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Nokia X7 Versus Nokia N8: which is better?
By Martin James on April 29,
 2011 at 00:00,

The Nokia N8 has ruled the Nokia roost for quite a while now, and with good reason. But now we have the Nokia X7 to get excited about, it's time to put the two head to head and see which one comes out on top in which areas. Join us after the cut for the low-down!

Until a week or so ago, if you told us you were looking to upgrade to a high-end media-friendly smartphone in the next few months we'd have had no hesitation in recommending the Nokia N8.

But then the Nokia X7 broke cover and gave media lovers a whole new proposition to think about, throwing in the Symbian Anna upgrade for good measure.

Picking a winner from this two over-achievers is no easy task, so let's start by reminding ourselves of what they have to offer.

Nokia N8

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The gorgeous Nokia N8 delivers an awful lot for the media-lover in a surprisingly compact package. The screen size measures a medium-sized 3.5-inches across, but it's an AMOLED panel with a 360 x 640 resolution, so whatever you're viewing is guaranteed to be pin-sharp and beautifully detailed.

The Nokia N8 boasts a stunning 12-megapixel camera complete with wide-angle lens, Xenon flash, 720p video recording and an HDMI out port for hooking up to your HD TV.

With web TV, desktop Flash, optimised video streaming and playback support, the Nokia N8 is ideal for enjoying your favourite TV and video content on the go.

Nokia X7

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There's no doubt that entertainment is right at the top of the Nokia X7's agenda. Things get off to a good start with probably the Nokia X7's hero feature – that spacious 4-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

Whether you're watching video, checking out photos or simply browsing the web, the Nokia X7 is the ideal smartphone for the job. And speaking of video, you get on-demand web TV built in, while the camera supports 720p video recording too.

The ARM 680MHz processor has plenty of grunt to keep things ticking over nicely, and the Nokia X7 will also launch with the latest Symbian Anna OS baked right in.

And the winner is...

Both of these powerful Nokias have a lot to offer the media-loving smartphone user. Both offer the same display technology and resolution, they're both attractive touchscreen all-rounders and both will have Symbian Anna on board – the Nokia X7 natively and the Nokia N8 via update.

The difference comes down to whether you're more interested in consuming media, or creating it. If it's the former you're interested in, the Nokia X7's bigger overall screen size – 4-inches versus 3.5-inches – is enough to shade things, even though the Nokia N8 features an HDMI out port for connecting to a bigger screen.

If you're more of a creative type, then we can't look past the Nokia N8's fantastic 12-megapixel camera, which for our money is the best camera on any smartphone on the market today.

Ultimately, both the Nokia X7 and the Nokia N8 are superb smartphones, and neither of them is obviously superior overall; they simply focus on different strengths. If you're into creating media, we'd lean towards the Nokia N8; if you're more of a media consumer, then we'd go for the Nokia X7. Either way, though, you're a winner.

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  • xrs

    what a silly idea to take out a good camera from E7 and X7. If there wold be a camera from N8 I would buy E7. Now from my n97 after 15 years with nokia I will go for Samsung galaxy S2. Come on nokia, you are loosing your customers, try harder get W7 or W8 quicker. I am changing phones every 18 months, you have that time to prepare something mind blowing.

  • andy burgin

    Some would prefer the N8 because of the camera on it,but the some might prefer the X7 because of the Larger screen an speakers on the Front,so you can lay your X7 down an still be able to see whos calling or texting you an still get full volume from the Speakers,the only one bad drawback on the N8-speakers in wrong position an even the camera rim not helping you get clear sound an full volume from the Speakers

  • vikram
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenokiagallery/collections/72157624928852359/ The Nokia Gallery

    Totally agree X7 for music and gaming

    and the Nokia N8 stil the best with its camera

    Check out the photos taken by me without editing except adding of signature and border
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenokiagallery/collections/72157624928852359/

  • rumad4it

    The only question is, do you want the larger screen? You have a whole article, when you only needed one sentence. It has nothing to do with consuming media. You can consume media perfectly fine on a 3.5 inch screen (think Apple). If you want a 4 inch screen and don’t care about a swell camera, get the x7. There, I wrote your next article.

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  • Blessed_aone

    nothing really compares to the physical beauty of x7 only if the nokia made its specs far better than their other phones. for me x7 has the most beautiful and attractive physical looks. i’ve got headache of surfing and reading about what applications can offer even though other phones are have better specs i would still choose x7 just because of its physical look. how i wish it has a front camera in it to make it complete and an internal memory of 8bg

  • M Talal K719

    x7 is the best with its wondrfull screen and sexy attractive looks