Hands-on Nokia 8 review: First impressions

16 August 2017
This is a Nokia phone built by Foxconn for HMD in partnership with Zeiss and Google. Make no mistake, though, there’s Finnish blood running through Nokia 8’s veins. The new leadership tried to resurrect the qualities that were vital to the Nokia brand: quality, simplicity, trust and reliability.

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  • Mr. Saint Obeng
  • gue
  • 29 Aug 2017

Welcome back Nokia we have waited for you guy for a long time, that you guys should bring in this beautiful handset. But please, is this market?

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    • AnonD-684709
    • 3v5
    • 24 Aug 2017

    Anonymous, 23 Aug 2017Watch btekts comparison between nokia 8's ozo and htc u 11'... moreAll phones are Chinese phones, because all phones are made in China.

      Nokia is back!

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        • Anonymous
        • f}x
        • 23 Aug 2017

        jos, 21 Aug 2017oooh, your comment is a proof your are not understanding...... moreYou forgot a /s I suppose. Lot harder to read through in that case

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          • Anonymous
          • gNS
          • 23 Aug 2017

          Rafe Firmani, 19 Aug 2017dream on lol...actually you blind nokia fanboy who need to ... moreWatch btekts comparison between nokia 8's ozo and htc u 11's 3d audio. Nokia 8 makes htc u11 har like a Chinese phone.

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            • Lighting McQueen
            • YUT
            • 23 Aug 2017

            If my friends or i, we would say that the quality video recording and the camera image of the Nokia 8 is on fire!!!!!! What's more, that got very jealous of Nokia 8 when it comes to affordable price, 3D audio and akward camera feature

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              • Lighting McQueen
              • YUT
              • 23 Aug 2017

              If i was a 90s kid, I would say that Nokia 8 camera is far better in secret. These retarded people would say that Nokia 8 camera has an average quality, poor audio and overpriced. What??? My conclusion is that actually they are trying to play a fool prank with us thinking that Nokia 8 is way worse. What's more, you can never predict that the Nokia 8 is worse. For those of you who hate Nokia 8, you will have a KARMA!!!!!!!!!!

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                • Anonymous
                • yMm
                • 23 Aug 2017

                Carol, 23 Aug 2017Let me guess. Apps make a better system? Wow, this is new. ... moreApps don't make better os, they attract people towards it. With more people using that platform, developers develop more apps for it. This cycle continues. That's why Android is popular. And this is coming from an ex windows user who was with his Lumia 925 till it's sad demise. Confirms my thought that windows users really do consider them elitists when in fact there is nothing extraordinary in it to convince people to move towards it....

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                  • Carol
                  • L71
                  • 23 Aug 2017

                  Anonymous, 22 Aug 2017How do you remember 10 million names. Teach me master... L... moreLet me guess. Apps make a better system? Wow, this is new. Nope thanks, i use smartphones not nintendo. I do not need anything of what you just say;). Still, what you say, confirms what i've said. If kids buy something, does not mean is good;).

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                    • Anonymous
                    • yMm
                    • 22 Aug 2017

                    Carol, 22 Aug 2017Windows 10 mobile is actually quite a good system, it is be... moreHow do you remember 10 million names. Teach me master...
                    Leave that aside if wp was in demand it wouldve been relavent as of now. It's not a question of it's good or not. Kids use Android or iPhone because it has all the apps they need. When Snapchat came, on which platform did it launch first?
                    When Instagram came, where did it launch? Mini militia, COC, vainglory, Pokemon go etc remember these apps?
                    Fundamentally they made a pretty good OS. If only they could convince developers to support it. And Don't say they were new. Wp was long before Android even existed in first place

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                      • AnonD-519805
                      • gBq
                      • 22 Aug 2017

                      Where´s the full review?

