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Nokia 808 PureView with 41MP camera announced!

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Nokia earlier teased us with the super-cameraphone and has finally announced the Nokia 808 PureView with a humongous 41-megapixel camera.

Running on a Symbian Belle OS, the Nokia 808 basically replaces the Nokia N8 as company’s flagship cameraphone.

Nokia 808 Pureview specs:
4.0″ display @ 360×640 pixels
1.3GHz single-core processor
512MB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0
HSPA 14.4Mbps
41MP Carl-Zeiss rear camera w/ Xenon flash
1080p video recording
GPS w/ aGPS support
Nokia Symbian Belle

It is interesting that Nokia used Symbian Belle instead of Windows Phone 7 with the Nokia Pureview.

The camera’s sensor has a size of 1/1.2” and capable of 4x zoom while recording a full HD 1080p video. Here are the ful specifications of the camera;

• Carl Zeiss Optics
• Focal length: 8.02mm
• 35mm equivalent focal length: 26mm, 16:9 | 28mm, 4:3
• F-number: f/2.4
• Focus range: 15cm – Infinity (throughout the zoom range)
• Construction:
· 5 elements, 1 group.All lens surfaces are aspherical
· One high-index, low-dispersion glass mould lens
· Mechanical shutter with neutral density filter
• Optical format: 1/1.2”
• Total number of pixels: 7728 x 5368
• Pixel Size: 1.4 microns

Nokia set the price tag of the Nokia 808 PureView at 450 euros or about Php26,000. Expect the Nokia PureView to be released by May 2012.

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128 Comments

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jm · 14 years ago

xenon flash din po ang N8 ko.


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Anonymous · 14 years ago

Wow. You really have anger issues. U MAD BRAH? :p


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DD · 14 years ago

to the doubters please check this blogs of the camera experts(DPREVIEW). They too picked the noise and most are quite impressed with the technology. Some even ask why the camera biggies didn’t thought of this when this is their own game.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/27/Nokia-808-PureView-with-41MP-sensor


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Salma · 14 years ago

Mga tao nga naman, nakakatuwa. Hindi ka naman pinipilit ng Nokia na bumili nito eh.

Each person has their own need. Kung mas gus2 mo ang monster core specs over Camera specs with simplified single core, then don’t buy this phone. This phone is intended for Camera lovers, not for heavy net surfing/chatting etc.lovers nor for mobile games lovers.
GETZZZ???!!!!!!!

Kung di Camera lover, then buy another brand/model ng phone.

Kaya nga madaming variants eh, kung di para sayo si Nokia. Andyan si

LG
Samsung
HTC
Huawei
ZTE
Asus
Lenovo Mobile
Sony
Apple
Viewsonic
Cherry Mobile
Blackberry
ETC.

Kung san dun magfit ung wants at needs mo. dun ka. hindi ung nag-ba-bash ka ng other products. Para ka lng walang pinagaralan!


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damian · 14 years ago

to the doubters please check this blogs of the camera experts(DPREVIEW). They too picked the noise and most are quite impressed with the technology. Some even ask why the camera biggies didn’t thought of this when this is their own game.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/27/Nokia-808-PureView-with-41MP-sensor


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zigbien · 14 years ago

meron…yung hinihintay na pag labas ng iphone 5S&*t
50megapixel daw yun at ang Ios ay maging open source na


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zigbien · 14 years ago

hahaha.. malamang mag welga ang mga taong mansanas nito…pangit daw specs tsaka ndi tunay na 41 mega pixels ang cam….sa n8 palang taob na ang cam sa iphone 4s


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john · 14 years ago

Yah, the 41mp is not a gimmick.

proof: “Total number of pixels: 7728 x 5368”

just multiply both numbers and you’ll end up with the 41mp. that’s the reason behind it.


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kendra · 14 years ago

ah oh, it’s almost perfect for the spec except it’s a single-core unit? hmmm


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mel · 14 years ago

“To the hecklers and naysayers : Have you been blinded by platform fanboyism?

