Nokia N8 Complete Specifications, Price, Pics and Video

Posted on April 29, 2010, 2:41 pm, by Hamza Zafar.

Nokia has finally taken a bold step and decided to launch one of there another Symbian handset in the android-iphone captured market. This time, they are launching a phone equipped with 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, a substantially larger sensor than any ever used in any other Nokia device, 3.5-inch HD capacitive touchscreen and a HDMI connector allowing you to hook your Nokia N8 to your HDTV and share your favorites in superb quality with your friends and family.

The phone offers a wide range of features and capabilities besides its magnificent hardware. Lets take a quick look:

Nokia N8 Specifications

Design

Dimensions
  • Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
  • Weight (with battery): 135 g
  • Volume: 86 cc
Display and user interface
  • Screen size: 3.5″
  • Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) OLED
  • 16.7 million colours
  • Capacitive touch screen
  • Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
  • Compass (Magnetometer)
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light detector
Keys and input methods
  • Physical keys (Menu key, Power key, Lock key, volume keys, Camera key)
  • Finger touch support for text input and UI control
  • On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
  • Dedicated camera and volume keys
  • Possibility to use capacitive stylus
  • Handwriting recognition for Chinese
Colours
  • Anodized aluminium casing, available in:
    • Silver white
    • Dark grey
    • Orange
    • Blue
    • Green
  • Colour availability varies by country
Personalisation
  • Up to three customisable home screens:
    • Widgets
    • Themes
    • Shortcuts
    • Icons
    • Menu
  • Customisable profiles
  • Ring tones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
  • Video ring tones
  • Themes
    • wallpapers
    • screensavers
    • audio themes
    • pre-installed themes
    • changeable colour themes

Hardware

Power Management
  • BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
  • Talk-time (maximum):
    • GSM 720 mins
    • WCDMA 350 mins
  • Standby time (maximum):
    • GSM 390 h
    • WCDMA 400 h
  • Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum): 6 h (via HDMI to TV)
  • Video recording time (H.264 720p, 25 fps, maximum): 3 h 20 mins
  • Video call time (maximum): 160 mins
  • Internal memory: 16 GB music playback time (offline mode, maximum): 50 h

Operation times may very depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Memory
  • Internal memory: 16 GB
  • MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB
Operating Frequency
  • GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  • WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
  • Automatic switching between WCDMA & GSM bands
  • Flight mode
Data Network
  • GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
  • HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
  • WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
  • TCP/IP support
  • Capability to serve as data modem
  • Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Requires data service. Data Services may not be available in all networks. Data transmission speeds may be as high as HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, but may vary based upon network capabilities and other conditions. The establishment and continuation of a data connection depends on network availability, provider support and signal strength.

Connectivity
  • Bluetooth version 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
  • HDMI
  • 2mm Charging connector
  • Micro USB connector and charging
  • High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
    • USB On-the-Go
  • 3.5 mm AV connector
    • FM Radio
    • FM Transmitter

Software & applications

Software platform & user interface
  • Symbian ^3 for Nokia
  • Java MIDP 2.1
  • Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2
    • HTML 4.1
  • Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) & Over the internet (FOTI)
  • Flash Lite 4.0
  • OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1
Applications
  • Key applications: Calendar, Contacts, music player, internet, messaging, photos, Ovi Store, Maps, Videos, WebTV, Office document editors, Video & photo editor, Mail, Chat, Radio
  • PC Applications: Nokia Ovi Suite, Nokia Ovi Player
Personal Information Management (PIM)
  • Detailed contact information
  • Calendar
  • To-do list
  • Notes
  • Recorder
  • Calculator
  • Clock

Communications

Email and messaging
  • Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .zip
  • HTML support for email
  • Unified email client for multiple protocols: Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™, Hotmail and other popular POP/IMAP services, Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus traveler
  • Editing of key office documents
  • Email web widget for home screen
  • Chat instant messaging support: OVI Chat, Yahoo, AIM, Windows Live, Gtalk, MySpace*
  • Unified MMS/SMS editor
  • Conversational view for SMS
  • Push email and expanded portal support available through Nokia Messaging for Email and Instant Messaging

* Some services may be available only via downloading or dependent on the market. Only devices that offer compatible multimedia message or e-mail features can receive and display multimedia messages. Content appearance may vary. Some images and ring tones can not be forwarded.

Call management
  • Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry with personal thumbnail pictures and video clips
  • Smart dialling to find phone numbers quickly
  • Speed dialling, voice dialling (speaker independent) and voice commands
  • Logs of dialled, received and missed calls
  • Conference calling
  • Integrated hands-free speaker
  • Video calling

Sharing & Internet

Browsing and internet
  • Full web browsing of real web pages
  • Web browsing with touch control
  • Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
  • Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP
  • TCP/IP support
  • Visual history, HTML and JavaScript suppprt, Flash LIte 4.0 and Flash video support
  • Nokia Mobile Search
  • RSS reader
  • Support for streaming video
  • Unified home screen access to Facebook and Twitter through Ovi by Nokia Social client
  • Social networking profiles visible in phone contacts
  • Upload and view photos and video and see locations via Ovi by Nokia Social client
  • Social networking events visible in phone calendar

Navigation

GPS and navigation
  • Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
  • Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation
  • Wi-Fi Positioning
  • Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
  • Nokia Map Loader application via PC to upload maps to the device memory

* Downloading of maps over-the-air may involve transferring large amounts of data. Your service provider may charge for the data transmission. The availability of particular products, services, and features may vary by region. Please check with your local Nokia dealer for further details and availability of language options. These specifications are subject to change without notice.

Photography

Camera
  • 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
  • Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters
  • Xenon flash
  • Face recognition software
  • Autofocus
  • Focal length: 5.4 mm
  • F number/Aperture: F2.8
  • Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF
  • Zoom up to 2x (digital) for still images
  • Zoom up to 3x (digital) for video
  • Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640 x 480 pixels)
Image capture