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                        • Carol
                        • L71
                        • 22 Aug 2017

                        AnonD-684709, 21 Aug 2017Pay more attention, mate. I'm not calling Windows crap, tha... moreWindows 10 mobile is actually quite a good system, it is better then android HANDS DOWN. Just cause it did not got traction cause of the scared people, and other factors like its beginnings when was very buggy, salesmen that were alwyas selling androids cause it is from there where their money come from, does not mean is a bad system. Also, just cause you do not understand marketing and you don't like it, IT does NOT mean you are right. You ain't. And this Nokia is a great hardware, but not a system i would use. What you fail to understand, is that people need diversity, something rare to be found this days, just because of people like you, ignorants. I can name more then 10 million android users that do not need that system. Elderly and kids would be way more safer a on windows mobile platform. Kids are also the vast majority of android users. Don't come here cocky with those % statments. Just cause kids use androids does not mean that system is good for something more then it is. Cause it ain't! And if you were a real one, you would love to see more systems coming out, not sticking inside of one retarded system praising it like a god. Get over your selves android people! Their are also people that like quality, not quantity. If i buy one, android, would be a nokia and would be because their is nothing left on the market but ios and this system i am already wasting to many words on.

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                          • jos
                          • 7Pk
                          • 22 Aug 2017

                          Maybe this NOKIA 8 will ne the 2nd best camera phone, next to Lumia 950 XL... NO OTHER phones....

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                            • Anonymous
                            • niK
                            • 21 Aug 2017

                            AnonD-215676, 20 Aug 2017What is the role of old Nokia with these phones? Do they pr... moreName and some patents. Also some old Nokia employees Are now in HMD payroll, so old know how is there.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • PIM
                              • 21 Aug 2017

                              Still couldn't beat my 808 in camera quality but otherwise it is a good effort.. Guess I have to wait until Nokia 9 comes out with its dual 23MP camera

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                                • jos
                                • 7Pj
                                • 21 Aug 2017

                                Anonymous, 20 Aug 2017That's why it sells so much right. That's why nokia is stil... moreWindows phone... WILL COMEBACK... SOOOOOON!
                                And you will embrace it 😂

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                                  • jos
                                  • Ldn
                                  • 21 Aug 2017

                                  Anonymous, 20 Aug 2017iPhone and not copycat in same sentence? how high are you... moreoooh, your comment is a proof your are not understanding... as I have suspected from your first comment...

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                                    • AnonD-684709
                                    • 3v5
                                    • 21 Aug 2017

                                    jos, 20 Aug 2017Lumia950xl demolished all latest phones in terms of camera ... morePay more attention, mate. I'm not calling Windows crap, that would be insufficient. I'm calling it GARBAGE, because that's what it is. Abysmal garbage.

                                    Windows on the desktop is already awful (especially Windows 8, truly nightmarish), but the Windows mobile OS has to be the most horrible OS ever conceived, it's such a massive pain in the a$$ to use and all. Even at its best time, and despite millions and millions spent on advertising, Winpoop mobile never got more than 3% market share, and soon declined to 2%, where it hoovered for a bit, before it finally collapsed.

                                    Market share numbers from IDC for 2016 Q4:
                                    Android: 81.4%
                                    iOS: 18.2%
                                    Windows mobile: 0.2%

                                    No one ever wanted to use that Winpoop OS, and even those few that were tempted by things like good cameras in the Lumias eventually gave up, because it's just too awful to use overall. After all, if you paint a turd a pretty colour, it's still a turd.

                                    The Nokia 8 is not too bad, but not too good either, and especially the camera, which Nokia phones have become known for, is only mediocre. Nice attempt, but try again.

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                                      • AnonD-551482
                                      • 2C5
                                      • 21 Aug 2017

                                      theirs no need to show photos in the day, all high end camera phones and cameras show brilliant photos in great light. what most people would like to see how well the phone camera handles extreme dark conditions, although an aperture of F2.0 is not going to do the best in low light as to say with an F1.7 is going to excel in low light far greater then an F2.0 aperture. take this phone in really dark lighting and you'll see what I'm talking about.

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                                        • MrJuli
                                        • UD{
                                        • 20 Aug 2017

                                        For me, being 'unique' is a huge PLUS for a brand, specially if it was known for it's superiority to the mobile world. By mean of unique, is something (maybe a feature) where people can immediately recognize that it belongs to that certain brand alone. Using the stock android may offer wide range of advantages like faster updates, etc. But perhaps designing a brand's own itineration of the operating system makes more sense. This will add more to the brand's unique feature and perhaps will help the brand prove the mobile world that they can do more, they can make things better than the usual way. After all, that's how NOKIA was used to, as far as I can remember. I believe that the brand is back, but still waiting to show more on it's potentials. Perhaps time can only tell just how much.