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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  • 17 Aug 2017

AnonD-668131, 17 Aug 2017How big is sensor size ? Why not like in old photo Nokia 80... more1/3.06" Diagonal of 5.85mm

Same specifications of imx258 used as rear cam of G6 and front cam of Sony X phones...

For example the imx300 of Z5 has 7.87mm and the one inside Pixel has 7.83mm

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    • Anonymous
    • Tpi
    • 17 Aug 2017

    AnonD-668131, 17 Aug 2017How big is sensor size ? Why not like in old photo Nokia 80... moreYou should remember that everything (well, most of it) Nokia was before the HMD era is now lost in Microsoft. The new Nokia has to start from scratch, so the ol' good tech from PureView series has to be developed again or bought from MS.

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      • Anonymous
      • Tpi
      • 17 Aug 2017

      Anonymous, 17 Aug 2017Don't forget that NOKIA 8 has 2 1/3" sensors.. So 1/3" + 1/... moreDon't know if troll or just bad at maths...

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        • Cheap Xiaomi casual
        • t7U
        • 17 Aug 2017

        Anonymous, 17 Aug 2017Because they were not made by foxconn before. They were act... moreThat's why there are company standards and quality checks in place. I could't care less where in the universe my phone is made, if I knew that the standards were being met.

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          • 3bQ
          • 17 Aug 2017

          Animal, 17 Aug 2017What special are you talking about? can you smash your s8 ... morelol.. no, you can't. It might have a bit stronger chassis at best,but it nothing on it is shatterproof nor it has airbags, so no you can't. It shatters just like any other phone.

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            • Anonymous
            • IVV
            • 17 Aug 2017

            LLL, 17 Aug 2017With 1.12 nm pixel size and 13 MP, I surmise sensor size is... moreDon't forget that NOKIA 8 has 2 1/3" sensors.. So 1/3" + 1/3" = 2/3" = 1/1.5" the biggest sensor since the Lumia 1020.. WOOHOO!! Can't wait for the samples :D

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              • Anonymous
              • U}}
              • 17 Aug 2017

              Flagship just because sd835 & dual cam lile others
              The rest just nothing special, excep nokia name they brought

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                • Anonymous
                • gNR
                • 17 Aug 2017

                AnonD-669148, 17 Aug 2017The bottom bezel is atleast not just waste of space, as the... moreJust like every other phone is made by Foxconn.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • dWg
                  • 17 Aug 2017

                  AnonD-668131, 17 Aug 2017How big is sensor size ? Why not like in old photo Nokia 80... morePicture in picture
                  streaming from both cameras (front and right)
                  Excelent ozo audio... with three directional microphones... Sure will score excelent marks in sound clarity compared to creepy mono (!) (iPhone(yes)) and low-bitrate , low quality stereo sounds of others

                  Name competitor who have such features.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • IbE
                    • 17 Aug 2017

                    AnonD-284563, 17 Aug 2017"This is a Nokia phone built by Foxcon" Why? Have you... moreBecause they were not made by foxconn before. They were actually made by Nokia

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                      • J5M
                      • 17 Aug 2017

                      LG V30 will probably have a far better camera, including far better sound recording, while everything else also is better on LG V30!

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                        • J5M
                        • 17 Aug 2017

                        The bottom bezel is atleast not just waste of space, as they are on Sony phones, because there is the fingerprint sensor and capacitive buttons leaving the screen free!
                        Nokia used to be made by Nokia, not by Foxcon!

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                          • 17 Aug 2017

                          AnonD-668131, 17 Aug 2017How big is sensor size ? Why not like in old photo Nokia 80... moreWith 1.12 nm pixel size and 13 MP, I surmise sensor size is 1/3"

                          Personally I wish for 1/2.3" minimum

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                            • Anonymous
                            • J5M
                            • 17 Aug 2017

                            AnonD-284563, 17 Aug 2017"This is a Nokia phone built by Foxcon" Why? Have you... moreNokia used to be built by Nokia!
                            The fingerprint sensor looks small!

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                              • yp1
                              • 17 Aug 2017

                              "This is a Nokia phone built by Foxcon"

                              Why?

                              Have you ever written in an iPhone review "this is an apple phone made by Foxconn" ??

                                'We did say that the Nokia 8 runs mostly unmodified Android, but there's one major exception - Nokia wrote the camera app.'

                                Little clarification is appropriate. Did Nokia or HMD write camera app? If it was Nokia, then it's going to be interesting.

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                                  • nxi
                                  • 17 Aug 2017

                                  How big is sensor size ? Why not like in old photo Nokia 808, 1020 ? It makes better photos then Lumia 950 ? If this phone cant make better/same pictures then Lumia 950, S7/8, Lg G5/6 why is anyone interested in ? Snapdragon 835, 4GB ? Each phone at this price has the same parameters what special has Nokia ? And rly 151mm and 5,3 inches, only 69%..Weaker then Sony :D

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                                    • rA7
                                    • 17 Aug 2017

                                    Welcome Nokia ... its flagship for now but offcourse the level of next flagship the ip rating the screen etc is gonna b better .. just dnt slow down Nokia be fast in bringing new phones ,ur slowness in working with the changing times cost u big time in past ..

                                      i like nokia but hope their software tough.Because i use nokia x3-02 when download music in internet suddenly corrupt.It is old stories.Hope this nokia now tough software.If though software, maybe in future i will buy this product.

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                                        • Ksa
                                        • 17 Aug 2017

                                        So that is the reason why they are not selling the Nokia 8 to USA, China and posibly Corea and Japan... Maybe they are preparing the ULTIMATE phone with the Nokia 9 with all the good features, SD 836, 8 gigs of RAM, 128 GB Storage and a high price for it.