Nokia 808 PureView Specs Review

The Nokia 808 PureView is among the smartphones that generated a lot of buzz during MWC 2012, and is still heavily discussed in the blogosphere. And rightfully so, as it packs the biggest and baddest camera sensor that has ever found itself inside of a smartphone so far. But camera aside, is there anything else that can make it stand out?

[Jabid]

@SuperSZ It's not the number of megapixels that matter here. PureView comes with a humongous sensor for a phone that can actually take that many pixels of information and uses a supersampling algorithm to interpolate (create) individual pixels for 5MP or 8MP shots, making photos look better with superior low light performance . This sensor takes in more detail from a distance to simulate optical zoom without any moving parts.

[paulopdm]

@Gregz0r1 it is because they started the pureview project 5 years ago where there is no windows phone yet but they said they will put it in their lumia handsets soon

[SuperSZ]

What's the point? 8mpx is more than enough for today standards. Making a phone with 41mpx won't make people who need a Nikon or Canon high-end camera buy this phone instead. And people think that more mpx = more quality and it's not like that. More mpx = bigger picture, but why in earth would you wanna take pictures which your average 1080p TV can not fully display in it's all potential?

[cretulicabz]

@mphoswaga it chose symbian because when they developed the phone they developed it on symbian.and that took 5 years. they only recently started to work with microsoft and contribute to wp8 so it will take a while to put it on wp, probably next year

[MileyGagaBoy]

when was android and iOS where found ?
2007 ?
and Belle is a really good OS i have it on my n8
posting this from my n9

[Nonius]

You forget something. Have 3 processors. A single cpu (1.3Ghz), GPU and another one for the camera.

[erzcor]

@mphoswaga Symbian Belle is not crappy, earlier Symbian versions were. How freaking hard is it to understand?

[NoiseInTheShop]

@PorscheLover87: Oh yeah? Well, Android is not without problems either. And regarding Symbian - dev support is actually improving. Looks like this phone is having positive impact. Also the fragmentation is minimal on Symbian.

[vrikey]

@rahulcoolkumar Each to his own, but I like his accent! I admit, there are many speakers out there with really annoying voices, talking about mobile phones and you shut off their vids after 1 min of listening.

This guy's voice has a rare inflection, he sounds a whole lot like Peter Lorre - that lovable character actor from long ago, a classic-film icon!

[MickdeRaad]

@gewvy Updated it to belle yet? Anna? anything besides S^3? :p

[UriHerrera]

@loopmix69 No it's not a featur ephone, it's a Symbian Belle smartphone.

[MickdeRaad]

@gewvy Do you own a 5800 or something?

[kjfeb]

@linkchibi FYI nokia already gave up on Symbian. 2012 is the last year of symbian so no major upgrades every 6 months. They should've gone with WP7.5 which also suck ATM but will eventually get better.

[MickdeRaad]

@MrLoose26 The resolution is, mr.derp :)

[airtyme]

its not on windows phone because its been in development for 5 years (way before nokia and microsoft partnership). If nokia put it on windows phone it will take another year for it to come out! The technology has been developed on symbian and relesing it on symbian is the fastest way for it to get out there!

[Stevethesearcher]

@husnainanwaar1992 Dolby surround sound. Apparently CD like quality. This phone should be great at concerts.

[PieChienTeddie]

nokia lumia with 41 megapixels...PERFECT phone..

[zedftofficial]

@Gregz0r1 theres a source saying it will be coming

[linkchibi]

@SageModeCupcake lol its improving bro

[linkchibi]

@mphoswaga i think Symbian is improving in a positive way. And of course since Nokia was one of the biggest phone manufacturer they wouldn't do things they're not very sure about. And yeas i'll buy it for the camera :|