Sony's Xperia Ion v. Nokia's N8: Lens get ready to RUMBLEE!!!

Incase you haven't heard, Sony still makes phones and in case you haven't heard also, they announced the Sony Xperia Ion during the just concluded CES event in Las Vegas.

You are probably wondering what's the big deal?

We all know that Sony Ericsson made the best camera phones (even before iPhone and android), but they were slowly edged out when Nokia launched its N Series range of Carl Zeiss Lenses smartphones, smartphones like the N72, N82. Then Nokia just killed all competition with the N8. More than a year later, the N8 still can't be beat!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you The Sony Xperia Ion, this is a 4.5inch screen, 12MP, 4000x3000px, autofocus, LED flash, Dual Core 1.5gHz android running smartphone.

I'm afraid our beloved N8 has some stiff competition coming, and Nokia better take their time in preparing the N8 successor to perfection.

 

side by side pic comparism
symbian belle v. android4.0	camera interface comparism

 I'm afraid i don't have any pic samples now, but you can check out samples for Nokia N8 and Xperia Ion

So Let's look at a video comparison:

here is how they both stack up, side by side:

 

Nokia N8	Sony Xperia Ion	VERDICT
12MP Carl Zeiss Lens	12MP camera	N8
Xenon Flash	LED Flash	N8
3.5inch AMOLED capacitive, 16M colors	4.5inch LED-Backlit LCD, capacitive, 16M color	Xperia
16GB storage 256RAM, 512ROM	16GB storage,  1GB RAM	Xperia
Bluetooth v3.0	Bluetooth v2.1	N8
Face Detection, ND filter, geo-tagging	Face/Smile Detection, 3D panorama, image stabilization	Xperia
Video [email protected], continuous autofocus	[email protected],continuos autofocus, video light, video stabilizer	Xperia
Front facing camera: VGA camera	1.3MP, [email protected]	Xperia
680MHz ARM11 CPU	Dual-Core 1.5GHz Snapdragon CPU	Xperia
OS: Symbian Belle	OS: Android	N8
TV Out (720p) with Dolby Digital Sound + HDMI port	HDMI port	N8
Colors: Silver, Black, Pink, Orange, Green, Blue, Bronze	Black and White	N8
Stand By 390h Talk time 12h Music 50h	Stand By 400h Talk time 10h Music 12h	N8
Weight 135g	Weight 144g	N8
Network: GSM, HSDPA, 3G	Network: GSM. HSDPA, LTE	Xperia

In conclusion, I still pick the N8 as my winner here, but the introduction of the Xperia Ion only proves N8 wouldnt be king of the Camera phone world for long.

So Nokia, if you are listening, take your time getting that N8 successor ready, but don't take too long

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