Nokia N8 Phone
Nokia N8 Phone
Nokia N8 Phone
While Samsung, Motorola and HTC all announced new flagship devices during the Mobile World Congress 2010, Nokia relied on their Nokia N97 (mini) and the N900 and did not announced a new powerhouse. The media as well as Nokia-fan boys have been eager to see a new and fresh Nokia devices running Symbian^3 but Nokia really took its time but eventually, on the 27th of April, the N8 has been officially announced
Features:
Specwise, the N8 is equipped with pretty much everything a flagship device needs in 2010. The real excitement of this device is around the imaging capability. 12 megapixels with autofocus, Carl Zeiss optics, a Xenon flash, face recognition and a wide angle lens guarantee crystal clear images. Of course, megapixels don't indicate how good a camera is. Though the N8 has the biggest sensor ever used in a phone, hence one can expect high quality results. And there is even more to it. Videos are recorded with 720p HD resolution at 25 frames per second which than can be playbacked via the HDMI port on your large TV set.
For a even better home theater experience the N8 is the first device to come equipped with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound.
As the camera lens is not protected we do hope that the lens is scratch resistant. Otherwise scratches on the lens may spoil the imaging experience tremendously. Here are some image samples and one 720 video all taken with the N8 Prototype. They really look great!
These 12 megapixel images and the HD videos (one minute is roughly 60MB. The max filesize limit is 4GB, it comes from FAT32 filesystem) do need a lot of storage, therefore the Nokia N8 has 16GB of in-built storage space, expandable up to 48GB with a Micro SD card.
It goes without saying that the N8 features WiFI b/g and even n standard, HSDPA and HSUPA, FM Transmitter, 5-band WCDMA, GPS along with A-GPS and Bluetooth 3.0. Of course the Nokia N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, taking you where you want to be and showing you what want to see in over 70 countries worldwide. A 3.5 inch widescreen nHD (640 x 360 pixels) capacitive touch screen made of glass dominates the front. In order to deliver a more vibrant and vivid image the N8 sports a AMOLED screen with 16 million colours. One key benefit of AMOLED technology is that it is really power-saving. The question, however, is, why such a media consumption device has no higher resolution, especially since the Nokia N900 has 800 x 480 pixels. Content would look much sharper on a WVGA screen.
Apparently the biggest concerns are with the CPU as well as with the RAM which are both fine but not mind blowing. While many devices are powered with 1GHZ processor the N8 has "only" an ARM 11 680 MHz processor coupled with graphics accelerator and 256MB RAM. However, yet we cannot judge whether this is disadvantage, especially since Symbian^3 adds demand paging to enhance the RAM. As soon as we get our hands on a N8 we will report on this one.
USB On-the-Go, which is also on board, should allow to plug in e.g a digital camera into the N8 to view the pictures on the 3.5inch screen or to transfer large files easily to a memory stick. Instead of being an USB slave device it can now be a USB-host device.
Styling:
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It really seems as if the Nokia N8 is the start of a new era. Not only has it a new naming convention and is based on Symbian^3 but also it comes with a fresh new look. The N8 is a monoblock handset available in five different and trendy colours: Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange. Also in terms of materials the N8 is outstanding compared to its presuccessors. The covers are made out of aluminium and the colors come with anodization process. With the new design there comes also a disadvantage: the battery is non-user replaceable. For those using two batteries a day it will be truly disappointing.
By the way, the battery is a 1200mAh BL-4D. Previous devices like the N97 had a 1500mAh battery. Now, 1200mAh might be a little bit to weak for such a powerhouse.
The N8 does not follow the N97 when it comes to size. Quite the revere, it is surprisingly thin. In the following you can see the dimensions of the N8, N97 and the iPhone 3GS:
Nokia N97: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm & 150 grams
Nokia N8: 113.5 x 59.1 x 12.9 mm & 135grams
Apple iPhone 3GS: 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm & 135grams
What we can see is that the N8 is thin but also a little bit wide. Nonetheless it is compact, bearing in mind the 3.5-inch touchscreen and all the technology under the hood. It is clearly the handiest device of this trio.
Symbian^3:
After previous handset of the Finnish manufacturer could not convice, Nokia updated the OS, especially in order not to loose too much ground to Android. The result is Symbian^3, in which all hopes of Nokia and Symbian lie. The Nokia N8 marks the global device debut of the new Symbian^3 software, featuring several major advancements:
Usability enhancements across the user interface, including single tap, multi-touch and support for gestures such as "pinch-to-zoom."
Three personalizable homescreens on the Nokia N8, easily maneuvered through by a simple flick.
Faster and more responsive user interface with new 2D and 3D graphics architecture that takes full advantage of hardware acceleration
More efficient memory management allows more applications to run in parallel for a faster, more complete and efficient multi-tasking experience.
Also, applications have been redone. The e-mail-client is super easy to set up multiple accounts without knowing any server details. Works with Exchange. Displays HTML mails with nice fonts and pictures in place. Fast switching between mailboxes. Tap-and-hold for contextual options. A conversation view has been added as well.
As mentioned before, multitouch has been added to the web-browser. Other than that the browser appears to be faster, smoother and without any lags (compared to the N97):
As Symbian^3 is not a revolution but rather a evolution of the slow and not cutting edge S60 5th Edition UI, it remains to be seen whether Symbian^3 can deliver or whether it will, like S60 5th Edition, deter future users. For example there is no multitouch keyboard at this stage. Despite of being a consumption device, there is also no support for Divx/Xvid playback. Again, not a good start.
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