Nokia PureView 808 - 41 megapixel

mrs aol

Vodafone customer services have just told me that they are getting the Nokia pureview 808.

podgeandrodge

mrs aol wrote: »

Vodafone customer services have just told me that they are getting the Nokia pureview 808.

Interesting to see what price on pay as you go - probably same price as sim free off Amazon.

Would want to offer a competitive package on contract to make it worthwhile with the Emobile/Tesco unlimited packages out there now.

Blut2

mrs aol wrote: »

Vodafone customer services have just told me that they are getting the Nokia pureview 808.

Did they give any hint of a date?

mrs aol

No, I asked and he said he didn't know. All he did say was that was coming.

I must admit I haven't seen this said anywhere else but it was just this morning I rang them myself. I hope he wasn't mistaken. He didn't know off the top of his head he checked a list of up coming devices.

long_b

mrs aol wrote: »

No, I asked and he said he didn't know. All he did say was that was coming.

I must admit I haven't seen this said anywhere else but it was just this morning I rang them myself. I hope he wasn't mistaken. He didn't know off the top of his head he checked a list of up coming devices.

I've been told the same in shops but more often they just say they haven't a clue what's coming until it arrives.

Blut2

Good news all the same. Given both the 808 and the Galaxy S3 are approx €600 simfree I'd imagine looking at the current Vodafone S3 price plans will give a rough idea of what kinda deal the 808'll get.

long_b

Blut2 wrote: »

Good news all the same. Given both the 808 and the Galaxy S3 are approx €600 simfree I'd imagine looking at the current Vodafone S3 price plans will give a rough idea of what kinda deal the 808'll get.

Will believe it when I see it from somewhere official

jimmynokia

I don't believe that for one minute that voda are stocking this,no uk retailer is,symbian has less than 1% market share over there,which means it's worse here.
Could be wrong though time will tell,I've asked them several times on twitter and no response.

kenyard

Blut2 wrote: »

Good news all the same. Given both the 808 and the Galaxy S3 are approx €600 simfree I'd imagine looking at the current Vodafone S3 price plans will give a rough idea of what kinda deal the 808'll get.

we worked it out in store there when i was buying my s3 in cpw and it worked out at 1900 for a basic package from vodafone over the 18 months i think it was.
ended up being cheaper go simfree but fronting the money rather than paying it over time as you do on billpay with pretty serious interest

@above poster. symbians market share is not importatn here.. advertising should be done for such a phone. people are (i hope) becoming more aware that Mp count isnt everything, but nokias oversampling idea is awesome.
it wont revive the OS, but i think there will be a few interested parties in this phone.

jimmynokia

kenyard wrote: »

Blut2 wrote: »

Good news all the same. Given both the 808 and the Galaxy S3 are approx €600 simfree I'd imagine looking at the current Vodafone S3 price plans will give a rough idea of what kinda deal the 808'll get.

we worked it out in store there when i was buying my s3 in cpw and it worked out at 1900 for a basic package from vodafone over the 18 months i think it was.
ended up being cheaper go simfree but fronting the money rather than paying it over time as you do on billpay with pretty serious interest

@above poster. symbians market share is not importatn here.. advertising should be done for such a phone. people are (i hope) becoming more aware that Mp count isnt everything, but nokias oversampling idea is awesome.
it wont revive the OS, but i think there will be a few interested parties in this phone.

Of course market share is important the OS is is key, for this phone it's a very niche market,where the OS is dead.

jimmynokia

Vodafone are not stocking this....had to drag it out of them on a social media website..

podgeandrodge

Ordered my Nokia Pureview 808 in Black.

From Amazon ITALY -

Articoli: EUR 495,04
Costi di spedizione: EUR 15,81

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Totale IVA esclusa: EUR 510,85
IVA: EUR 117,49

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Totale ordine: EUR 628,34


So €628.34 to the door with express delivery - here by Thursday.

With economy (3-5 working days) it would have been about €615.

This is probably the cheapest option so far for the Black 808 - (I hope :eek:) if I had used Amazon UK it was working out at €704.

Cheapest option for the WHITE version delivered via Amazon France would be €605 with standard delivery.

jimmynokia

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Ordered my Nokia Pureview 808 in Black.

From Amazon ITALY -

Articoli: EUR 495,04
Costi di spedizione: EUR 15,81

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Totale IVA esclusa: EUR 510,85
IVA: EUR 117,49

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Totale ordine: [COLOR="Red"]EUR 628,34 [/COLOR]


So €628.34 to the door with express delivery - here by Thursday.

With economy (3-5 working days) it would have been about €615.

This is probably the cheapest option so far for the Black 808 - (I hope :eek:) if I had used Amazon UK it was working out at €704.

