Nokia 808 PureView

Not to be confused with Nokia 9 PureView.
Nokia 808 PureView
ManufacturerNokia
ColorsBlack, White, Red
SeriesNokia 3-digit series
Compatible networksGSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
HSDPA (850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz)
PredecessorNokia N86 8MP
Nokia N87
Nokia N8
SuccessorNokia Lumia 1020
TypeSmartphone
Dimensions123.9 mm (4.88 in) H
60.2 mm (2.37 in) W
13.9 mm (0.55 in) D
17.95 mm (0.707 in) Bulge
Weight169 g (6.0 oz)
Operating systemNokia Belle Feature Pack 1, upgradeable to Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2
CPUARM11 1.3 GHz processor
GPUBroadcom BCM2763 with OpenVG 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 support
Memory512 MB RAM
Storage16 GB
Removable storagemicroSD up to 1 TB supported[1]
Battery1400 mAh Li-ion, removable (Nokia BV-4D)
Display4 in (10 cm) AMOLED 2.5D curved nHD display (640x360 pixels)
Gorilla Glass with easy-clean coating
Rear camera41 MP 1/1.2 in sensor
Carl Zeiss optics
F-number: f/2.4
ND filter
Xenon flash
LED light
1080p 30 fps video with continuous autofocus
Front camera0.3 MP; 480p 30 fps
ConnectivitySensors:

Other:

Development statusDiscontinued
PureView Pro Sensor with image circle and the 16:9 and 4:3 image areas

The Nokia 808 PureView is a Symbian-powered smartphone by Nokia. It was first unveiled on 27 February 2012 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and released in May 2012.[2] It is the first smartphone to feature Nokia PureView Pro technology, a pixel oversampling technique that reduces an image taken at full resolution into a lower resolution picture, thus achieving higher definition and light sensitivity, and enables lossless digital zoom.[3] It was one of the most advanced camera phones at the time of its release.[4][5]

The Nokia 808 PureView features a 41 MP 1/1.2 in (10.67 × 8 mm) sensor and a high-resolution f/2.4 Zeiss all-aspherical 1-group lens. The 808's sensor was the largest (over 4 times larger than typical compact cameras) sensor ever to be used in a cameraphone at the time of its launch, a record previously held by Nokia's N8[6] and, as of September 2014, by the Panasonic Lumix CM1.[7] The resolution of the sensor remained the highest to be used in a cameraphone until January 2019, when the Honor View 20 was released with a 48 MP sensor.[8]

As of 2024, despite larger 1" sensors and AI processing modern cameraphones can’t provide resolution better than Nokia 808 PureView at least in broad daylight.[9][unreliable source?]

On 24 January 2013, Nokia officially confirmed the 808 PureView to be the last Symbian smartphone.[10] In July 2013, Nokia released the Lumia 1020, a successor running the Windows Phone operating system common to Nokia's newer products.[11][12][13]

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  8. ^ Frumusanu, Andrei (28 January 2019). "Honor Launches The View20: A 48MP Camera Review". AnandTech. Future plc. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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