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At last a Symbian smartphone is out at the MWC 2012 at Barcelona. Yesterday it was all quad-core & Android 4, today Nokia brings the first Symbian smartphone of the event. It has set a new standard in the mobile industry integrating PureView Pro imaging technology which ensures amazing image quality, lossless zoom and superior low light performance. The Nokia 808 PureView combines a large, high-resolution 41-megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss optics and Nokia-developed pixel over-sampling technology. PureView imaging technology is the result of many years of research and development of Nokia.

However, this handset doesn’t take full 41-megapixel snap. Instead, it oversamples by taking the image data from seven neighboring pixels & then composes the samples. The high-resolution 41 megapixel sensor enables to zoom without loss of clarity and capture seven pixels of information, condensing into one pixel for the sharpest images imaginable. With superior low-light performance and the ability to save in compact file sizes for sharing in email, MMS, and on social networks, the Nokia 808 PureView makes it possible for anyone to capture professional looking images in any conditions.

Nokia 808 PureView sets new industry standards — it will give you around 3x lossless zoom for stills, and 4x zoom in full HD 1080p. For 720p HD video, you’re looking at 6x lossless zoom. And for nHD (640×360) video, an amazing 12x zoom! The zoom function is completely silent — which is really important when shooting video.

“Nokia PureView imaging technology sets a new industry standard by whatever measure you use,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia Smart Devices. “People will inevitably focus on the 41 megapixel sensor, but the real quantum leap is how the pixels are used to deliver breath-taking image quality at any resolution and the freedom it provides to choose the story you want to tell.”

Technical profile
Size: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm (17.95 mm at camera)
Weight (with battery): 169 g
Volume: 95.5 cc
16 GB internal user memory
Support for up to 48 GB with an external microSD memory card
Screen size: 4”
Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED
16.7 million colours
ClearBlack display
Corning® Gorilla® Glass
BV-4D 1400 mAh high voltage Li-ion battery

Connectivity
GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 850/900/1700/-21001900/2100
Bluetooth 3.0
HDMI
DLNA
High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
Micro USB connector and charging
USB On-the-Go
3.5 mm Nokia standard audio connector with TV-out
Secure NFC
WLAN
A-GPS
FM transmitter

Operating times
Talk time (maximum): GSM 11 hours, WCDMA 6.5 hours
Standby time (maximum): GSM 465 hours, WCDMA 540 hours

The Technology

Still imaging camera
•41 megapixel camera sensor with Nokia PureView imaging technology and Carl Zeiss optics
•Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy on-screen touch controls
•Xenon flash with operating range up to 3.5m depending on conditions
•LED for video recording
•Lossless zoom: 3x for stills
•Focal length: 8.02 mm (35 mm equivalent focal length -26 mm, 16:9 / 28 mm, 4:3)
•Auto focus and touch to focus
•Focus modes: Hyperfocal, Macro, Infinity and Auto
•Focus range: 15 cm ~ infinity
•Macro focus 15-50 cm
•F number/aperture: F2.4
•Supported aspect ratios and resolutions True 16:9 (2 MP, 5 MP [Default], 8 MP, 34 MP) 4:3 (3 MP, 5 MP, 8 MP, 38 MP)
•Three shooting modes: Auto, Scenes, Creative
•Face detection software
•Launch camera from lock with full press of capture key

Video camera
•41 MP sensor with PureView imaging technology and Carl Zeiss optics
•Video resolutions: Full HD (1920×1080) 30fps [Default], HD (1280×720) 30fps, nHD (640×360) 30fps
•Lossless Zoom: 4x1080p [Default], 6x 720p, 12x360p
•Frame rates supported: 15, 24, 25, 30fps
•Stereo High Amplitude Audio Capture (HAAC)
•Three shooting modes: Auto, Scenes, Creative
•Integrated video editor for trimming video

Standard Sales Package contents
Nokia 808 PureView
Nokia Battery BL-4D
Nokia stereo Headset WH-209
Nokia Data Cable CA-190CD
Nokia Charger AC-50
Nokia Wrist Strap Black
Fold-Out Quick Guide
NFC info card

Accessories
Nokia Hard Cover CC-3046 for Nokia 808 PureView
Nokia Tripod Mount HH-23
Nokia Micro HDMI Cable CA-198
Nokia Portable Charger DC-16

Colors
White, black and red

Image Courtesy: Nokia

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