- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- LG Nexus 4
- Samsung Galaxy Note II
- Nokia Lumia 920
- Apple iPhone 4
- Samsung Galaxy S III mini
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus compared to the Nokia N9
GHz1.2
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 4G
by GSM Arena (Dec, 2011)Under good lighting conditions, the videos have decent detail, although the combination of noise and compression take a lot of that away.
1 GHz
MeeGo 1.0 3.5G
Rated 79% by by The Verge (Oct, 2011)Even Lamborghini’s been happy to use the material in its lightweight Gallardo Superleggera and in the case of the N9 it really goes a long way to upholding the company’s reputation for durable and reliable construction.
screen size
4.7"
3.9"
Galaxy Nexus by Javyrmz (Jun, 2012)This phone has very many positive's the screen size, screen size, fast 1.2Ghz processor, Google apps, Google music, 720p display, great camera with no shutter lag and panoramic mode are great.
Nokia N9 by Cat (Dec, 2012)Movies though are beautiful on this screen and the size of the screen is perfect.
screen resolution
Galaxy Nexus by Pedro-Gil-A (Feb, 2013)It is a good phone that works in the five bands used in cellular telephony, ie 3G works 850/900/1700/1900/2100 Mhz, your screen is 16 million colors with resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, size of 4.65 inches and has 316 ppi pixel density.
Nokia N9 by Marco (Feb, 2012)Not considering the Lumia, fairly below the par in almost evereything but the chassis, any of them had good quality in some areas like graphics smoothness or richness of details, camera, media, number of built-in features, browser, battery duration and device appeal.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB |
processor
Galaxy Nexus by umguyThe phone feels really fast especially compared to my Nexus One (as expected for a dual-core device).
Nokia N9 by Chandrasekar-Ravoori (May, 2013)Also, ground-up support for multitasking within Meego keeps the overall experience very smooth(and this despite the N9 sporting a single-core processor) - much better than my "4-core" Sony Android Tablet Z.And last but not the least, this is one of the most pocketable smartphones out there - Nokia does get a few things right from time to time.
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 8 MP | 8 MP |
Galaxy Nexus by Jonathan-Hefner (Oct, 2012)Sure it only has a 5 megapixel resolution, but there is near-zero shutter time on this phone, and all of my pictures came out very clearly.
Nokia N9 by GSM Arena (Oct, 2011)Still, you get plenty of functionality, a Carl-Zeiss certified lens and a sensor that can capture 8 megapixel stills in 4:3 mode, or 7 megapixel snaps in 16:9 or 3:2 mode.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Nokia N9
cpu speed
Galaxy Nexus by AaronThe CPU and graphics processors are very fast, judging from the smoothness of the live desktop (far better than the nexus one) and the high speed which web pages and videos are loaded and shown over wifi connections.
Nokia N9 by Vassilios-Papadopoulos (Apr, 2012)The efficient use of the processor really shines while playing soccer, or golf or need for speed type games.
browser benchmark
Galaxy Nexus by GSM Arena (Dec, 2011)And it does - the Galaxy Nexus breezed through SunSpider making the current crop of smartphones look like a bunch of slowpokes.
Nokia N9 by Toni (Mar, 2013)The speed of the phone between apps is very fast, the web browsing is very fast depending on your network, on T-Mobile it uses 3.5G which is not bad at all.
download speed
Galaxy Nexus by Adam-Terrell-Payne (Mar, 2013)I came from a 3G device so the download speeds have blown me away.
Nokia N9 by Gowrishankar-VHowever I don't feel it is too slow either with average download speeds of 2 mb.
talk time
506 min
660 min
Galaxy Nexus by GSM Arena (Dec, 2011)It did okay as far as talk time goes - 8 hours and 23 minutes - and the video playback time was about average (6 hours and 2 minutes).
Nokia N9 by Quoad-Toad (May, 2012)I estimate my usage as follows per day - 10 minutes talk time, 6 hours playing music, checking email several times a day, 10 texts, a few minutes on the internet, and a few minutes of game play.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Nokia N9
| Much bigger app store | 850,000 apps (Android Market) | vs | 104,000 apps (Nokia Store) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 8.2x more apps; find an app for virtually any task | |||
| Has a removable battery | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Old batteries can be replaced inexpensively | |||
| Uses standard video out connectors | Yes (USB) | vs | No (Proprietary) |
| Somewhat common; Standardized connectors are cheap, compatible and easy to find | |||
| Is 4G | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Supports the fastest, most reliable networks | |||
| Significantly higher resolution screen | 1280 x 720 | vs | 854 x 480 |
| Around 2.2x higher resolution screen | |||
| More cores | Dual core | vs | Single core |
| Twice as many cores; each additional core lets your phone do more without visible UI slowdowns and jerkiness | |||
| Bigger screen | 4.7" | vs | 3.9" |
| Around 20% bigger screen | |||
| Sharper screen | 315 ppi | vs | 250 ppi |
| More than 25% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images | |||
| Records higher def video | 1920 x 1080 @ 30 fps | vs | 1280 x 720 @ 30 fps |
| 2.2x higher def video | |||
| Has a gyroscope | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation | |||
| More battery capacity | 1,750 mA·h | vs | 1,450 mA·h |
| More than 20% more battery capacity | |||
| Quite a bit thinner | 9 mm | vs | 12 mm |
| More than 20% thinner | |||
| Faster processor | 1.2 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| Around 20% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Faster real world upload speeds | 3.58 Mb/s | vs | 1.83 Mb/s |
| More than 95% faster actual upload speed | |||
| Faster real world download speeds | 10.87 Mb/s | vs | 6.22 Mb/s |
| Around 75% faster actual download speed | |||
| Better browser benchmark | 905 ms | vs | 1,179 ms |
| Around 25% better browser benchmark; load pages more quickly on your mobile device | |||
| Better theoretical download speed | 20 Mb/s (LTE) | vs | 7.2 Mb/s (HSDPA) |
| More than 2.8x better theoretical download speed; enjoy lightning fast downloads on modern networks | |||
Advantages compared to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
| Store much more stuff | 64 GB | vs | 16 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4x more storage capacity; free yourself from memory cards | |||
| Supports FM radio | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Listen to music and news from local radio stations | |||
| Higher resolution front camera | 8 MP | vs | 5 MP |
| 60% higher resolution front camera; Video chat with other people | |||
| Lighter | 135 g | vs | 149 g |
| Around 10% lighter | |||
| Longer talk time | 660 min | vs | 506 min |
| More than 30% longer talk time; go days without charging | |||
| Slightly longer standby time | 23,040 min | vs | 17,400 min |
| More than 30% longer standby time | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Samsung Galaxy Nexus | Nokia N9 | ||
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Competition What else you should consider
| | 1 | LG Nexus 4 Longest battery life during active use |
| | 2 | Samsung Galaxy Note II Rated the best by consumers |
| | 3 | Nokia Lumia 920 Sharpest screen |
| | 4 | Apple iPhone 4 Least latency on actual networks |
| | 6 | Sony Xperia T Really high resolution front camera |
| | 7 | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Long standby time |