Which phone has an FM transmitter?
How about HDMI out?
3.5″ video out for S-Video RCA?
WiFi sharing over DLNA?
Truly mind blowing 5MP picture from a 41MP sensor that may rival the Sony mobile Exmor R currently found in Xperia 2011/2012 and iPhone 4s?
f/24 value?
1.2 sensor size?

How about something that is more practical, eh?

LED video light?
Carl Zeiss crystal lens optics?
1080p with a single core CPU?
a full 3D OpenGL FPU?
Magnetometer?
Accelerometer?
Corning Gorilla Glass?
4″ AMOLED by Samsung?
Coolest accessories, from cover with lens cap, tripod attachment, external backup battery, etc.,
Hundreds, if not thousands, of REALLY useful apps?

and oh, did I mention Xenon flash that is 200% stronger than the ones in Nokia N8, and a bit more than the Nokia N82?

What SINGLE phone has ALL of these features? ^_^”

tama lahat ng sinabi mo! :) yaan mo na mga bitter at fan ng mga ibang brand ng phones.


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anonymous · 14 years ago

this would be a crap just like the comments section of this blog


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Anonymous · 14 years ago

Bakit di ma access ang page 1 ng comments?


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Chuck Norris · 14 years ago
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Anonymous · 14 years ago

To the hecklers and naysayers : Have you been blinded by platform fanboyism?

Which phone has an FM transmitter?
How about HDMI out?
3.5″ video out for S-Video RCA?
WiFi sharing over DLNA?
Truly mind blowing 5MP picture from a 41MP sensor that may rival the Sony mobile Exmor R currently found in Xperia 2011/2012 and iPhone 4s?
f/24 value?
1.2 sensor size?

How about something that is more practical, eh?

LED video light?
Carl Zeiss crystal lens optics?
1080p with a single core CPU?
a full 3D OpenGL FPU?
Magnetometer?
Accelerometer?
Corning Gorilla Glass?
4″ AMOLED by Samsung?
Coolest accessories, from cover with lens cap, tripod attachment, external backup battery, etc.,
Hundreds, if not thousands, of REALLY useful apps?

and oh, did I mention Xenon flash that is 200% stronger than the ones in Nokia N8, and a bit more than the Nokia N82?

What SINGLE phone has ALL of these features? ^_^


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hokobo · 14 years ago

To those asking why didn’t up the display resolution? it’s because there are way to many symbian apps that rely on that dimension. the last thing nokia needs is resolution fragmentation on an exiting OS.


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Jean · 14 years ago

@generic

Not at all, they’re just spec wise. The MP myth ended up years ago. Carl Zeiss optics are naturally good, you can see from the products their partnerships produce. Yet I agree, pictures above 25MP doesn’t do much, it all comes down to the quality of lens and photographic sense.


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generic · 14 years ago

lol, 41mp for a phone cam? playin the mp game too much nokia?


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jego207 · 14 years ago

It’s a camera with a built-in phone!
But why use a 360×480 screen?


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Anonymous · 14 years ago

It has a Xenon flash as well as an LED video light.


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Mitee de la Cruz · 14 years ago

true dat! pag apple talaga iba reaction ng mga tao. magic kuno. :D


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pabs · 14 years ago

I’ll just wait and see…


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Janet · 14 years ago

@joyce the N8 has just 256 MB ram, it never borked on me when taking 12MPX pictures, 512 MB is more than enough for this trivial task.


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charli3 · 14 years ago

how’s the thickness sir abe? ilan ang dimension nito?


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Anonymous · 14 years ago

360 x 640 resolution is the technical limitation of Symbian. Always.


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Anonymous · 14 years ago

Hey genius! It’s not really 41MP image size but 5Mp x 8 oversampling. Meaning to say, a better looking 5MP picture than any other 5MP picture taken by a point and shoot or a camera phone. There are lots of 8Mp and 12MP camera phones out their with sucky quality pictures. Next time, aim before shooting, you just might shoot yourself, LOL!


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Joyce · 14 years ago

I’m worried about the memory though. 10 shots and you’re finished! :D


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BiboKid · 14 years ago

True, but not in Nokia 808’s case.

