Nokia N8 vs Apple iPhone 4

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Nokia and Apple have announced two flagship devices, the Nokia N8 and the iPhone 4. While Nokia N8 has been launched in India, the iPhone 4 is soon going to be available here as well. Both these high-end devices look good, have strong attributes and come with a shed-load of features.are two of the biggest handsets of 2010. Packed with features, they’re the future of smartphones. We still think the Nokia N8 has what it takes to hold off the portable pretender from Apple, but it also depends on the choice of the customers.One of the biggest advantage of Nokia N8 over the iPhone 4 is the price.And while we have very gripes with the iPhone, the Nokia N8 does look like a very promising device and also has some features that the new Apple iPhone 4 is lacking.So, if you’re still not sure which one of these devices is the better one, take a look at our spec-check before you part with your hard-earned cash.

Design And Features
The N8 is a touchscreen with tapered ends that comes in a range of glowing metallic colours (Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange). The cases are scratch-proof ionised aluminium and the N8 has a little bulge on the back for the camera kit.Specs: 12.9 mm thick, 135grams.Whereas The iPhone 4 promises to be the slimmest smartphone on the market and comes in Apple’s traditional black or white. The metal band around the edge is reminiscent of a Leica camera according to Steve Jobs. Specs: 9.3mm thick, 137grams.Even if iPhone is the slimmest phone there are consequences on this, like on the camera performance e.g. zooming and sensor size. For the color variants of Nokia N8, the mass is already have a wide choice for their taste on the color.

The Nokia N8′s 360 x 640 pixels 3.5 inch touchscreen is extremely adequate and, as is the case with a lot of Nokia devices, there’s the option to watch videos on your TV via your phone, which is a lovely little touch – and lessens the necessity of having an immaculate screen.It is quite impressive, but we are not convinced that it is better than the new iPhone 4′s screen.The iPhone 4, which has an impressive 640 x 960 pixel display, is the same size as the Nokia N8′s. However, Apple has included its highly debated Retina Display technology, which is reported to be very impressive.Overall, it’s difficult to say which is the best but on paper, the iPhone 4, clearly has the edge – both in terms of pixel power and invested technology.

Now if we talk about apple’s Symbian 3, it really is a nice operating system but for user experience Apple wins hands down here.It has only just introduced multitasking, I know, but it does promise to be a silky smooth experience. And that app store is pretty good.Symbian is very functional but it still has some ugly menus and Options and Back buttons which take up a lot of screen space and are not very intuitive.The limitations of Apple facetime for the Wi-Fi connection and iPhone to iPhone is what Nokia already solved and made possible long time ago to their devices. So in N8 you will not be bounded by connections and you will get connected for the video calls in any capable devices.

The Nokia N8 has a 16GB internal storage plus giving you a chance to add an external hot swappable microSD card up to 32GB.N8 has an on-board video editor and without pulling some extra bucks from your pocket, of course. The same on Ovi Maps, neither we need a connection nor we would pay for it. That is really the magic of Nokia, bringing us connected anywhere and anytime.With Symbian being an Open Source platform of iPhone 4, it’s easier than ever for developers to create useful apps, and even those without technical knowledge can create their own apps. With the iPhone App Store, developers have to get Apple’s acceptance for new apps, limiting software innovation.

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