Nokia 808 PureView RM-807

Alright, so here it is, probably the last (or one of the very last) Symbian smartphones ever – the Nokia 808 PureView. And boy is this an epic way for Symbian to exit the industry!

What do we mean here? Well, first of all, the Nokia 808 PureView comes to succeed the N8 – the smartphone that kind of set the new benchmark for camera phones when it came out. Well, interestingly, the still largest handset manufacturer by volume seems to be aiming even higher this time by introducing a handset with a camera which has not 12, not 16... but an enormous 41 megapixels! Sounds pretty wicked, we know.

 

First of all, we should note that the handset looks like a typical Nokia, which isn't a bad thing, of course. It has a large 4" screen on the front, however, it still has Symbian's usual nHD resolution, which is 360x640 pixels. The display uses the AMOLED technology, and overall it looks cool, despite the relatively low resolution. Touch sensitivity is also pretty good.

Do not expect wonders from this device on the build quality front. Is's actually quite light, and doesn't feel as premium as the N8. Still, it's not bad either.

Nokia 808 PureView does't feel as premium as the N8

As we said, this is one of the last Symbian smartphones, and the exact version running on it is Belle. To tell you the truth, we feel that Nokia has made some pretty good advancements in the way of the UI with these latest Symbian iterations, so it's kind of sad to know that its lifetime is coming to an end. Overall, the software runs great, it's very fluid, although we can't really say that it's as streamlined as it should be yet.

Since this is mainly a camera-centric handset, Nokia has put some effort into improving the camera application. Indeed, we were fascinated to find how simple to use it was. All of the options are easily accessible on the left side of the screen, without unnecessary taking too much space.

The Camera app is very simple to use

The Nokia 808 PureView's 41MP camera can actually shoot still at a maximum of 38MP resolution. Theaperture is set at f/2.4, while a Xenon flash is there to assist you while shooting in low-light conditions. In addition, there's an LED light to help the handset focus better. Probably the coolest thing about this high-resolution sensor, is that when you shoot in a standard 8MP or 5MP mode, you can actually zoom in without loosing much quality. And for those worrying about the size of these giant pics- the guys from Nokia said that the 808 PureView is doing a lot to compress the pics so a giant 38MP image, for example, shouldn't take more than 12MB, which does sound like a lot of compression. Here's for hoping this won't be at the expense of the quality.

 

As far as video recording is concerned, you can shoot with a maximum of 1080p resolution, 30fps. Again, thanks to the giant sensor, this new Nokia allows you to zoom in up to 4 times without loosing quality. Sounds great to us!

Obviously, we have a new king on the camera phone scene on its way. When is it going to arrive? The Nokia 808 PureView should become available in May for about $600 (EUR 450), before carrier subsidies.

From:Phonearena.com
Configuration

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2012, February
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, May

BODY	Dimensions	123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc
	Weight	169 g

DISPLAY	Type	AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass
		- Nokia ClearBlack display

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
	Internal	16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Class 33
	EDGE	Class 33
	Speed	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA	Primary	41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
	Features	1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 3x loseless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, loseless digital zoom, LED light
	Secondary	Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording

FEATURES	OS	Nokia Belle OS
	CPU	1.3 GHz ARM 11
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash Lite
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1
	Colors	Black, White, Red
		- SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic - HDMI port - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - Voice command/dial - Document viewer - Video/photo editor - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
	Stand-by	Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)

From :Gsmarena.com