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Nokia Lumia 800 vs. Nokia N9: the tale of the tape

Sure, they might look the same, but are they actually the same? Inside that smooth, shapely polycarbonate shell lies internals that are actually significantly different between these two. How different? Well, the guy on the left, the newly-unveiled Lumia 800, has a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor paired with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The guy on the right? That's the ill-fated N9, and it packs a 1GHz TI OMAP chip with 1GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage. Inside the chart below lies the information you need, and the details you crave.


Lumia 800

N9

Price (on contract)

$585+

$650+

Processor

1.4GHz
Qualcomm
MSM8255

1GHz
Texas Instruments
OMAP 3860

Display

3.7-inch curved AMOLED
Gorilla Glass
800 x 480

3.9-inch curved AMOLED
Gorilla Glass
854 x 480

Primary camera

8 megapixel
dual-LED flash

8 megapixel
dual-LED flash

Front-facing camera

none

VGA

Video recording

720p at 30fps

720p at 30fps

Cellular

quadband UMTS / HSPA (14.4Mbps)
quadband GSM

pentaband UMTS / HSPA (14.4Mbps)
quadband GSM

WiFi

802.11 b/g/n

802.11 a/b/g/n

NFC

No

Yes

Memory

512MB RAM

1GB RAM

Storage

16GB
internal storage

16 / 64GB
internal storage

Operating System

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Meego 1.2 Harmattan

Battery

1,450mAh

1,450mAh

Quoted Battery life

Up to 13 hours talk time

Up to 7 hours video

Up to 11 hours talk time

Up to 4.5 hours video

Weight

142g / 5.01oz

135g / 4.76oz

Thickness

12.1mm / 0.48in

12.1mm / 0.48in