Difference Between Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and Nokia N8

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 vs Nokia N8

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and Nokia N8 are two smartphones released at the same period and both are having excellent multimedia features. Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 is packed with brilliant hardware, it comes with 4″ WVGA Touchscreen (pinch to zoom with Android 2.1 OS), 1GHz processor, 8.1 megapixel camera, 1GB internal memory, Turbo 3G HSPA modem with a good 8 hrs talktime for UMTS/HSPA network. Nokia N8 has the most powerful camera among all mobile phones of today, it has a 12 megapixel camera with xenon flash and video recording at 720p. It also features Dolby Digital Plus technology for sound recording, with all these you can produce an excellent video piece. The display is 3.5 inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 640×360 pixels.

Except for camera, Xperia X10 smarts in other hardware features such as screen size, processor speed,and memory. However when it comes to software Xperia X10 is shipped with Android 1.6 and upgradeable to 2.1. The pinch to zoom feature for browsing and Google Map is only available with the upgrade to Android 2.1. Nokia scores on that aspect with Symbian 3.0. Symbian 3.0 support more media formats and support OPenGL ES 2.0 for gaming also. However Sony Ericsson has patched up some of the short coming in Android 1.6 with its user interface, UX. It has added some features such a Timescape to integrate all communication and social networks in one place and Mediascape to get all media in one place. Having access to Android market is a plus point for SE Xperia X10. Compared to Android Market, Ovi Store has less number of application.

Difference between Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and Nokia N8

Differentiator Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Design Larger display 4″; 8.1 MP camera 3.5″ display; 12 MP camera
Performance
Processor Speed; RAM 1GHz; 1GB 684MHz; 256MB
OS Android 1.6 (Upgradeable to 2.1) Symbian 3.0
Application Android Market (more applications) Ovi Store
Network GSM GSM
Price

Comparison of Specifications – Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 vs Nokia N8

Specification
Design SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Form Factor Candy bar Candy bar
Keyboard Virtual QWERTY keyboard Virtual QWERTY keyboard
Dimension 119.0×63.0×13.0 mm 113.5x59x12.9 mm
Weight 135g 135g
Body Color Black, White White, Grey, Green
Display SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Size 4” 3.5″
Type 16M color AMOLED screen, 16 M color
Resolution WVGA, 854 x 480 pixels 640×360 pixels
Features Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity sensor, Ambient light detector Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity sensor, Ambient light detector
Operating System SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Platform Android 1.6 (Upgradeable to 2.1) Symbian 3.0
UI UX
Browser Webkit HTML 4.1
Java/Adobe Flash Squirrelfish Javascript engines Java MIDP 2.1, Flash Lite 4.0
Processor SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Model Qualcomm Snapdragon
Speed 1GHz 684MHz
Memory SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
RAM 1GB 256MB
Included 8GB 16GB
Expansion Up to 16GB microSD card Up to 32GB microSD card
Camera SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Resolution 8.1 Megapixel 12 Megapixel
Flash LED Xenon
Focus; Zoom Auto, 16x digital Auto
Video Capture HD [email protected] (with Android 2.1 upgrade only) HD [email protected]
Sensors Geo tagging,  light sensor Geo-tagging
Features Face Detection, smile detection, Image stabilizer Carl Zeiss optics, Face recognition, pinch zoom image viewer
Secondary camera No VGA 640×480
Media Play SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Audio support 3.5mm Ear Jack, Media Player

MP3, AAC

3.5mm Ear Jack & Speaker, Dolby Surround sound
MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, E-AC-3, AC-3r
Video support Video streaming MPEG4/H264/ VC-1, Sorenson Spark, Real video 10

Video streaming

Battery SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Type; Capacity Li-ion Li-ion; 1200mAh
Talktime Up to 10 hrs (2G), 8 hrs (3G) Up to 12 hrs (2G), up to 5 hrs 50min (3G)
Standby 425 hrs 300 hrs
Message SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Mail Email, SMS, MMS, Gmail POP3/IMAP Email & IM, SMS, MMS, Unified Push Email Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Windows Live
Sync Microsoft Exchange Active Sync; Sync Contacts, Calendar via SE Sync , Facebook, Google sync Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Integrated Contacts, Integrated Calendar,
Connectivity SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth v 2.1 v 3.0
USB 2.0 2.0
HDMI Yes
Location Service SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Wi-Fi Hotspot No
GPS A-GPS, Google Map A-GPS,Ovi Maps
Network Support

SE Xperia X10

Nokia N8
2G/3G UMTS/HSPA

GSM/EDGE

WCDMA

GSM/EDGE

4G No No
Application SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
Apps Android Market, Google Mobile Apps Ovi Store
Social Networks Facebook/Twitter/Googletalk Googletalk/Facebook/Outlook
Featured
Additional Features SE Xperia X10 Nokia N8
WisePilot navigator, Timescape, Mediascape 3 Customizable homescreen, Ovi Suite, Ovi Player

TBU – To be updated

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