The Nokia N8 is the first device to run on the Symbian^3 mobile operating system
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Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Slogan | What will you do with it? |
Series | Nseries |
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30 September 2010 (Finland) |
Predecessor |
Nokia N97 Nokia N86 8MP |
Successor |
Nokia 808 PureView Nokia N9 Nokia Lumia 800 |
Related | Nokia E7-00 |
Form factor | Slate bar |
Dimensions | 113.5mm × 59 mm × 12.9 mm (4.47 in × 2.32 in × 0.51 in) |
Weight | 135 g (4.8 oz) |
Operating system | Symbian^3, upgradeable to Nokia Belle |
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Memory | 256 MB SDRAM |
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Removable storage | Hot swap microSD; up to 32 GB supported w/ microSDHC support |
Battery | BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion fixed battery |
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Display | 210 ppi pixel density 640 × 360 px (nHD), 3.5" capacitive, multi-touch display with AMOLED technology |
Rear camera | 12.1 Megapixels with Carl Zeiss optics and xenon flash, 16:9 720p video with continuous AutoFocus, 30 frame/s |
Front camera | VGA, for video calling |
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Development status | Available 1 October 2010,Out of production |
30 September 2010 (Finland)
The Nokia N8 is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Nokia. The Nokia N8 was the first device to run on the Symbian^3 mobile operating system and Nokia's flagship device of 2010. It was released on 30 September 2010 at the Nokia Online Store before being released in markets around the world on 1 October 2010. The N8 features a 12-megapixel camera, the second time a camera of such megapixel count was used (the first one being the Sony Ericsson Satio back in 2009), and a pentaband 3.5G radio. Among the connectivity features are an HDMI output, USB On-The-Go, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.
The previous phone in the Nseries was the N97, which was criticised for its initial firmware issues. Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's Executive Vice President for Markets, said in an interview that software quality control would be better than for the N97. The N8 was the first device to feature the Symbian^3 operating system. Initially scheduled for the second quarter of 2010, the N8 was pushed back to the third quarter, being finally released on 30 September 2010 due to 'final amendments'. The N8 became the product with the most customer pre-orders in Nokia's history up to the point of its release and sales in Q4 2010 were estimated to be almost 4 million.
The previous Nokia phone with a focus on photography had been the N86 8MP, which has an 8-megapixel sensor and had become available on June 2009.