Another random blast from the past (N98/808)

I was looking at Ali’s photo (above) of his new Nokia 808 PureView and for some reason I instantly had a flashback of this Nokia fan concept phone (from 2007, prior to any Symbian touch ever being seen).

I don’t know why but I thought they slightly resembled each other quite a bit. Given the 808 PureView has been a 5 year project, this design style makes sense. I remember this reminded me of the classy looking Luna series – a very classic design/shape that still lives on today (e.g. 808/Galaxy Nexus). In Ali’s unboxing video, Ali was really pleased with the 808’s design. Apart from that polarising hump, it is indeed quite a beaut (especially in White/Red).

Speaking of Symbian touch, I was just talking about the first ever iteration of Symbian touch in this comment. And on that note, that will be the extent to which I’m mentioning Symbian.

The rumoured specifications is very interesting. This would have been very high specifications for 2007. Optical zoom was of quite some interest (following on from N93(i) ), so if this concept did have it, it would have possibly sported a similar hump.

Check out video recording resolution. No HD going on here.

We did get something very similar looking in the end with the N97/5800.

Category: Nokia