Nokia N8

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 Announced: 27 Apr 2010
Market Status: Released
Release date: 01 Oct 2010

Nokia N8 does make for one compelling device with its 3.5” capacitive touchscreen, 12-megapixel camera with Xenon flash and 720p video capture at 25 frames per second, HDMI output, and Video on-Demand through the Ovi Store. Aside from its camera centric focus, the Nokia N8 is the first handset to run on the Symbian^3 OS. It has 16GB of internal memory, FM radio, FM transmitter, Wi-Fi, GPS...

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Nokia N8 specifications

also known as Nokia N98, Nokia N8-00

General info

Device type:
- Smart phone
Network technology:
Network technology - Referes to the kind of network technology used. Three major technologies are used today - TDMA, CDMA and GSM.
- GSM:
  GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
  - 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- UMTS:
  UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
  - 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- - EDGE
- UMTS:
  - Yes
- HSPA:
  - Yes (HSDPA 10.2 Mbit/s) HSUPA 2.0 Mbit/s

Design

Design:
Design - Phone design type
- Form Factor:
  Form Factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
  - Candybar
- Dimensions:
  Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
  - 4.47 x 2.32 x 0.51 (113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm)
- Weight:
  Weight - Phone's weight
  - 4.76 oz (135 g)
    the average is 5.6 oz (161 g)
- Colors:
  - Black, Orange, Green, Blue, Gray

Display

Display:
Display - Phone's main display
- Technology:
  Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
  - AMOLED
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
  - 360 x 640 pixels
- Physical Size:
  - 3.50 inches
- Colors:
  Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
  - 16 777 216
- Touch Screen:
  - - Yes (Capacitive)
- Multi-touch:
  - Yes
- Light sensor:
  - Yes
- Proximity Sensor:
  - Yes

Battery

Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 1200 mAh
Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 12.00 hours
  the average is 7 h (446 min)
Stand-by time:
Stand-by time - maximum Stand-by time in hours
- 390 hours
  the average is 437 h (18 days)
Talk time (3G):
- 5.83 hours
Stand-by time (3G):
- 400 hours
Video call time:
- 2.66 hours

Software

Smart Phone:
Smart Phone - Phone that has capabilities, not usually associated with phones. Usually it has some of the above features: - Email, Web browsing - Personal information management - LAN connectivity etc
- - Yes
- OS:
  OS - Operating system, which is the software that enables and controls the basic operation of an electronic device. The major OS for mobile phones are UIQ over Symbian, Microsoft Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition, Microsoft Mobile for Smartphones, Linux, Palm
  - Symbian (Symbian^3)
Processor:
- - ARM 11
- Processor speed:
  - 680 MHz
Memory:
- 256 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM
3D Graphics hardware accelerator:
- - Yes
Adjustable Interface text size:
- Yes

Camera

Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- - Yes
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Shows the particular phone's camera resolution. The major mobile phone camera resolutions available are QCIF; CIF; VGA (640x480); 1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0 and 3.0 megapixels.
  - 12.1 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Yes (Xenon)
- Features:
  - Auto focus, Image stabilizer, Video stabilizer, Face detection, Exposure control, Geo tagging, Self-timer
Video capture:
- - Yes
- - Resolution:
    Resolution - Shows whether the particular phone's camera can record a video clip
    - 1280x720 (720p HD) (25 fps)
- Recording format:
  - MPEG4, H.264
Additional camera:
- Yes (0.3 megapixels VGA)
Video Calling:
Video Calling - Feature allowing you to not only listen but also view the other party.
- Yes

Multimedia

Music Player:
Music Player - Audio support such as MP3
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR
- Filter by:
  - Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists
Video Playback:
Video Playback - Video support such as MPEG4
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, XviD, WMV, RealVideo 10
Radio:
- - Yes
- Type:
  - FM
FM Transmitter:
- Yes
YouTube player:
- Yes

Internet browsing

Internet Browsing:
Internet Browsing - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, Flash Lite, RSS, CSS, WML
Built-in online services support:
- Facebook, OVI, Twitter

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