The camera sensor takes 41mp but the resulting photo is reduced to 8mp/5mp which means high quality images with “zero noise”.

It has Xenon+Led flash combo. Led flash for video recording.


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patricia · 14 years ago

i know what a cameraphone is. my problem is why do these phone manufactures keep on adding “features” that we really don’t need. and sadly, many are sucked into it.


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booboo · 14 years ago

I’m sure kung Apple ang gagawa niyan sa iPhone, mapapamura kayo sa tuwa. Pero dahil Nokia ito, hahanapan niyo talaga ng something negative.


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ampoy · 14 years ago

Sige nga ilagay nyo ang inyong DSLRs sa bulsa ninyo. tingnan ko lang, kung di kayo mag mukhang engot. sabi nga eh, the best camera is the one in your pocket!


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eeeee · 14 years ago

@patricia: cameraphone, as in phone na may camera. bakit camera o phone lang nasa choices mo? haha!


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jeff · 14 years ago

I think it has Xenon instead of LED as I read in several tech sites (and as you can see in the pictures, no way it’s LED)


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jego207 · 14 years ago

It’s a camera with a built-in phone. I agree that higher MP doesn’t mean better picture quality. The specs are ok but the screen…?? Why, oh, why??


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garz · 14 years ago

LOL. I’d rather buy a DSLR than waste my money on an 82-MP camera phone.


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patricia · 14 years ago

ano ba talaga ang gusto natin? phone or camera? and why would you want a 41MP camera on a phone? even on a dslr you won’t even need that.


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garz · 14 years ago

But I’m still wondering why they keep sticking to that 360×640 resolution?


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garz · 14 years ago

Here’s what I’ve read from engadget: “…Now that Carl Zeiss-lensed camera: it handles continuous-focus 1080p, but is claimed to have an incredible sensor resolution of over 41-megapixels when shooting stills — or 34-megapixels for 16:9 images. It’s achieved by some clever sub-pixel interpolation jiggery-pokery that basically entails five pixels being merged into one, but we’ll dig deeper very soon…”

Now that’s new!


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WTF · 14 years ago

papatalo ba LG & Samsung?? Hindi!

(I’m not a fan of Samsung, neither LG)

As a comptetitor to this nokia 808, LG/Samsung might release a cameraphone with 82 MP sensor with RAW image capture plus triple xenon flashes (Insane!). there’s more: it capture’s 4k (3840 x 2160) video too!

wait also for Xperia interchangeable cameraphones with full frame sensors! LOL


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hecter · 14 years ago

Dude! Symbian Apps doesn’t need dual core to run blazingly fast!


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ehem · 14 years ago

true. But Nokia cameraphones produce the best image quality. Now combine that with higher MP.


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Pong · 14 years ago

Now, I want to have this one. :)


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deuts · 14 years ago

I thought people already understood the megapixel myth?


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JC dela Cruz · 14 years ago

Of course it will not take the full 41 megapixels. it just oversamples — taking the image data from seven neighboring pixels and consolidating it into one pixel’s worth — and generates pictures roughly 5 megapixels in size. -theverge


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Jopethdanio · 14 years ago

WoW! I Was Shock 41 Mega-Pixel Camera on Nokia 808 Phone!

Awesome!


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Loudell05 · 14 years ago

Read it from mashable.. Im still n0t impressed with the specs beside the m0nster 41 megapixels.. They should improve the processor and the display.. Lo0king forward for the full review sir.. :)


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starkiller · 14 years ago

Still, more megapixels doesn’t always mean better picture quality.


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Soul Annihilator · 14 years ago

Wow… Now this is tempting.


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conyo · 14 years ago

Bear in mind Symbian haters, after Belle there will be Dona & Carla updates. so yeah this Dinosaur will be alive and relevant even in the 2014! I’m buying this!


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Sanctuarian06 · 14 years ago

What would be the price? That’s astonishing!


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Jehgan · 14 years ago

Woah, 41MP on a phone!!!


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