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The Nokia Lumia 800 vs. Nokia N9, siblings separated at birth [TABLE]

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What we have here is something unheard of before. Two phones with the same body, but extremely different personalities. On the left side we have the freshly announced Nokia Lumia 800, the company’s first Windows Phone 7-running smartphone, and on the right, we have the Nokia N9 – the first, and unfortunately, probably the last MeeGo-running device for the Finnish phone manufacturer.

Now, these two are quite alike on the outside with their unique polycarbonate unibodies (which I’m extremely fond of, I admit) but the hardware on the inside couldn’t be more different.

To find out more about what both devices offer exactly, we’ve set up a comparison table between the two to help us differentiate them from one another.








 
Nokia Lumia 800
Nokia N9
OS
Windows Phone 7.5
Mango
MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan
Display
3.7 inches AMOLED capacitive
Nokia ClearBlack display
3.9 inches AMOLED capacitive
Gorilla glass display
Resolution
480 x 800
480 x 854
Height
Width
Thickness
116.5mm
61.2mm
12.1mm
116.5mm
61.2mm
12.1mm
Weight
142 grams
135 grams
Build
Polycarbonate plastic unibody
Polycarbonate plastic unibody
Processor
1.4 GHz single-core processor,
Adreno 205 GPU

Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset
1GHz single-core Cortex A8 CPU,
PowerVR SGX530 GPU
TI OMAP 3630 chipset
RAM
512 MB
1GB
Storage
16 GB
16 GB / 64 GB
microSD card slot
No
No
Primary camera
8MP autofocus
720p HD video recording
8MP autofocus
720p HD video recording
Primary camera extras
dual-LED Flash
Carl Zeiss optics
dual-LED Flash
Carl Zeiss optics
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
802.11b/g/n
Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
USB
Yes, microUSB 2.0
Yes, microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Sensors
Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer sensor
Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer sensor
Battery
Li-Ion 1450 mAh
Stand-by: 265 h (2G) / 335 h (3G)
Talk time: 13 h (2G) / 9 h 30 min (3G)
Li-Ion 1450 mAh
Stand-by: 380 h (2G) / 450 h (3G)
Talk time:11 h (2G) / 7 h (3G)
Availability
2011, November
Available.
Released 2011, September
Price
€420
(before taxes)
€480
(before taxes)
Color options
Black, Magenta, Cyan
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white

As you can see the differences are drastic. The Lumia 800 is running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango with a slightly more powerful 1.4GHz single-core Scropion processor, compared to N9′s 1GHz single core Cortex A8 one. But you see, this is where it gets interesting, as the N9 has twice the RAM the Lumia 800 does.

In the end, everything boils down to your personal preference of operating system. Both devices feature the same unique design, and slightly altered hardware, but do things utterly differently. So, now it’s your turn to answer the big one – which one wins your heart?

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