Samsung and Nokia have always been the biggest rivals in the phone market. Samsung doesn’t want to lose its position while Nokia is trying real hard to get it off that place. Samsung and Nokia will keep on competing with each other like this and ultimately providing us better, cheaper and more reliable phones.
Samsung has recently announced the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and on the other hand Nokia has launched the Nokia N9 in the market. Nokia N9 has got the Meego OS while Samsung Galaxy Nexus has got Android v4.0 and both of them are buzzing a lot on the web. Now, let us see what happens when we will have Nokia N9 vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Form Factor
Nokia N9 has got the dimensions measuring up to 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm and on the other hand Samsung Galaxy Nexus has got dimensions ranging up to 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm. Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a quite large phone.
Winner – Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Processor
Samsung Galaxy Nexus – Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU
Nokia N9 – 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset
The processor of Samsung Galaxy Nexus is quite more powerful than the Nokia N9. There is a difference of almost 0.2GHz which can mean a lot. It is always advised to purchase the phones with more clock speed, though we can even overclock it.
Winner – Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Display
Samsung Galaxy Nexus – Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 4.65inch
Nokia N9 – AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 3.9inch
The screen type of both the phones is same but the screen type of Samsung Galaxy Nexus is more superior than that of its competitor also , its larger than Nokia N9. Even the pixel density of Samsung Galaxy Nexus is more than that of Nokia N9.
Winner – Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Camera
Samsung Galaxy Nexus – 5 MP, 2592×1936 pixels
Nokia N9 – 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels
Although Samsung Galaxy Nexus was better than Nokia N9 in almost every field but in this category, Samsung has fallen flat on floor. The difference between the camera quality of both the phones isn’t much but it can easily be the deciding factor. Nokia N9 has got features like autofocus, dual LED flash while Samsung Nexus has got same features but with singled LED flash.
Winner – Nokia N9
Operating System
Samsung Galaxy Nexus – Android v4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich)
Nokia N9 – MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan
The OS is perhaps the most crucial factor while purchasing the phone. The OS Nokia N9 is good but not better than that of Samsung Galaxy Nexus because Android is currently ruling the globe. Anything which can challenge the position of Android is iOS, no one else can challenge it.
Winner – Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Data Connectivity
Samsung Galaxy Nexus supports various data connectivity features like 3G, 2G, EDGE, GPRS, USB, WLAN, Bluetooth etc and on the other side of the river, Nokia N9 also supports the same features. So there is nothing much exciting and ecstatic about this catalog.
Winner – Tie
Memory
Samsung Galaxy Nexus – 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Nokia N9 – 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Both the phones have fixed internal memories but there is huge difference between the maximum available memory in these phones. Nokia N9 seems to provide better customer experience here. The noticeable things is that both of them have same RAM size i.e. 1GB.
Winner – Nokia N9
Battery
Battery life of phones have to be perfect and very large. Samsung Galaxy Nexus having a super powerful Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery and on the other hand Nokia N9 is having the Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery. The talk time battery of Nokia N9 is 11 h (2G) / 7 h (3G). On the hand, the Samsung has made no disclosures about the battery life of Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Winner – Tie
Price
Price of Samsung Galaxy Nexus is expected to be somewhere around Rs.35,000 or $780. The Nokia N9 is priced at Rs.31,000 or $690.
Winner – Depends
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