Nokia N8 steps into daylight, mounting Symbian^3
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The body of the Nokia N8 will be crafted from a single piece of anodized aluminum, which we cannot help but admit to be in love with. Indeed, Nokia's next big time player is certainly a good-looker. Things get even better as there will be five different color variants, each looking attractive in its own way.
Moving further to the capacitive touchscreen, we see that Nokia's attempting to find a good balance between size and quality. The diagonal will measure 3.5 inches, while the resolution will be 360x640 pixels (16:9). We can expect some pretty decent image quality thanks to the utilized OLED technology.
One of the key selling points of the Nokia N8 is its 12MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. In addition to being capable of recording 720p HD videos (and editing them with a set of built-in tools), the camera will also feature a large sensor that should deliver very good results. This seems to be one of the first cases when someone is actually turning attention to the sensor, rather than simply touting the high megapixel count.
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The Nokia N8 seeks to be impressive on the software front as well. It will be the first smartphone with the new Symbian^3 operating system, which brings forth some already popular features like multitouch pinch-to-zoom and multiple homescreen pages for more widgets and shortcuts. There will also be homescreen integration with Facebook and Twitter, along with calendar integration. Not only that, but Nokia promises greater system performance and responsiveness, as well as better memory management that should enable the user to enjoy multiple apps simultaneously in a more seamless manner.
All of this sounds truly exciting and we hope that the phone will live up to the high expectations the manufacturer has created in us.
UPDATE: Nokia Conversations has posted the first samples taken with the N8's 12MP camera. Check them out here!
Nokia N8 Specifications
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13 Comments
1. som posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:46 0 0
Nice tried NOKIA to take over SLR Digital Camera but 12mp is no match to 25mp top SLR camera available. Nokia is 3 years behind Samsung Pixon 12 and 2 years behind Sony Ericcson in 12 mp camera phones.
3. lookitdisguy posted on 27 Apr 2010, 07:48 0 0
You're right 12mp is no match to a 25mp camera... because 25 is a bigger number than 12...
4. zerglisk posted on 27 Apr 2010, 12:05 0 0
Nokia is NOT a camera company last time I checked.... I like their promotion video though, kinda neat
10. behold--me posted on 27 Apr 2010, 22:28 0 0
Uh som, stupid comment. Those are stand-alone cameras, this is a camera phone. Get it right. And btw, this phone is gonna completely kick asz
12. k73 posted on 28 Apr 2010, 02:21 0 0
Wonder whether Nokia produces own sensor or they simply bought from Canon?
2. 4nak1n posted on 27 Apr 2010, 07:42 0 0
Definitely i gonna buy that. Using along with my HTC desire and ipod touch. Nothing is impossible now.
5. Jeromeo posted on 27 Apr 2010, 12:40 0 0
The most interesting part is not the megapixels, but the fact that it can work on AT&T, T-Mobile, & Global 3G WCDMA bands.http://www.cellphonesignal.com
/nokia-n8-passed-fcc-with-9-bands-t-mobile-3g-included/
7. shimmyx20 posted on 27 Apr 2010, 13:41 0 0
Yeah, that is awesome! I hope this becomes more widespread. I'd love to be able to buy an unlocked GSM phone, and not have to worry about whether it's going to work on EDGE only.
9. pathmarkpolice posted on 27 Apr 2010, 19:48 0 0
Hell yeah, I agree 100%, Nokia should do this for every phone they make. I don't want to have to search the internet for versions of the phone that will work with my 3g bands, etc. It's a pain in the ass! Good job Nokia!
11. behold--me posted on 27 Apr 2010, 22:32 0 0
Oh yeah, I saw that on cellphonesignal also. This phone is gonna kill in sales because it can be user freakin anywhere in the world basically. My only hope is that they use a glass screen on this phone, cuz those are super durable and don't scratch (iPhone) oh wait, will they sue nokia if they do use glass and multitouch??? And a super durable plastic or metal for the body. And a slider-cover-thing over the camera
6. networkdood posted on 27 Apr 2010, 12:58 0 0
For a phone 12MP is awesome...no american carrier has better than 8MP and 3MP is the norm....not sure about the slower ARM processor at 650 MHZ or so....
8. pathmarkpolice posted on 27 Apr 2010, 19:47 0 0
I don't think the processor will be a big problem. Symbian isn't that power hungry. The 600mhz processor on the nokia n900 isn't a problem, so I think this should be fine. Have to watch reviews of it though.
13. Frankie Fish posted on 28 Apr 2010, 08:17 0 0
N900 runs on Maemo. I hope this doesn't lag or close applications without any warnings. If there is no lag or huge memory utilisation, then this phone is gonna be a hit.Other features barely matters now.
