Nokia 8 vs Sony Xperia XZ1: Price in India, Features, Specifications Compared
After Sony unveiling its Xperia XZ1 smartphone in India on Monday, HMD Global on Tuesday launched its flagship Nokia 8 smartphone for the country. Considering that both the handsets come in similar price range, with Sony’s product priced slightly higher, we are here to help you draw the comparison of features and specifications that will help you choose the best-suited handset among the two.
Sony Xperia XZ1 vs Nokia 8 price in India
First talking about the Nokia 8, the smartphone has been priced in India at Rs. 36,999 and will be made available from October 14 on Amazon India, Croma, Reliance, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika, and BigC, apart from other offline stores. The Nokia 8 will be made available in Polished Blue, Tempered Blue, and Steel colour variants in the country. The launch offers for the smartphone include 100GB of additional Jio data – 10GB extra data a month for up to 10 recharges (Rs. 309 and above) until August 2018. Nokia 8 consumers will also have access to special Nokia Mobile Care Concierge Service in 50 cities across the country.
On the other hand, the Sony Xperia XZ1 has been priced at Rs. 44,990 in India and has already been made available starting September 25 via both offline and online stores. The Xperia XZ1 will be made available just in Black colour variant in the country. The smartphone will be bundled with a Quick Charger 3.0 UCH1.2, and other launch offers include a Rs. 1,000 discount on the Rs. 3,490 Style Stand Cover; 5 percent cashback on HDFC and ICICI cards, as well as zero percent EMI offers.
As the Nokia 8 is priced lower than the Sony handset, this might tip the balance for some of the customers who are looking to buy a smartphone but are considerate of their pockets as well.
Nokia 8 vs Sony Xperia XZ1 features
While the highlight feature on both the smartphones under consideration is their respective camera department, they offer drastically different options to the users. With Nokia 8, HMD Global has introduced its ‘bothies’ feature, which allows users to take photos or videos using the front and rear cameras simultaneously. The Nokia 8 smartphone has further been optimised for one-touch live-streaming via Facebook Live and YouTube Live. The handset also comes with OZO Audio tech for spatial 360-degree audio recording (using 3 microphones), including an Audio Focus mode.
Notably, the Nokia 8 comes with a dual camera setup at the back, which consists of two 13-megaixel sensors – one of which is an RGB sensor with optical image stabilisation (OIS), while the other is a monochrome sensor. Both the sensors have an aperture of f/2.0, 1.12-micron pixel elements, phase detection autofocus, a 76.9-degree wide-angle lens, phase detection autofocus (PDAF), dual-tone LED flash, and an IR range finder. At front, the Nokia 8 bears another 13-megapixel sensor with PDAF, 1.12-micron pixels, an f/2.0 aperture, and an 78.4-degree wide-angle lens. All three cameras on the Nokia 8 come with Carl Zeiss optics.
Moving on to the Sony Xperia XZ1, the smartphone comes with a MotionEye 19-megapixel Exmor RS sensor camera with 3D scanning abilities. The rear camera supports 5-axis stabilisation and is capable of doing slow-motion video recording at 960fps, just like the Xperia XZ Premium, in addition to 4K video recording. At front, Sony Xperia XZ1 features a 13-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.0 and 22mm wide-angle lens for group selfies. It is also powered by Sony’s Exmor RS mobile imaging sensor.
Sony Xperia XZ1 vs Nokia 8 specifications
Moving on to the specifications, the dual-SIM (Nano) Nokia 8 runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat out-of-the-box, with an update to Android 8.0 Oreo promised. The smartphone sports a 5.3-inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) IPS display with 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The Nokia 8 is IP54 rated, which effectively makes it splash proof handset. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC (4 Kryo cores clocked at 2.5GHz and 4 Kryo cores clocked at 1.8GHz) coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM.
The Nokia 8 comes with 64GB of inbuilt UFS2.1 storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration. The connectivity options offered by the handset include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C (v3.1), and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Nokia 8 houses a 3090mAh non-removable battery and measures measures 151.5×73.7×7.9mm.
On the other hand, the Sony Xperia XZ1 runs Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box and sports a a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) HDR display powered by Sony’s Triluminos display and X-Reality technology configured for mobiles and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The smartphone is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM and Adreno 540 GPU.
In terms of storage, the Sony Xperia XZ1 comes with 64GB of inbuilt storage with an option to expand it further using a microSD card (up to 256GB). The connectivity options offered by the smartphone include 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB OTG, USB Type-C, and GPS among others. The Sony Xperia XZ1 has its fingerprint scanner embedded on the power button. It houses a 2700mAh battery that supports Quick Charge 3.0. The smartphone is water and dust resistant with an IP68 certification. It measures 148x73x7.4mm and weighs 156 grams.
