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Nokia's 41-Megapixel PureView 808

 

Nokia's 41-Megapixel PureView 808 Won't Come to U.S.

If you got excited about Nokia's new 41-megapixel smartphone, the PureView 808, you might be in for a letdown. The PureView 808 will not be coming to the U.S. — or Canada and Mexico, for that matter.
When the PureView 808 goes on sale in May, the device will launch globally, with one exception — North America. The detail was first spotted by PhoneArena on a page on Nokia's developer Web site listing details of the device. Nokia unveiled the phone last month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, garnering attention for its 41-megapixel camera.
The PureView 808 can capture 1080p video at up to 4X zoom and has "CD quality" audio recording. It has a 4-inch, 640-by-360 touch screen as well as a 1.3-GHz processor and 16GB of memory, plus a memory card slot.
The PureView 808's appeal, however, derives from its ability to digitally zoom without throwing away resolution.
But the device runs on the decade-old Symbian operating system, a "perplexing" choice given that Nokia said it is phasing Symbian out in favor of Windows Phone, PCMag's lead analyst for mobile, Sascha Segan noted in a previous article.
"Symbian is also not very popular among U.S. operators, making the PureView unlikely to come to a U.S. carrier," Segan accurately predicted last month. "Nokia EVP Jo Harlow said the company has been working on the 808 for quite some time, implying that this device was in the works well before Nokia decided to move to Windows Phone."
But while the PureView 808 won't be coming to North America, all hope is not lost. Harlow said the PureView technology would eventually come to other devices. According to an article last week in the Finland-based newspaper Aamulehti, the 41-megapixel camera sensor will soon make its way to Windows Phones.

At the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona (Spain) last week, Nokia, to much “oohs” and “aahs”, exhibited a prototype of a camera-phone sporting an astonishing 41 megapixel camera. What does this mean?
Well, for starters, it’s actually a misnomer. The phone has an 8 MP camera with a 41 MP sensor. What this essentially means is that each pixel that the camera detects is amplified eightfold by its neighbouring pixels, creating a sort of colour resonance. Confused? Don’t be.
This all boils down to the ability to take jaw-droppingly detailed photographs, all from your phone. The colour reproduction is unprecedented, and the sharpness is unbelievable. Don’t expect this to be on your next Nokia purchase, however. The technology is still nascent, and there is much left to be done in order to get it onto your ordinary smartphone. Till then, all you can do is wait. You have time. Book a graveyard for your point-and-shoot. And count the cash in your piggy banks. This one’s going to cost you.