Nokia 808 PureView beats an Olympus PEN E-PL2 camera in blind test

The Nokia 808 PureView has been put through its paces in a blind test against a couple of popular smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S III, the iPhone 4S and the HTC One X, plus the previous cameraphone lead from the company the Nokia N8.

What made the test interesting is not that the 808 PureView beats all the other smartphones, which was to be expected, but that it also got an edge against a quality standalone camera - the Olympus PEN E-PL2 - with 570 vs 243 votes in Nokia's favor.

The quality of the shots from the Olympus cam and the Nokia 808 PureView was apparently hard to tell from each other, and users even gave an overwhelming preference to the samples from the 808 PureView in the blind test. Another, not-so-blind test gave a preference to the shots from Nokia's phone with the PureView technology as well last week.

source: GSMArena

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posted on 18 Jun 2012, 06:20 9

1. shy2papa (Posts: 335; Member since: 23 Jan 2010)

WOW THIS IS THE BEST CAMERA PHONE AROUND

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 07:00 7

4. adjou (Posts: 106; Member since: 06 Jul 2010)

phone camera! ;)

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 06:46 6

2. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)

Better leave my dslr at home

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 06:48 7

3. EarnYourLeather (Posts: 87; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)

It's probably more appropriate to call it a phone-camera than camera-phone.

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 07:01 2

5. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)

camera lvl: nokia

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 07:07 4

6. andrew1953 (Posts: 176; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)

not only does it have a great camera but also an FM Radio. Long as it has voice guided navigation in drive mode I can be bought on this one. Nokia say they are going to lute PrevIews on a Windows phone.

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 07:14 5

7. mercorp (Posts: 1043; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)

OLYMPUS GOT TROLLED.

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 07:16 7

8. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1236; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)

hey PA when are you making a review for this phone

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:02 3

9. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

good job GSMArena (and PA for spreading the news).

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:54 2

10. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)

Pure View is the greatest thing that Nokia ever produced.
It marks the beginning of the end of point and shoot cameras.

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:36

11. Dr_fajardo (Posts: 32; Member since: 29 Apr 2012)

was the easy blind test ever.

posted on 18 Jun 2012, 17:15

12. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

Ok guys, now look at this:http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-808-pureview-vs-olympus-e-pl2-vs-canon-5d-mark-iii-vs-apple-iphone-4s-38mp-shootout/

posted on 28 Jun 2012, 07:45

14. andrew1953 (Posts: 176; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)

When does it come to Australia-the Nokia 808 Pureview PhoneCam!

posted on 30 Apr 2013, 09:34

15. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)

miss the old times where there are no trolls lurking around

posted on 31 Oct 2013, 04:23

16. Joankethly (Posts: 1; Member since: 31 Oct 2013)

The durability must be the basis of most of the respondents. For Nokia is known for its durable phones. Who agrees?

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