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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  • 18 Aug 2017

Anonymous, 18 Aug 2017Just check camera samples of nokia 8.. very poor The subjects and lighting are poor.Even then the camera has done commendably good.Too early to pass a verdict.

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    • Anonymous
    • sSU
    • 18 Aug 2017

    Efef21, 18 Aug 2017I just figured out why they called it "Nokia 8" All of the... moreJust check camera samples of nokia 8.. very poor

      5.2' LCD at €600? No thanks.

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        • AnonD-692742
        • vGW
        • 18 Aug 2017

        Efef21, 18 Aug 2017I just figured out why they called it "Nokia 8" All of the... moreLumia 830. Hope Nokia 8 will be a Photographer's Phone !

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          • Lighting McQueen
          • YUT
          • 18 Aug 2017

          Anonymous, 17 Aug 2017What did you say? father of innovation? what innovation? du... moreNo,Nokia is the actual innovator but just that they are not showing off. Motorola is not a innovator bro!!! They were just merge with Lenovo and starts to copy other Chinese phones. Moto G5 is similar to the Xiaomi and vivo phone!!!! Wake up, all phone brands are not innovating anymore.

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            • v0q
            • 18 Aug 2017

            I just figured out why they called it "Nokia 8"
            All of their best camera phones were designated with the digit "8": Nokia N8, Nokia 808 and now the Nokia 8

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              • Anonymous
              • YPb
              • 18 Aug 2017

              Anonymous, 18 Aug 2017Nokia actually owned FoxConn before it was sold to China it's owned by one of the director of foxconn

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                • Anonymous
                • iwt
                • 18 Aug 2017

                AnonD-618690, 17 Aug 2017 The main camera use IMX 258 sensors for both cameras, a li... moreAs I expected, Zeiss is just a rebranding like Leica on Huawei.

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                  • gNS
                  • 18 Aug 2017

                  Nokia new phon is very good

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                    • Anonymous
                    • UD{
                    • 18 Aug 2017

                    Anonymous, 17 Aug 2017Because they were not made by foxconn before. They were act... moreNokia actually owned FoxConn before it was sold to China

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                      • YNY
                      • 18 Aug 2017

                      Choose IPS Screen is a wise idea. OLED is trash bad technology, nasty screen burnin, very bad sunlight legibility, ugly black theme to cover the faulty tech, and more power draw than IPS.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • YPb
                        • 18 Aug 2017

                        good phone, but wish the screen to body ratio to be much better. it's longer than some 5.5" phones...

                        LG, Samy, even Fruit co are getting smaller with bigger screen

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 18 Aug 2017

                          I still think the old Nokia everyone knows and loves is dead. It's merely the brand were seeing now that lives on. Kind of like MG cars, the Chinese bought the brand and they design and manufacturer modern cars in China for the Chinese market with the MG badge but other than that theres nothing left to identify it with the former company.
                          The magic is gone.

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                            • 18 Aug 2017

                            For this price nahhh
                            There are many competitors in market which already captured the customer just like oneplus 5
                            If they want to sell there phones so they have to lower there price tags.

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                              • UD{
                              • 17 Aug 2017

                              AnonD-292897, 17 Aug 2017lol.. no, you can't. It might have a bit stronger chassis a... moreHAHAHA. yeah you are right. I was just making fun bro :D

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                                • 17 Aug 2017

                                It strikes me that shutter speed on the showed images is very fast. Considering the fact that the camera has an OIS function, maybe the blurriness (especially on the greenery) of the pictures would not be so profound with a bit prolonged shutter speed.

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                                  • Jari
                                  • nmN
                                  • 17 Aug 2017

                                  Nokia 8 has nice microphones, OZO audio

                                  https://ozo.nokia.com/eu/blog/nokia8-smartphone-ozoaudio/


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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 17 Aug 2017

                                    AnonD-679970, 17 Aug 2017Always On means it's 'always on'. I had Nokia E7 years ago ... moreReally? I have a moto z and x and the display on a glance is wayyyyy better than this you can top the notification and replay it without unlocking the device or just simply wave youre hand and thin you can see whos calling or texting you unlike this nokia that you need to touch your phone to trigger the sensor.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • p4B
                                      • 17 Aug 2017

                                      There are plenty of big names using the latest tech pushing it to the limits by all kinds of software tricks.

                                      Just because it is Nokia carrying the Zeiss brand does not mean that it will smash the competition into the ground. It may be on par with the big guns, may be a pinch better, but after all this is a phone not a professional camera.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • fCF
                                        • 17 Aug 2017

                                        Very nice looking piece