Cheapest option for the WHITE version delivered via Amazon France would be €605 with standard delivery.

Did you not like the white one?
Personally I like the red..

podgeandrodge

jimmynokia wrote: »

Did you not like the white one?
Personally I like the red..

Not enough to want to save €15 and wait an extra 2 days

Francie Barrett

I am surprised there has not been more interest in this device.

Gsmarena did a comparison between the 808, a Canon 5D SLR (costs $3.5k! and an Iphone 4s. The Iphone was smashed to pieces but even more amazingly, there was only a very slight difference between the 5D and the 808.

Here's the pics, they are obviously cropped to show the detail.

Francie Barrett

Oh, and for good measure

jimmynokia

Well did somebody get a delivery today????

jayjay2010

My unboxing vid and review vid are going up in the next day or 2.

So far, very impressed with how fast symbian belle runs on the phone, but the phone does freeze quite often, resulting in me having to pull out the battery and re-insert it.

The camera took a few days to get my head around the settings but I think automatic shots are best for me, I don't know my photography too well!

Going to Madonna on tuesday, so I will be recording the concert with the pureview, hope it doesnt let me down.

:cool:

jayjay2010

Video unboxing now online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhG8CrhlEQ&list=UUeNE0jYgVNWoL1PpGs2lkQw&index=0&feature=plcp

Stay tuned for review coming soon!

wildefalcon

jayjay2010 wrote: »

Video unboxing now online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhG8CrhlEQ&list=UUeNE0jYgVNWoL1PpGs2lkQw&index=0&feature=plcp

Stay tuned for review coming soon!

Looking forward to this.

podgeandrodge

Got my 808 from Amazon Italy.

Here is my review:


Wow.

Francie Barrett

Some stunning low-light photos generated by the 808.

Francie Barrett

I wish I could afford one

quad_red

Is there a reason that they couldn't have launched a version of the 808 with Windows Phone instead of Symbian?

wildefalcon

Lack of imagination?

Technically,the software was written for the symbian OS, and thus needs to be ported to the Windows 7/7.5/8. The software is quite deeply integrated into the OS So, it needs Nokia to work very closely with Microsoft in order for the Windows OS to work the camera.

SO it needs resources, and that takes commitment at a high level. And takes imagination to see that the camera is a killer Unique Selling Point that makes Nokia stand out from the crowd.

Unfortunately all we got was a warmed over Lumia with a few incremental improvements and a clever anti shake system, rather than a gob-stopping camera phone. If only..........

Ah well. I'll stick with the N8, no point in downgrading, is there?

ShadowHearth

Lads is it released already or not? I confused.

quad_red

wildefalcon wrote: »

Lack of imagination?

Technically,the software was written for the symbian OS, and thus needs to be ported to the Windows 7/7.5/8. The software is quite deeply integrated into the OS So, it needs Nokia to work very closely with Microsoft in order for the Windows OS to work the camera.

But Samsung/HTC/LG are all capable of creating handsets that are composed of tech that's come from Android phones. Surely that's no harder than porting Symbian based hardware/systems?

I'm sure MS would provide enormous technical assistance as well.

As you point out, the 808 camera is a serious differentiator for Nokia, a real standout USP.

And what do they do? After Elop goes on about Symbian being a burning platform (ie. dead), they still release their sweetest and most desirable piece of hardware with this 'dead' software whilst lumbering their flagship range (in OS terms) with a massively inferior camera.

Davy

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Lads is it released already or not? I confused.

The 808 yes it is since June.

The windows versions just announced so maybe this is the confusion

wildefalcon

quad_red wrote: »

But Samsung/HTC/LG are all capable of creating handsets that are composed of tech that's come from Android phones. Surely that's no harder than porting Symbian based hardware/systems?

I'm sure MS would provide enormous technical assistance as well.

As you point out, the 808 camera is a serious differentiator for Nokia, a real standout USP.

And what do they do? After Elop goes on about Symbian being a burning platform (ie. dead), they still release their sweetest and most desirable piece of hardware with this 'dead' software whilst lumbering their flagship range (in OS terms) with a massively inferior camera.

True, they are totally capable of doing it, it's just that they haven't, so it must be down to a failure of management.

In my experience, the biggest failure of top management in these companies is the willingness to be imaginative - it's sort of a by-product of big companies, being imaginative and risk-taking won't get you into middle management, and you won't get to top management unless you've been through middle management.

It's why start-ups are worth so much.

ShadowHearth

Davy wrote: »

The 808 yes it is since June.

The windows versions just announced so maybe this is the confusion

windows version of 808 or you talking about 920 m8?