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GSMArena team, 14 September 2010

Nokia E7, C7, C6, N8, C3


Nokia World 2010 live coverage: Nokia E7, C7, C6, N8, C3

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  • Nokia E7
  • Nokia C7

5. Nokia N8 hands-on, Nokia N8 vs Samsung Pixon12, iPhone 4 shootout
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Nokia E7 hands-on
  3. 3. Nokia C7 hands-on
  4. 4. Nokia C6-01 hands-on
  5. 5. Nokia N8 hands-on, Nokia N8 vs Samsung Pixon12, iPhone 4 shootout
  6. 6. Nokia N8 camera samples
  7. 7. Nokia C3-01 hands-on
  8. 8. Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type hands-on
  9.  
  10. Nokia E7 specification
  11. Nokia C7 specification
  12. Nokia C6-01 specification
  13. Review comments (129)

Nokia Symbian Touch UI

Nokia N8 hands-on

Unlike the other handsets we met so far the Nokia N8 wasn't announced now. However it is still not available on the market so paying its corner a visit was the only chance to get to see it in flesh.

The metallic unibody of the handset grabs your attention straight away and it feels so good to touch that you wouldn't want to let go of it. Okay that might be taking things a little too far but the N8 is one sleek device indeed.

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The Nokia N8 is a real beauty

We are even willing to live with the fact that the Nokia N8 battery isn't user replaceable (as long as that 1200 mAh unit doesn't turn out completely inadequate) if that was what it took to achieve the excellent build quality.

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More Nokia N8 live shots

Unfortunately, the large image sensor that Nokia stuffed into the N8 took its toll on the device waistline and it isn't as slim as most of its competitors. Yet the camera is certainly the handset's key feature and seeing its output we cannot help but feel that the few millimeters of added thickness were well worth it.

Plus the N8 brings the same S^3 goodies as the E7, C6-01 and C7. That means that both user friendliness and performance are better than in previous Nokia touch-driven Symbian smartphones.

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Symbian^3 comes with an updated camera interface and web browser

Again we are giving you a short demo video so you can see what the N8 real life performance is like.

Nokia N8 vs Samsung M8910 Pixon12 shootout

We conducted a brief shootout between the Nokia N8 and the Samsung M8910 Pixon12 to see how far Nokia has gone with their N8 12 megapixel flagship cameraphone. The Samsung Pixon12 is currently on top of the cameraphone food chain so naturally we had one handy on site to do some comparative head-to-head shooting with the Nokia N8.

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Nokia N8 • Samsung M8910 Pixon12

As it turns out the two cameras had quite different approach to shooting in the low-light conditions we had to work in. The Pixon12 chose to keep the ISO low minimising noise levels, but that resulted in a massive speed drop to about 1/15. Normally that would make clear, blur-free hand-held shots almost impossible. We used a tripod for this test so that's a bit of an unfair advantage for the Pixon12.

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Nokia N8 • Samsung M8910 Pixon12

Even so the Nokia N8 produced sharper, more detailed images even though it has a wider viewing angle so it fits more stuff onto its 12 megapixel sensor. It's also got some livelier color output. It didn't however manage to impress with low noise levels as much as we hoped.

We also noticed that the Samsung M8910 Pixon12 images suffer from barrel distortion noticeably more than the Nokia N8 shots. Kudos to Nokia for achieving this, despite having to work with wider-angle lens (28mm vs 30mm on the Pixon12).

Still this test is far from scientific and we will have to wait until we get to spend more time with an N8 before we pass a final judgment.

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Nokia N8 • Samsung M8910 Pixon12

Nokia N8 vs Apple iPhone 4 video shootout

Since the Pixon12 is unable to record HD video we installed the iPhone 4 as a Nokia N8 competitor in the video recording department. Check out how those two compare:

Next Page » 6. Nokia N8 camera samples
5. Nokia N8 hands-on, Nokia N8 vs Samsung Pixon12, iPhone 4 shootout
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Nokia E7 hands-on
  3. 3. Nokia C7 hands-on
  4. 4. Nokia C6-01 hands-on
  5. 5. Nokia N8 hands-on, Nokia N8 vs Samsung Pixon12, iPhone 4 shootout
  6. 6. Nokia N8 camera samples
  7. 7. Nokia C3-01 hands-on
  8. 8. Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type hands-on
  9.  
  10. Nokia E7 specification
  11. Nokia C7 specification
  12. Nokia C6-01 specification
  13. Review comments (129)

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