Both the handsets feature touchscreen and 3.5 inch display, but Nokia N8 is fitted with AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with16M colors 360 x 640 pixels. In comparison to this, Apple iPhone 4 comes with 16M colors 360 x 640 pixels. Nokia is expected to release the model in October 2010 and Apple’s handset is already in the market from June 2010. Either of these models bears equal 2G and 3G networking characters.
The display of N8 and iPhone 4 are similar to the extent of Multi-touch input and Proximity sensor for auto turn-off. The difference is seen in normal Scratch-resistant surface of the model from Nokia, which is made of Gorilla glass. However, Apple has spiced up the display with Three-axis gyro sensor. Nokia has designed the Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, whereas Apple’s Accelerometer sensor is a normal auto-rotate. Operating systems of both differ totally. Nokia has gone for Symbian^3 OS whereas Apple has preferred using iOS 4 OS.
The features of the camera also vary significantly in these models. Nokia N8 is fitted with 12 MP, 4000×3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and Xenon flash. Other features of the camera are ND filter, and face and smile detection. Conversely, Apple iPhone 4 comes with 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and Touch focus. The Geo-tagging feature is common to both. Either of the models is capable of video shooting, but Apple’s model is capable of shooting videos at the capacity of 720p@30fps and Nokia’s handset is restricted at 720p@25fps.