Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Vodafone Smart N8

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC ViewSonic
Announced June 2011 October 2014 June 2017
Status Available - September 2011 Available - October 2014 Available - June 2017
Price - - Rs. 6,500 ($100.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
144.5 x 71.9 x 8.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.83 x 0.34 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6737
GPU PowerVR SGX530 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Mali-T720 MP2
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 3.9 inches 8.9 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 69.76% 66.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Autofocus, HDR, touch-focus
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 6700 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min -