Nokia 808 Pureview Features

Revolutionary

With its groundbreaking 41MP image quality, Carl Zeiss lens, and PureView imaging technology, you’ll take the best photos ever with a smartphone. For example, when you want a 5MP photo, PureView packs the goodness of 7 pixels into 1 for sharp, clear, and ready to share photos.

Expressive

HD video

Film in high definition and hi-fi. There’s 1080p Full HD video recording with up to 4 x lossless zoom that’s smooth and completely silent. And it’s the world’s first device to include Rich Recording. This combines a unique digital microphone and Nokia algorithms to record distortion-free audio at levels of up to 140 dB.

Spontaneous

Zoom and Zoom again

Zoom closer and react faster. The camera activates in less than a second so it's ready to shoot when you need. You can zoom as fast as your finger up to 3 times as close with zero loss of detail. PureView can even shoot smooth Full HD video at 30 frames per second at 4x zoom.

Illuminating

Don't afraid of the dark

The drama of the darkness is always a photographic challenge. However, in addition to the Carl Zeiss lens and 41MP sensor, the Nokia 808 PureView gives you a powerful Xenon flash and LED video light so you’re ready for spontaneous moments when spirits are high and the lights are low.

Instant Sharing

A smart Smartphone

Give the world a different perspective on everyday life – you have creative control. With the intelligent gallery, sharing is easy too. Send photos or videos straight to Facebook or Flickr in the perfect file size or tap to another phone using NFC. Or hook up to an HD TV via HDMI or wireless streaming for a real big screen showing.

Nokia Maps

Find out your way for free

Discover millions of new places to go with Nokia Maps. Check images and reviews before you go and let Nokia Maps show you the way. You’ll get guidance by car, on foot, or with public transport – for free. Nokia Drive is fully optimized for in-car use, with navigation for over 100 countries.

Surround Sound

Get an amazing entertainment experience everywhere. Nokia 808 PureView features Dolby® Headphone, exclusive to Nokia smartphones. With Dolby® Headphone you can get Dolby surround sound from any stereo headphones. Enjoy superb surround sound quality with movies, music, and even YouTube videos.

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Nokia 808 PureView

Photos and preview of the 41-megapixel uber-camera phone

We just went hands-on with the Nokia 808 Pureview, the Symbian-running, super-camera-packing smartphone that Nokia has unveiled here at Mobile World Congress.

At 123.9x60.2x13.99mm, it’s not a large device by any means, but it feels quite chunky and heavy in the hand. Nokia has used a good quality plastic for the chassis, which feels almost soft to touch.

The 41-megapixel lens with Xenon flash adds some bulk to the phone, giving it a point-and-shoot-esque feel. Using the macro setting creates a great depth of field that could’ve gone from a dedicated camera.

Photos taken at the max resolution would clock in at 10-15MB per picture. The 808 PureView comes with 16GB of internal memory, expandable by up to 32GB in the microSD slot, which still isn’t so much that you’d want to freely load it up with 15MB pictures of your cat. So it’s likely you’ll dial down the resolution to a more regular five- or eight-megapixel count.

Pre-zoom...

Zooming once... 

Zooming twice... and still high clarity! 

It’s the high-megapixel count that allows 3x digital zoom without losing any quality. Pictures are brilliantly coloured on the four-inch AMOLED display, made of Gorilla Glass for added impact resistance.

The camera shoots HD video as well and records sound in stereo, compared to the mono of other smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S II or iPhone 4S, said our Nokia spokesperson. The sound can be turned up to an eardrum-decimating 145dB before distorting.

So far, so good. But once out of the camera, you land in the Symbian Belle OS, which is dated even in this new upgrade when compared to the fresh, intuitive design of Nokia’s Windows-powered Lumia range.

We found the virtual keyboard particularly clunky, with a lacklustre auto-correct and a slightly different keyboard from standard adding to confusion. Of course, if you get this phone,you’re getting it for its camera – and in our preview test, it really was astounding.

Keep an eye out for our full review and testing soon!

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