Video: How the Nokia 808 PureView made camera phone history

14 July 2021
Take a trip down memory lane with one of the best camera phones ever made.

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  • 15 Jul 2021

nokia should release some symbian and asha os / s40 os phone tp those who want to spend less time on internet or wanna quite american spy apps .

    I own 7 other smartphones much better than the $5 brand new BlackBerry Bold 9900 I bought yesterday. I can type on SwiftKey like 5 times faster than on a BlackBerry physical QWERTY. Yet, I want less capability.

    Less Internet time wasting. I'll only use Internet for research. Not to insult strangers and impose my beliefs. When Yelena told Natasha that she's such a poser in Black Widow, Yelena basically described pretty much everyone on Facebook and Instagram. 🤣

    Perhaps I'm reaching that stage that I don't care for Earthly possessions like before. That none of this is forever. I would go back using phones from 10 years ago because their designs were better and they were way more compact. Many still had this nifty feature called removable battery.

      My first smartphone ever was the N82 and the main reason I wanted it was because of that Xenon flash. I chose it over the original iPhone. When I finally sold it like 2 years later after already getting an iPhone 4, it actually made me sad. But battery was already crap after 18 months.

      I wouldn't mind getting an N82 again but nah. It was my favorite when I had it. But some things like that should be left in the past. Mine was silver. I would get it in that color again. I'm more interested in other Nokian designs like the N8. I did read the N82's Xenon flash was more powerful than the N8.

        Nokia made so many classic phones.

        N91
        N93
        N95
        N82
        N8
        N9
        808 PureView
        Lumia 1020

        Can't forget my old favorite from 2001-2003, the trusty 3310. My GSM phone. It was called 3360 on Cingular when it was still called Cingular and AT&T was a competitor. My wallpaper were boobs. Funny to see it in original Game Boy monochrome on a 3310.

        Among old Nokias I would get, it would be N8, N9, and that 6500 Slide I mentioned previously. The 6500 Slide is the nicest Nokia design I've ever seen surpassing the N8 and N9 beauties.

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          • 15 Jul 2021

          AnonD-936656, 15 Jul 2021Huawei is not Samsung and iPhone, it's camera IPS uses... moreFirstly its not IPS, its ISP.

          Secondly, Huawei has the least color saturation since P30 Pro. Samsung & Vivo does it worse (but latest update looks like they tone it down). U better check back your resources.

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            • 15 Jul 2021

            Rkm, 15 Jul 2021leica for 35? Which one is that?This. +1.

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              • 15 Jul 2021

              'Let us know in the comments which cameraphone you would most like to see it compared against.'

              Compared against the best from Huawei, iPhone, Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Oneplus, Asus & Sony. The rest not worth it.

                Nokia is the most innovative phone manufacturer in the history of mobile.

                I would buy a Nokia 6500 Slide if 2G still existed with my carrier. I'm actually trying to digital detoxify myself. I bought a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9900 for $5 yesterday from OfferUp and I want to return to the days when I wasn't addicted to staring at a phone screen all day.

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                  • 15 Jul 2021

                  Bobby, 14 Jul 2021Such a pity Nokia stopped making great Symbian phones 😭They took in the Microsoft trojan horse and it destroyed them.

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                    • 15 Jul 2021

                    I used Nokia 808 and its camera produced some really nice, true to life pictures, very natural colour without any sort of AI ruining. One of the best cameraphone I ever had.

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                      • 15 Jul 2021

                      Anonymous, 15 Jul 2021before iphone, smartphones are exciting in exploration of m... moreI think as far as hardware goes, after the iPhone every smartphone has been a version of the same idea and that's been pretty boring.

                      Those old N series Nokia phones were always coming out with cool new from factors and it was way more fun. And let us not forget the N series phones were the original smartphones and way more capable than the original iPhone (which was basically a feature phone with a slick touch interface).

                      Since the first iPhone all of the innovation has been on the software/interface side. But that's. gotten pretty boring too. It's a lot of versions of the same idea and mostly just change for the sake of change. Kind of like the desktop on computers. There's no need for it to really change anymore.

                      So yeah, back when Nokia was king, phones were a lot more fun and interesting.

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                        • 15 Jul 2021

                        travis999, 14 Jul 2021But so does my 3rd hand,tiny little leica camera, and that ... moreleica for 35? Which one is that?

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                          • 15 Jul 2021

                          Anonymous, 15 Jul 2021before iphone, smartphones are exciting in exploration of m... moreYea phones used to be fun back in the day

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                            • 15 Jul 2021

                            AnonD-936656, 15 Jul 2021Huawei is not Samsung and iPhone, it's camera IPS uses... moreIPS is a display technology and has nothing to do with a camera!

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                              • 15 Jul 2021

                              before iphone, smartphones are exciting in exploration of models and features, then, the big brothers forces the devices must be similars in all aspect, and markets are choked, nothing dare to challenge big brothers, nothing dare to give market completely different other choices, long live the burner phones

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                                • 15 Jul 2021

                                SpiritWolf, 14 Jul 2021Nah. Maybe if you love paintings. I got Huawei P30Pro as ma... moreHuawei is not Samsung and iPhone, it's camera IPS uses the most saturation than any phone.

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                                  • 15 Jul 2021

                                  travis999, 14 Jul 2021But so does my 3rd hand,tiny little leica camera, and that ... moreWhat camera is that one that you mention that costs 35?

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                                    • 15 Jul 2021

                                    Bobby, 14 Jul 2021Such a pity Nokia stopped making great Symbian phones 😭Thanks to Microsoft interruption

                                      Pixel 5, iPhone 12, S21 and that Ultra Xiaomi should be a good comparison.

                                        Anonymous, 15 Jul 2021Xenon flash is huge advantage. companies could sell additional xenon flash with own rechargeable batteries that can connect to the phone over wifi/USB C.I would definitely buy one.

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