PhoneArena’s Nokia 808 PureView ReView.
Here’s PhoneArena’s 4 Page Nokia 808 PureView review. It scores a very high 8.5/10 from them. Read on to find out why.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-808-PureView-Review_id3064
- Real innovation
- potential for major disruption in the smartphone camera department
- 480×800 should be minimum at 4″
- While Symbian Belle FP1 now has the looks of more advanced mobile operating systems, and runs fairly well on the 1.3GHz processor, it doesn’t have the feel.
- in terms of functionality Symbian Belle FP1 on the Nokia 808 PureView can rank along the modern Android, iOS, or Windows Phone, and sometimes excels in things like a full landscape layout and easy file transfer.
- Symbian Belle FP1 browser renders pages pretty badly
- Scrolling and panning around are also choppy compared to the competition
- no other phone comes even close to what the Nokia 808 PureView is able to photograph.
- Video excellent with the best stereo audio we’ve ever recorded with a smartphone
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pureview has been making alot of news, and rightfully so, its amazing,
i just hope pureview tech is in a nokia wp before the end of this year.
That’d be nice, but given Nokia’s track record, some time in 2013 is a lot more realistic. I suppose if they cut it down to a 20MP sensor that might allow them to pull it off a lot faster, and quite frankly, that would be more than enough compared to the competition.
Yeah, no point in waiting. I’ll purchase a 808 as soon as the depleted stocks are filled. (No Amazon, no Hobby Hall, no Expert.fi (they promise it for August(!) – http://www.expert.fi/Tuotteet/Puhelimet-ja-GPS/Puhelimet/Nokia-808-PUREVIEW-WHITE )
what if …….
nokia has not been pushing sales of the 808,
maybe they are saving the sensors for a wp due out this year ????
i really hope so,
Highly unlikely, I’m afraid.
The device of the year that make us still proud of Nokia. Nokia homegrown product is still the best thing as unique and creativity are the keys to success. Not by simply stealing all the eggs that were laid by Nokia into a single basket instead of multiple baskets. Till now the partnership have zero benefit to Nokia.
The 8 and 5MP images really lack sharpness.
It’s the photographer, then, not the camera. Let me point out that my (professionally-conducted and evaluated under the adverse circumstances) independent tests have shown both modes to deliver excellent resolution equalling the resolution of Bayer sensors of three times as many pixels.
Did you check GSM Arena 38MP vs 8MP shot (that flip-chart image). You can easily see lack of sharpness on PureView. Bad photographers, AGAIN?
There are super sharp examples. No sharpness again?
Much better score than The Verge with their irrational Symbian hatred that didn’t even consider the excellent navigation.
Why do they hate Belle FP1.? Its nothing like the old Symbian..
I see little difference in UI between it and Android..
Ok, so its not as slick as Android, but neither is it as bad as they make it out to be..
That’s why XFCE-Desktop called their hate irrational.
Just checked out the photo tests. Resolution-wise, even the 3 Mpixel shots have better resolution than the Pana GF2 – as I’ve also reported on back in February in my MWC reports.
In low light, ISO1600 (!) shots have a LOT of detail.
Incredible!
Posted the following quick overview to DPReview:
PhoneArena has published their review ( http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-808-PureView-Review_id3064/ ). They have a lot of COOL comparison shots. Of them, I’ve cropped the following ones that directly compare the resolution of the 5/8/38 Mpixel modes to each other and to that of the 12 Mpixel m43 Pana GF2:
5 Mpixel:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13100693/html/042012RetinaHDVideoPlayers/phonearenatets/5mp.png
8 Mpixel:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13100693/html/042012RetinaHDVideoPlayers/phonearenatets/8mp.png
38 Mpixel:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13100693/html/042012RetinaHDVideoPlayers/phonearenatets/38mp.png
GF2:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13100693/html/042012RetinaHDVideoPlayers/phonearenatets/gf2.png
As you can see,
- the reschart is too far away to directly measure the resolution difference between 5 and 8 Mpixels – the lines become extint around mark 2, which are only shown in the discrete (non-continual) bars but not the parallel lines gradually getting closer, which start at mark 3.
- the lines in the 38 Mpixel shot become extint between mark 6 and 7, showing around 2 times more effective resolution than with the 5/8 Mpixel case.
- the GF2 delivers very bad results.
The links to the full, original shots ( 5/8/38 Mpixel / GF2, in this order):
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114844-image/6.jpg
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114850-image/6.jpg
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114856-image/6.jpg
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114862-image/6.JPG
The low-light 5 Mpixel ISO 1600 shot ( http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114899-image/1600-ISO.jpg ) is also excellent: the extintion point is around mark 6, which isn’t worse than that of the ISO 50 shot ( http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/114894-image/50-ISO.jpg ). (Note that these shots has been taken from a bit closer to the reschart, hence the far better resolution than in the previous list.)
These shots have all been linked from Page 3 ( http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-808-PureView-Review_id3064/page/3 )
at this point the 808 is the only thing Nokia has going on for them.. that or giving lumias away for free in the US
The screens resolution is s matter of taste; some want more pixels, I consider them vain and value battery life more, which is perversely forgotten feature in mobile devices. For the same reason I prefer Symbian.
And I hate that the reviewers concentrate so much into the web browser and yet always fail to download the Symbians web browser saviour Opera(that actually made even the old Symbian S60v5, that ruined Symbians reputation, usable, not to mention these much more modern devices). Also, media routinely forget Symbians strengths and special features, and just bash it because you are supposed to do so, even if there are people who would like to know about those choices.