Take 41 megapixel shots with the groundbreaking Nokia 808 PureView

Nokia teasingly waved something called PureView in our faces last week. Now, we’re happy to announce that it’s a mobile phone, dubbed the 808 PureView. Its standout and frankly revolutionary feature is its 41MP camera. The time of prophecies is here.

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Available first in Europe next quarter at the cost of EUR€450, the 808 PureView runs Symbian Belle, (why?) has a 1.3Ghz single-core CPU, a 4-inch 360×640 screen, 512MB RAM, 16GB of internal storage and looks like Eve from Wall-E.

Expect really beautiful shots from a plain-looking phone. The 808 PureView shoots 41MP stills and 34MP 16:9 video. How does it manage to create these ludicrous images sizes? Technical wizardry strings seven pixels into one for a roughly 5MP image, but more on this as further details emerge. The Mobile World Conference is truly setting a precedent for innovative devices.

Steven Norris: grumpy curmudgeon
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