Nokia has recently buzzed the market, by launching a 41 mega pixel camera - Nokia 808 PureView. The handset can be best described as a camera with a phone in it. PureView is the latest mobile by Nokia running on Symbian operating system. You are still reading it right, that the phone comes with a 41 Megapixel camera, the phone with the highest resolution. Lets review Nokia 808 PureView further.
Nokia showcased its small pocket camera cum phone Nokia 808 PureView at the MWC 2012 show. A 41-megapixel camera sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash, fitted into the body of a smartphone. Nokia has researched this amazing tech development for about 5 years.
While the lens theoretically take pictures of 41 megapixel, you won’t be able to get photos of that size, the largest photo is of 38- megapixel. The technology is less about taking large photos than about taking smaller photos – of 5- megapixel, or 8- megapixel – and putting in it the quality of a 41- megapixel photo. The technology takes data from 7 nearby pixels to enhance the resolution of each pixel. Thus it is a sort of 7-in-1 technology.
The photos meanwhile are incredibly good. But only when you take then in 5 or 8 megapixels. The larger is merely an option, and expect the photo quality to go for a toss the moment you enlarge it to that size.
The entire apparatus requires a much larger lens and sensor, so the Nokia 808 PureView is decidedly bulky. Yet Nokia was able to do its usual thing with design so the product is pleasant to hold and good to look at. The problems lie not on the outside, but on the inside. Apart from the fact that the Pureview has passable specs, it runs of Symbian.
While Nokia has repeatedly insisted that it would continue to support Symbian, and has touted its advances, it is quite clear that Symbian is a dated technology that cannot hold its own against the big three, iOS, Android and Windows Phone Mango. Nokia has stated that its PureView camera technology will eventually make its way to a Windows Phone, but has not specified a time frame as to when this will happen.
Nokia 808 PureView has brilliant camera functions. High clarity, while clicking the photographs as well as while recording videos. You can select the aspect ratio, color tones, ISO settings upto 1600 ISO, auto focus, auto rotate, upload to facebook, exposure settings, etc. In short its Pure pixels with PureView.
While its camera is certainly impressive, the Nokia 808 PureView does not stack up overly well elsewhere. It has a 4inch AMOLED display with 640x340 resolution, much lower than many of its competitors who are now shipping screens with 1280x720 resolutions. The camera also makes the 808 PureView a rather chunky phone: it measures 17.9mm at its thickest point (13.9mm at its thinnest point) and weighs a hefty 169g.
The Nokia 808 PureView is powered by a single-core 1.3 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and has 16GB of internal memory along with a microSD card slot for extra storage. It also includes an NFC (Near Field Communications) chip and is the first Nokia phone to come with the company's "rich recording" feature. This combines a digital microphone with algorithms: Nokia claims this will enable the phone to record distortion-free audio at levels of up to 140 dB. In addition, the 808 PureView includes Dolby headphones in the sales package.
Nokia 808 PureView will be first available in Europe for sale. Nokia 808 PureView Price is $895. The mobile is expected to be available in May 2012.
GENERAL
2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
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
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, geo-tagging, face detection
Video - Yes, 1080p@30fps, 3x digital zoom (effective 24-74mm f/2.4 @1080p)
Secondary - Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording
FEATURES
OS - Nokia Belle OS
CPU - 1.3 GHz
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
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