm

113.5 mm

164.4 mm

Width

52.6 mm

59 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

17.00 mm

12.90 mm

8.6 mm

Weight

145 grams

135 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

3.2 MP
Primary Camera

12 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

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes LED Flash Xenon Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

N/A

4000 x 3000 Pixels

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

2 x Digital Zoom
Face detection

N/A

Video Recording

640x480 @ 25

1280x720 @ 25 fps

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

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

0.3 MP
Front Camera

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Battery

Capacity

1500 mAh

1200 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

N/A

TalkTime

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

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

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 33W Fast Charging 50% in 80 minutes

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 16 GB

Yes Up to 32 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

N/A

SIM1: Mini

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 3 (802.11 b/g)

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

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 v2

Yes v3

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

N/A

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Video Player

N/A

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

N/A

Ring Tone

N/A

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration

N/A

Music

N/A

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

N/A

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

N/A

Yes Java games + Downloadable

N/A

Java

N/A

Yes MIDP 2.1

N/A

Browser

N/A

Yes Flash HTML WAP 2.0 XHTML

N/A

Phone Book

N/A

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited

N/A

SMS

N/A

Yes Threaded View

N/A

MMS

N/A

Yes

N/A

Email

N/A

Yes Push e-mail

N/A

Instant Messaging

N/A

Yes

N/A

Other Facilities

N/A

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

N/A

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