Nokia shoots advert with 808 PureView smartphone - watch
Published Apr 20 2012, 18:27 BST | By Mark Langshaw
Nokia has unveiled a video advertisement for its 808 PureView smartphone, filmed entirely on the handset itself.The Finnish firm shot the footage to showcase the capabilities of the Symbian device's 41-megapiexl sensor.
Nokia's 808 PureView comes with a 1.3GHz single-core processor with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Bonus features include low-light performance and image compression to help users share photos. The device's camera can shoot in 1080p HD video and has a 4x loss-less zoom.
The handset was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February, where it was confirmed that it will run the Symbian operating system, rather than Microsoft's Windows Phone.
Symbian was the world's leading mobile operating system until it was eclipsed by Google's Android in November last year. Recent developments suggest that Nokia is gradually phasing out the platform.
Reports suggest that the Nokia 808 PureView will become available in the UK on April 23 and be offered SIM-free for the hefty price of £464.98, but the platform holder is yet to confirm these details.
This is really amazing,nokia pure view 808 phone is such having 41 megapixel camera with its 5.1 dolby sound facility.Love to had it.
August 27th 2012 at 11:39am
windows phone specs aren't sufficient, the 808 has a secondary high spec gpu for handling the huge amounts of data from that sensor.
April 24th 2012 at 10:11pm
Why on earth is the phone running Symbian, thought they were only doing Windows phones now.
April 24th 2012 at 5:02pm
Ben Dawson Except this is a 41mp sensor, that produces 38mp shots. It seems you just found out about this device recently through this article or by some other means. Instead of making a hasty generalization based on a headline why don't you research the reason behind the sensor? If it were a marketing scam it would not have won the award at MWC or have created waves throughout the smartphone and camera world back in February.
Read this:
http://press.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/mediaplugin/doc/nokia-808-pureview-whitepaper.pdf
Its a good stat for an obviously uninformed camera enthusiast such as yourself.I understand to you hearing about this device is like hearing the world is a cube and not a sphere.
April 22nd 2012 at 7:20pm
Dave Barber It is a marketing scam to some extent regardless of quality... the 24 megapixels are processed through a 5 megapixel sensor, making that the overall resolution... it isn't the 5 megapixel image that's being promoted, it's the 24 megapixels you'll never see that will be mentioned on the packaging.
April 22nd 2012 at 6:13pm