Nokia 808 Pureview Smartphone now £430 Delivered from Expansys £429.99
I'll take the hit on cold votes for the sake of the few who are after this innovative smartphone, this is the lowest price so far from a UK seller - it's bound to drop in price in the coming months like all other smartphones but for those who can't wait then £430 is a decent enough price
5% quidco too
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Did you actually read the review?
"There are inexpensive compact cameras that offer more photographer-friendly features than the 808, but as a cameraphone, the Nokia blows its competition out of the water, and significantly narrows the gap between dedicated cameras and portable communications devices to the point where ultimate convergence seems all but inevitable (and probably sooner than some commentators had realised)."
It's been widely praised in reviews for its quality. Very impressive that this camera phone got their gold award.
View quality and sound from it too are phenomenal for a phone too, but it's not a great phone overall as is widely know. More of a proof of concept more than anything.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentLOL - Thanks! no reverse psychology here - honest, i just know a few folks waiting for the phone to drop in price will appreciate this post
Specs http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_808_pureview-4577.php
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2012, February
Status Available. Released 2012, June
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
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dolby headphone enhancement
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
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, check quality
Features 1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 4x lossless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, lossless digital zoom, LED light, check quality
Secondary Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording
FEATURES OS Nokia Belle OS
CPU 1.3 GHz ARM 11
GPU Broadcom BCM2763
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
- MicroSIM card support only
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- HDMI port
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
Stand-by Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
MISC SAR US 1.21 W/kg (head) 1.46 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.23 W/kg (head)
Price group
TESTS Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 4.698:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 71dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 78dB
Audio quality Noise -89.7dB / Crosstalk -89.0dB
Camera Photo / Video
Battery life Endurance rating 34h
Edited By: wordsworth on Aug 21, 2012 22:23
Probably a bit obvious but I'm guessing really it's more visualised as a camera NOT a phone and only there as sort of a tech demo really? I'm guessing they only put Symbian on so they people just have that option for calls and texts...
Edited By: M0nk3h on Aug 21, 2012 22:28
Probably a bit obvious but I'm guessing really it's more visualised as a camera NOT a phone and only there as sort of a tech demo really? I'm guessing they only put Symbian on so they people just have that option for calls and texts...
PureView hopefully will be revealed for WP8 at Nokia's conference on September 5th.
Hot it's not
What a rip off for a poorly spec'd phone which has an overpriced camera.
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8083837371/review-nokia-808-pureview
Edited By: ghost101 on Aug 21, 2012 22:52
Did you actually read the review?
"There are inexpensive compact cameras that offer more photographer-friendly features than the 808, but as a cameraphone, the Nokia blows its competition out of the water, and significantly narrows the gap between dedicated cameras and portable communications devices to the point where ultimate convergence seems all but inevitable (and probably sooner than some commentators had realised)."
It's been widely praised in reviews for its quality. Very impressive that this camera phone got their gold award.
View quality and sound from it too are phenomenal for a phone too, but it's not a great phone overall as is widely know. More of a proof of concept more than anything.
Here's why i posted this deal and also ordered the phone today...
The camera tech is truly unique, innovative and a revolutionary quantum leap from current camera technology, check out this review specifically re the camera module from respected photography site... http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/07/30/nokia-808-pureview-review, it's better than most standalone compacts and rival DLSRs in certain aspects, lots of other favourable reviews on the web for the phone itself too
The OS isn't too bad, it's not as user friendly or stable as iOS, WP and Android, but in many ways it is far more powerful . It has versions of most core applications (minus i think the official Kindle and Audible), the only real shortfall is amount of games
I currently have an SGS2 so i can't be considered a Symbian fanboy, but i open minded about the pros and cons of Symbian and think the 808 will be a great buy for some users. I chose this over a SGS3, both are very different phones with their own strengths, i love the imaging, but will miss certain apps - especially the range of games on Android
The 808 is about convergence like other smartphones, the USP is an awesome camera in a smartphone (if you can live with the power, quirks and effective end of life of Symbian), i personally rather carry one device than a DSLR and a separate phone.
Apart from the 41mp camera in the 808 there are other many positives including ....
Xeon flash - worth pointing out as other phones only have LED flash
FM transmitter
Replaceable battery
Micro SD card
USB on the go - in theory connect hard drives and other devices
Love or hate it - the Symbian OS has features not in other OSes likes multitasking, sideloading of media files etc
I can't help thinking that for that price you could get a better phone and a better camera. I got an HTC Evo 3D for £200 and a Lumix TZ10 for £90, though secondhand. You could get a TZ20 new for about £150.
Not voting hot or cold.
Specs http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_808_pureview-4577.php
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2012, February
Status Available. Released 2012, June
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
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dolby headphone enhancement
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
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, check quality
Features 1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 4x lossless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, lossless digital zoom, LED light, check quality
Secondary Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording
FEATURES OS Nokia Belle OS
CPU 1.3 GHz ARM 11
GPU Broadcom BCM2763
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
- MicroSIM card support only
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- HDMI port
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
Stand-by Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
MISC SAR US 1.21 W/kg (head) 1.46 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.23 W/kg (head)
Price group
TESTS Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 4.698:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 71dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 78dB
Audio quality Noise -89.7dB / Crosstalk -89.0dB
Camera Photo / Video
Battery life Endurance rating 34h
The reason it's on Symbian is because this is the OS they did the research on and the camera software is all written and optimised to work with Symbian.
Well you could, though I'd use the gf2/3 or the epl1 as examples of the cameras, but would you have those with you every day and could any of them shoot upto 41mp.
Probably a bit obvious but I'm guessing really it's more visualised as a camera NOT a phone and only there as sort of a tech demo really? I'm guessing they only put Symbian on so they people just have that option for calls and texts...
No as I mentioned above all the R&D and software optimisation is for Symbian. The best user experience for this sensor is currently Symbian, it will be utilised on future devices with different operating systems.
Wp7 is just as dead, symbian still outsells it, besides it nor wp8 can cope with pureview currently.