Nokia N8 in focus: An interview with Damian Dinning

19 May 2010
It seems there's more to Nokia N8 camera than what meets the eye on the marketing materials. That's why we turned to a seasoned professional over at Nokia to tell us a little bit more about the technical aspects of Nokia N8 imaging...

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  • khanna
  • s89
  • 06 Apr 2011

what is focal length of nokia n8 camera?
what is the field of view?
what are lens materials?
what is the image sensor?
please send the details

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    • Ali Abdulla
    • 3LB
    • 13 Oct 2010

    Rofy, 05 Oct 2010These are obviously fake pictures. as i see from the review... moreand u obviously deserve a report

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      • fenz
      • tu2
      • 09 Oct 2010

      Rofy, 05 Oct 2010These are obviously fake pictures. as i see from the review... morestfu!! The result already an0unced n0kia n8 is the winner.just xcept the truth even it really pain n hurt.

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        • Rofy
        • xWL
        • 05 Oct 2010

        These are obviously fake pictures. as i see from the reviews so far is the pic quality very close to that of the iphone and the galaxy s.
        shame on you gsmarena.

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          • Damian Dinning
          • nGY
          • 18 Sep 2010

          No Kia, 27 Aug 2010I wish Nokia can ensure the quality of loud speaker receive... moreWhilst a single speaker it is the best speaker component Nokia currently uses. It's also driven by a dedicated mini power amplifier which is one of few devices to do so. This drives the speaker as hard as possible. In the car, in my experience you should have no problems in practice.

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            • Damian Dinning
            • nGY
            • 18 Sep 2010

            e90 user, 10 Sep 2010damian sir, plz could u tel me dat how much fast its proces... moreYou need to bear in mind that the N8 uses a dedicated GPU for pretty much anything visual. All under the surface processing is then handled by the CPU running at 680MHz which given the GPU means broadly comparable performance to other devices running faster CPU's.

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              • Damian Dinning
              • nGY
              • 18 Sep 2010

              and1one66, 07 Sep 2010sir damian, is the screen a real gorilla glass? how would y... moreYes it's Gorilla glass display. Yes it should play the majority of DivX and Xvid content.

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                • and1one66
                • wY5
                • 13 Sep 2010

                Hi sir Damian, could you also make an adapter for AM radio reciever? It would be great if you will do such device, just like the DVB-H TV reciever headset. Plus if you will consider to make a video light adapter for this phone. It would be a perfect phone for everyone if you will make this adapters.

                One more thing, can you make a firmware update that would record D1@30fps resolution in N86 8MP? Plus a CIF or VGA @ 120fps slo-mo video recording and D1 time-lapse recording, just like the Samsung S8300 UltraTouch.

                Please consider this, sir Damian! Thanks and more success!

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                  • and1one66
                  • v0q
                  • 12 Sep 2010

                  Hi sir Damian, are you going to make a video light adapter for this phone? Since you make a DVB-H headset, can you make a video light adapter, so that even it has no built-in video light, that adapter can compensate for that. Please consider it, thanks!

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                    • e90 user
                    • Y}x
                    • 10 Sep 2010

                    damian sir, plz could u tel me dat how much fast its processor. And is it faster than galaxy s or wave. Thanks

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                      • and1one66
                      • v0q
                      • 07 Sep 2010

                      sir damian, is the screen a real gorilla glass? how would you rate its ruggedness? and does nokia n8 will support native divx and xvid format movies? thanks for your reply sir damian.

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                        • Andy Satria Gunawan
                        • PAq
                        • 30 Aug 2010

                        Just give a lens cover, i will buy it.. And it doesn't have it, i won't buy it..

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                          • No Kia
                          • uC0
                          • 27 Aug 2010

                          I wish Nokia can ensure the quality of loud speaker receiver and sound volume. I use it a lot when driving.
                          This is very simple expectation even very old model done it correctly.
                          In my Nokia N95 8GB or even old model, they serve the good job but not expensive new N86. why? I just need a balance phone.

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                            • No Kia
                            • uC0
                            • 27 Aug 2010

                            For few years time, there are no much change on the phone functionality after Bluetooth/memory card slot/3G until Nokia N8 have USB data transfer avability. Good move Nokia.

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                              • Damian Dinning
                              • 9Ge
                              • 25 Aug 2010

                              and1one66, 25 Aug 2010hi sir damian, can you give us a sample photo using its xen... moreHi, I'm not currently on planning such a comparison, but I'm sure once the product is available to reviewers there will be plenty who will do such a comparison. In practice I think you'll find we've imporved on the N82 with the N8 in almost every aspect of camera and video performance and therefore will not be disappointed. As someone who's been lucky enough to have been using the N8 for some time now, I can't imagine going back to any previous Nokia handset right now after my imaging experience with the N8.

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                                • Damian Dinning
                                • 9Ge
                                • 25 Aug 2010

                                Kaushal, 25 Aug 2010Hey Damian, Please help with the touch screen sensitivit... moreThis is not the area of my expertise, but I believe there are a number of aspects which need to be balanced here. So how you measure sensitivity is perhaps open to interpretation. What I mean by this is that there are various algorithms which are designed to filter out accidental or unintended touches from the intentional ones. This I believe makes it harder to compare. Of course the touch component is capacitive based so if you have skin that doesn't tend to be dry you will find significantly improved experience. In practice this is one of those areas you'll need to judge for yourself.

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                                  • and1one66
                                  • v0q
                                  • 25 Aug 2010

                                  hi sir damian, can you give us a sample photo using its xenon flash with a comparison to nokia n82.

                                  also, can you tell us how good the touchscreen capability of this phone. i used an apple iphone before, and it was really great (save for the user experience, which was the worst of all phones ive ever tried!)
                                  i want to know its sensitivity capability, whether it can be compare to that apple iphone4 or even better to that iphone4.

                                  last thing, the video sample, if its good enough to compete with other manufacturers or better than them.

                                  please sir damian.

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                                    • Kaushal
                                    • t}H
                                    • 25 Aug 2010

                                    Hey Damian,

                                    Please help with the touch screen sensitivity,
                                    Can it be compared to Iphone or Xperia X10.
                                    Is it better or in line with it or less sensitive..

                                    Rgds,
                                    KP

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                                      • Damian Dinning
                                      • 9Ge
                                      • 10 Aug 2010

                                      nokia 5800 user, 05 Aug 2010HI Mr Damian, can you give us video sample from nokia N8?... moreVideo samples should be available in the next few weeks.

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                                        • Dr javid Arfat
                                        • upb
                                        • 09 Aug 2010

                                        htc faaan, 05 Aug 2010what's is relly better nokia n8 or HTC DESIRE in every thin... moreHay why don't u go 4 HTC hd2 windows 6. 5 mobile with amazing features and if Ur desire is 4 a new gen phone then HTC is going to launch HTC hd3 in Nov throughout the world with killer specs