And the race for the best smartphone continues. iPhone and Blackberry are not the only ones competing for the top spot, Nokia isn’t just far behind. Nokia N8 isn’t the first symbian^3-running smartphone but also the only Nokia device to come with a pretty 12-megapixel camera. It also features an anodized aluminum casing, a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 680MHz processor, HDMI port and a video player with DivX / XviD support. Pre-ordering system also seem to be a good marketing strategy for these mobile phone giants. The first Symbian^3-powered device, Nokia N8, was first said to start selling in August. pre-orders are now accepted in Italy.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 2100 /1900 | |
| Announced | 2010, April | |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, October | |
| Size | Dimensions | 113.5 x 59.1 x 12.9 mm, 86 cc |
| Weight | 135 g | |
| Display | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches | |
| - Multi-touch input method | ||
| - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off | ||
| - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate | ||
| - Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display | ||
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Speakerphone | Yes | |
| - 3.5 mm audio jack | ||
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days | |
| Internal | 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB | |
| Data | GPRS | Class 33 |
| EDGE | Class 33 | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support | |
| Camera | Primary | 12 MP, 4000×3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash |
| Features | 1/1.83” sensor size, ND filter, geo-tagging, face and smile detection | |
| Video | Yes, 720p@25fps | |
| Secondary | VGA videocall camera | |
| Features | OS | Symbian ^3 OS |
| CPU | ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 | |
| - TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite | ||
| - Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI | ||
| - Anodized aluminum casing | ||
| - Digital compass | ||
| - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player | ||
| - DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player | ||
| - Voice command/dial | ||
| - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) | ||
| - Video/photo editor | ||
| - Flash Lite v4.0 | ||
| - T9 | ||
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D) | |
| Stand-by | Up to 390 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 12 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 50 h | |
| Misc | SAR US 1.09 W/kg (head) 0.85 W/kg (body) | |
| SAR EU | 1.02 W/kg (head) |
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