My New Nokia 808 PureView Arrives

It arrived it arrived it arrived this morning my new (well refurbished) Nokia 808 Pureview arrived all 41 mega-pixels of camera goodness the greatest and last ever Symbian phone (better take good care of it as they didn't make many and they weren't available on contract so mine may one day be a collectors item). It’s thinner than I expected although it does have a large camera bulge at the one end. I’d expected it to be even thicker but its not and whilst it’s heavier than most modern smart phones that just lends it gravitas. Also Deb, I was too tired, contacted virgin and hopefully I’ll have a mini sim arriving in the post tomorrow and then I can give them my PAC number and transfer my number from t-Mobile to virgin. £7.00 per month for 150 minutes of call time, 500 txts and 500 megabytes of data should see me sorted. Aside from which calls to other virgin phones are free so that’s unlimited minutes to other virgin subscribers and both Nat and Hannah are on virgin tariffs. If I get Deb’s iPhone 3GS unlocked and on virgin all calls in family will be free! Next job before the holidays is get the N8 unlocked for Hannah so she can use it on USA sim and have a decent camera. No point doing that for Nat as he takes no photographs may be worth just picking up a cheap PAYG phone over there and leaving it with Di when we come home. Deb could have my old N82 which like the 808 and N8 also has a Xenon flash and takes excellent pictures and is already unlocked. Oh what’s an 808 you ask dear reader? It’s a Nokia super camera phone and it’s the last phone Nokia ever issued running the old Symbian operating system. Here’s what it can do:

Also known as Nokia 808 PureView RM-807

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Micro-SIM
	Announced	2012, February
	Status	Available. Released 2012, June

Body	Dimensions	123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc (4.88 x 2.37 x 0.55 in)
	Weight	169 g (5.96 oz)

Display	Type	AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass
		- Nokia ClearBlack display

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- Dolby Digital Plus - Dolby headphone enhancement

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
	Internal	16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

Data	GPRS	Class 33
	EDGE	Class 33
	Speed	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go

Camera	Primary	41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash, check quality
	Features	1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 4x lossless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, lossless digital zoom, check quality
	Secondary	Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording

Features	OS	Nokia Belle OS
	CPU	1.3 GHz ARM 11
	GPU	Broadcom BCM2763
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash Lite
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1
	Colors	Black, White, Red
		- SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic - HDMI port - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player - Voice memo/command/dial - Organizer - Document viewer - Video/photo editor - Predictive text input

Battery		Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery (BV-4D)
	Stand-by	Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)

Misc	SAR US	1.21 W/kg (head)     1.46 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	1.23 W/kg (head)
	Price group

Tests	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 4.698:1 (sunlight)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 71dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 78dB
	Audio quality	Noise -89.7dB / Crosstalk -89.0dB
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Battery life	Endurance rating 34