Nokia 808 PureView will be the cameraphone to beat with whopping 41MP sensor, to arrive on Windows Phone too

3. Stoli89 posted on 27 Feb 2012, 02:30 11

If you had the chance to listen to the live announcement you'd see that the imaging introduces new compression tech. Nokia emphasized the ability of the phone to take extremely hi quality pics at data manageable levels...to include sharing versions easily uploaded to FB, etc. The huge sensor, which they claim is also coupled with satelite imaging techniques, will now allow extreme zooming without loss of detail. I can imagine the 1080p and low light performance must also be pretty exceptional on said device. Big Xenon flash, as well.

54. Medel posted on 08 Mar 2012, 05:04 1

no you're crazy dude. the max photo will take 13mb to 15mb higher.

46. m.garz posted on 27 Feb 2012, 17:36 4

the bar has been set

35. remixfa posted on 27 Feb 2012, 08:02 0

no crap. I want to see an uncompressed image on my monitor darn it!! lol

14. XiphiasGladius posted on 27 Feb 2012, 03:06 1

agree, plus I wished they used a different design. $600 for a symbian phone is one hefty price. . .

42. theindianguy posted on 27 Feb 2012, 11:54 0

yeah $600 is just too expensive. Only the camera fanatics and nokia fanboys would buy it. I might be wrong though.

and what's with the thumbs down?

39. andro. posted on 27 Feb 2012, 09:01 0

Agreed. The N8 was a spectacular camera but a mediocre phone. These new 41 mp camera are going to be a complete waste on an awful unpopular os like windows.

Suppose nokia had to try get some sales somehow

51. shadez10 posted on 01 Mar 2012, 08:23 1

the OS ruins it all?.. your kidding right?.. u think that android or iOS could do such task to process and compress these huge images?.. i think not... they need some huge overhaul to do these things that symbian does...

52. theindianguy posted on 01 Mar 2012, 12:18 0

Android or ios definately cant do the processing and stuff but in every other area, android can do better. and honestly, what would you prefer? a whole package with good apps and stuff or just a phone with an awesome camera?

53. shadez10 posted on 02 Mar 2012, 05:45 0

what android has is just a bunch of apps... nothing special... they are just the same with iOS... -_-

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12. tigermcm posted on 27 Feb 2012, 02:51 1

when I saw $600 i was like um is there a catch??

16. XiphiasGladius posted on 27 Feb 2012, 03:09 2

Still the OS that runs is sucks.

21. shadez10 posted on 27 Feb 2012, 03:17 8

i dont mide the OS... if it's nokia im buying it... :p

and FYI... nokia OS is getting better...

19. XiphiasGladius posted on 27 Feb 2012, 03:12 3

As if the pixel count determines the superiority of the smartphone.

26. Stoli89 posted on 27 Feb 2012, 04:27 4

You have to look into the imaging tech, which essentially borrows from spy satelite tech. The 41 MP sensor is used to take 7 pixels of pure information and averaging out into one high quality data pixel, greatly removing noise. As well, the huge sensor allows for incredible zooming capabilites (both standing shots and video) without loss of detail. This is an all around killer camera phone, especially considering low light/evening shots. Not to forget, it comes with massive xenon flash plus video LED.

29. XiphiasGladius posted on 27 Feb 2012, 04:54 3

I know that since I own an n8, I know that the camera tech inside it is maybe about a light years ahead compared to the competition.

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32. DIYguy posted on 27 Feb 2012, 06:41 3

I know that pixel count isn't everything as I photograf my self. But this big a difference compared to other MOBILE cameras is huge and if the camera is even a little quality (knowing nokia's quality the camera is of superb quality) it will beat other cameras hands down. And 4x zoom in full HD is a huge plus.

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40. andro. posted on 27 Feb 2012, 09:02 0

The n8 had great camera but had poor sales due to the mediocrity of the phone,same again here now unfortunately

44. Striker posted on 27 Feb 2012, 17:18 4

Nokia have never stopped ruling the mobile world, dude! They just took a break for a few years. Actually, in the near future the only competition of Nokia and WP will remain Apple. Even now, every other yellowish brand becomes faceless.

49. DIYguy posted on 28 Feb 2012, 06:17 0

Yeah you're right! nokia has been the king of quality since the 3310!

20. tigermcm posted on 27 Feb 2012, 03:14 6

they did say it will come to other nokia phones.....hinting WP basically

27. Stoli89 posted on 27 Feb 2012, 04:28 8

You should try Nokia Belle first, before commenting.

28. Karan_Malhotra posted on 27 Feb 2012, 04:34 8

Dude don't you have a f*ckin brain !!! Can't you understand this bad ass phone is not about the OS, this is about the monster camera. The camera freaks would buy this anyhow, they won't care about the OS inside...

48. theindianguy posted on 28 Feb 2012, 02:37 1

just because you don't like his opinion it doesn't mean you can be such a d**k. And yeah camera freaks would buy it but the sales aren't gonna be that badass because we are looking at a few people here.

45. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 27 Feb 2012, 17:23 1

yeah you are right. and this phone is not about the OS its about the camera and light years ahead tech finns used to make it happen.

47. chapizzo posted on 27 Feb 2012, 22:41 3

Very good observation. I think some of these people dont even own a smartphone. ALl they seem to care about is dual core / quad core, high resolution display. I dont matter that actually android runs very well on single core cpu and there are few apps optimised for the multi cores anyway. Belle is very much improved over previous versions and will only get better in carla and donna.

All they want is the phone to be future proof, I dont know what is more future proof than these camera.