Nokia’s incredible 808 PureView smartphone, with its 41-megapixel camera, has been given what appears to be a firm release date here in the UK. It comes from Amazon, where the phone has just been made available for pre-order, and it’s supposed to be headed our way on June 30.
That means if you open your wallet right now, it could be with you this weekend or first thing Monday morning. You’re going to have to really stretch out your wallet though, as it’s two pence shy of costing £500.
That’s a lot of money for any piece of new tech, but when a phone is £10 more than the similarly brand-new-and-exciting Samsung Galaxy S3, it’s going to be an even harder purchase to justify.
The 808 PureView is very special though, mainly because of the amazing camera. At 41-megapixels, it eclipses every other camera phone available, and most DSLRs too. It shoots 1080p video and is the first device to use Rich Recording technology to produce distortion-free audio. The camera is also equipped with a xenon flash, zoom, autofocus and a Carl Zeiss lens.
Nokia’s PureView phone has a huge array of features and user-definable controls, with everything from a choice of automatic or manual modes, HDR shots and a choice of scene modes, to different picture resolutions for different functions. A 5-megapixel shot is fine for sharing on Facebook, for example.
It’s the camera and the PureView technology you’re paying for, as otherwise the phone isn’t all that special, with a 360 x 640 pixel, 4-inch screen and a single-core 1.3Ghz processor.
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