Flashback: the Nokia 808 PureView was from the future

17 November 2019
A higher resolution sensor with pixel binning for zooming and low-light shots six years before Androids started doing it.

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  • 19 Nov 2019

Anonymous, 19 Nov 2019Oh god. Are you the same one that was spreading that fud in... moreAh yea, i forgot gsmarena has sudden experts commenting in their sections....

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    • 19 Nov 2019

    Anonymous, 19 Nov 2019Seriously. I wish a company would do that. Even better wo... moreEven though i give you right, i think they are not including panasonic because that one was more a camera with a bit of phone while this one is a phone with a great camera.

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      • 19 Nov 2019

      It still is.

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        • 19 Nov 2019

        EskeRahn, 18 Nov 2019We generally simply needs more variety, and these almost id... moreThere is two major problem for this
        1.reviewers will bash the phone
        2.carriers and stores won't promote them. They just push iPhone or Samsung s models

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          • 19 Nov 2019

          Jimbob, 19 Nov 2019They need to refresh this phoneSeriously. I wish a company would do that.
          Even better would be to convince the best of existing tech from other devices into one. And charge an unteasonable markup. Fat chace of course

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            • 19 Nov 2019

            They need to refresh this phone

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              • 19 Nov 2019

              matjaz, 18 Nov 2019how big is sensor on lumix dmc-cm11 inch. So bigger. They don't seem to fact check here so well anymore.

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                • 19 Nov 2019

                Luv U Gsmarena/The person who put so much effort in this article. . I literally feel like crying reading this . I still have my Nokia N8 in working condition (minus bad battery back up). .
                Back those days I remember How Nokia did so much R and D in terms Of Imaging and Video. . I so wanted something like 808+1020 In Android, Like a dream come true for the photograohy/videography Enthusiast( but feel pity for Nokia..sob sob).. Nokia was the only Company who had Huge budget for its R and D and not for Marketing Gimmick. .I hope the new Nokia gets all the tech and R and D of the old Nokia Mobiles.
                Thank you Gsmarena for such wonderful Article depicting the huge potential of Nokia . . . .
                Would luv to Read another Article on Meego/Maemo O.S as well. .

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                  • 19 Nov 2019

                  Anonymous, 17 Nov 2019Not like that. You are ignoring crop factor. The f1.5 of n... moreOh god. Are you the same one that was spreading that fud in previous articles?
                  The f1.5 on the galaxies is miles ahead of an f9 on a full frame.
                  Stop spreading lies.

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                    • 18 Nov 2019

                    This phone was screaming innovation. The mind-blowing camera, the sound recording, the screen, and much more and all this was being achieved with specs so low that today are unheard of. Nokia weren't afraid to try new and crazy things, it's such a shame that Nokia is not anymore, I'm not talking about Nokia HMD, I'm taking about the good old Finnish Nokia that was backed up by those bright minds that gave us this phone and symbian and meego and so much more.

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                      • 18 Nov 2019

                      We all remember what happened to Windows Phone but the question remains unanswered: 'Could Symbian UI/UE be fixed?'

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                        • 18 Nov 2019

                        how big is sensor on lumix dmc-cm1

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                          • 18 Nov 2019

                          Still holding to that phone, in perfect working condition.

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                            • 18 Nov 2019

                            Anonymous, 18 Nov 2019That's the problem on recent phones, camera sensors are tin... moreGreat article.
                            Agree. No messy looking multi cameras. Just one really solid beast with a large sensor and top line processing

                              Proud owner of Nokia 808 pureview and nokia 1020, Still having these 2 phones in perfect condition. the value is going to increase for these day by day. The one good thing with 808 compared with 1020 is the 808 is small and handy so, we can take it to anyplace and half the size of my Galaxy note 9.

                                Incredible article to be written in these days.
                                The Pureview's sensor was nothing like any of the 40s megapixel Quadbayer sensors we are seeing nowadays.
                                It is way way better.

                                  Anonymous, 17 Nov 2019Binning does not work for video. Huawei does not record HD... moreOf course it does, the real time HDR readout function is there so that HDR image can be captured... literally in real time. It's a function that is mainly for videos and Mate 20 Pro, P30 Pro and Mate 30 Pro all captures HDR videos in FFC (but NOT in the rear, apart from Mate 20 Pro). It becomes less effective in low light, but works great during the day.

                                  By the way just in case you are being confused, by HDR videos I mean videos with extended dynamic range like what you see on iPhone, not videos that have been recorded in HDR10/HLG format.

                                    Anonymous, 17 Nov 2019Not like that. You are ignoring crop factor. The f1.5 of n... moreI meant to say that F2.4 aperture reduces the amount of light that the camera captures which allows phones with smaller sensors but with larger aperture lens to *get close* in terms of sheer amount of light being collected (obviously modern phones still capture less photons per time, but they are not that far off from N808). And as for its low light performance, I would say it was comfortably behind old phones that lacked computational processing like iPhone 7 or even iPhone 6s Plus, so software wasn't really the issue at that time.

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                                      • 18 Nov 2019

                                      That's the problem on recent phones, camera sensors are tiny
                                      We need a phone with a big sensor like the 808
                                      I dont care about 3, 4, 5 cameras in the back, i just want one good camera

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                                        • 18 Nov 2019

                                        Anonymous, 18 Nov 2019You wouldn't want it for size reasons.I don't f care