Lab test: Nokia 808 PureView drop-test, Nokia Lumia 920 stabilisation shake rig
A couple of interesting videos, yet again bestowed by Engadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/lumia-920-IS-lab-test/
First up is a drop test. It features the Nokia 808 PureView and Galaxy SIII. Both still work (so no worries that Nokia made the SGSIII test harder to force a fail). It was actually the 808 that burst open with the battery flying out – something that has also happened to me. 808 totally fine.
Next up, the stabilisation test. Now some people were complaining that in the Nokia demoes, the induced shake was weaker, making OIS mode appear better. But in this mechanical simulation, you can see the level of shake does not change, but the shaking is reduced quite a lot by OIS.
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if only they did that same drop test with a iPhone 5, I bet it would be a wreck
Having previously owned a Samsung Omnia HD (with the N97 as the best Symbian alternative at the time, it made a lot of sense), I can confirm that it could take quite a beating without any more damage than a bit of scuffing to the corners. Likewise my N8, but that’s not news to anyone.
The 808′s robustness is still something of an unknown. Although reviews say the phone feels solid, and it does, this is the first time I’ve seen anything about one being really dropped.
A lanyard can be fitted to all of these also. Does anyone else do so? There was an occasion about three months ago when I was sitting between two other N8 users, and one pointed out that we all had lanyards, but generally I never see them used by anyone any more. Maybe our N8s were just a bit more precious to us than other phones would be, despite being over a year and a half old already?
It’s not an unknown, I know someone who drops her 808 all the time because she is a retard. The phone is fine but she is still a retard
I’m glad for the 808, but sad that it is owned by a retard.
I know someone who managed to break his N8 twice. Somehow when it fell, the screen managed to strike a metal pointy object. On both occasions.
The funny thing is that he then got an iPhone 4. Everyone said that it wouldn’t last long. It didn’t last long.
I dropped my 808 accidentally and i have visible scraper/striations at the body and at the plastic film on the screen (i didn’t remove the plastic film when it comes out of the box). To me it seems the material of the body is soft, but i think it is intended to use a phone, not to drop it…
I’ve dropped my 808 three times now… one time from comin out my pocket it hit the ground and split open (battery cover fell off) which gave it a little mark on one of the top corners (which seems to have become less visible over time – or i’ve got used to it)… other two times it probably hurt the pavement and club floor more than it hurt the phone (i cant see any marks on it). although the third time i had a case on it (which doesn’t do much protection, but gives it a little more grip and at least means the case’ll get marked more than the phone)
it generally is a robust phone
I’ve had an N8 since the day it came out in Finland, and I never realized it has a lanyard hole…. oh man how I’ve sweated about dropping it sitting in ski lifts trying to take pictures with one glove in my mouth ..
This how cool this phone is.. you know those new nano sim that the iphone 5 uses ? No problem.. I just put the one from my iphone 5 into the 808, no adapter.. works fine. You just have to get it right so it makes all the connections on there.
Here is how it looks: http://i.imgur.com/QElpU.jpg
808.. amazing, everyday.
Nice find, but it would be much more useful if it could accept full size sim cards also!
wow myram must really be having the time of her life at nokia HQ.. something only we all can dream of haha! love how Nokia is always inviting bloggers like her, and you of course Jay, to tour their places and see what their stuff is really about.. wad an amazing company.
OIS ON LUMIA 800 HAHAHAHAHA I WAS THE FIRST TO SPOT THIS !!!
SEE THE WINDOWS LOGO OF 920 AND 800 !!!
It’s probabably just a prototype! Just like they got it in Nokia factory.
And there is no any yellow Lumia 800!
Definately no yellow lumia 800 but what if company planning to release new s/w OIS update as well as yellow color lumia 800
Damian did promise a major camera update for Lumia 800 (and possibly 900), yes, but I seriously doubt OIS is one of them as it doesn’t have the 920′s camera hardware.
If you read Damian’s twitter post (link: http://twitter.com/PhoneDaz), this is what he wrote on 27th August in response to a query about image stabilisation:
“…need mult frames at very high frame rates 2 make it work effectively. Don’t know of any current effective stabilisation for stills.”
Bear in mind that this is before both the 820 and 920 were announced.
that’s one thing i hate about the 808 no matter the fall the battery cover comes off
reminds me of my N95 when the case was broken
the battery absorbs the shock and comes out, this might actually be good.
My X3 did that on the second drop. Not completely coming off the phone, but the battery did make the cover bend ‘outward’.
That was one of the reasons why I went for the 6700 Slide, despite being released earlier than the X3.
Spunds like the protective shell with the lens cover is a must.
I wish someone would make a steady cam holder for the 808. Just like in the movies…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady_cam
jay used a steadicam on his 808 a couple stories ago…
I suppose the 920 image stabilisation combines physical mechanisms with software, but an external steadicam can only be mechanical unless you could plug it into micro USB, or use NFC