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Hardware & Technology / 41 megapixel Camera Phone - that will be lucky if it sells a few thousand
« on: February 28, 2012, 09:57:54 AM »
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-808-pureview
Yup - forty one megapixels
Of course, things aren't exactly what they seem.
The real maximum is something like 38 - but that is not how Nokia expect this to be used.
The massive sensor is not just high in megapixels, but physically many times larger than the previous 'best camera phone' (the Nokia N8), and even larger than many compact cameras).
It is designed to use the extra pixels to make improvements to the more normal 5 and 8 MP images that most people will take.
Embracing the idea that it is 'not all about megapixels', they use the extra pixels to improve the image quality in other ways.
Supposedly, this will let you use digital zoom with less degradation, shoot in lower light, experience less pixelation etc etc.
The demo images on the Nokia site do look pretty impressive, and I want one... or rather I nearly do....
The Downside?
It uses Nokia Belle OS (read as 'Symbian with bells on') - its better than older versions of Symbian, but is dead as an OS - will not be supported for much longer.
Seems they have been working on this for 4 years or so, and couldn't easily switch it to their Windows phones.
Apparently, the technology will be transferred over to the Windows phones eventually, and if done quickly enough, I think they will sell a shed load - but until then, not that many I suspect.
Yup - forty one megapixels
Of course, things aren't exactly what they seem.
The real maximum is something like 38 - but that is not how Nokia expect this to be used.
The massive sensor is not just high in megapixels, but physically many times larger than the previous 'best camera phone' (the Nokia N8), and even larger than many compact cameras).
It is designed to use the extra pixels to make improvements to the more normal 5 and 8 MP images that most people will take.
Embracing the idea that it is 'not all about megapixels', they use the extra pixels to improve the image quality in other ways.
Supposedly, this will let you use digital zoom with less degradation, shoot in lower light, experience less pixelation etc etc.
The demo images on the Nokia site do look pretty impressive, and I want one... or rather I nearly do....
The Downside?
It uses Nokia Belle OS (read as 'Symbian with bells on') - its better than older versions of Symbian, but is dead as an OS - will not be supported for much longer.
Seems they have been working on this for 4 years or so, and couldn't easily switch it to their Windows phones.
Apparently, the technology will be transferred over to the Windows phones eventually, and if done quickly enough, I think they will sell a shed load - but until then, not that many I suspect.