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Calling Shenanigans: 8 Megapixel Nokia Out by December

Posted by Zach Epstein on Aug 2, 2008 9:39 am 11 comments
Filed in Handsets, Nokia, Rumors

Sure we would love to be wrong on this one but we have to call shenanigans on the latest Nokia-related rumor going around. Yesterday, JAMP published a post recapping a recent comparison of forthcoming 8 megapixel monsters. The Samsung Innov8 and Sony Ericsson C905 are obviously going to be pitted against each other quite a bit in the coming months because they represent two of the first 8 megapixel camera phones that will reach market. In this particular post however, it was also stated that Nokia would be issuing its own entry into the 8 megapixel battle and that said powerhouse would start hitting shelves by December. Mmm. As much as we would love to believe that we just don’t see it happening. Nokia will of course offer an 8 megapixel competitor sometime soon and it will likely be a stunner thanks to Zeiss optics, but will it be released one to two months after Nokia’s new Papa Nseries hits the market? No. The N96 is going to drop at the beginning of Q4 and Nokia will give it the limelight until the 5800, N85 et al come around in early 2009. The only way an 8 megapixel offering would come before next year would be as a numbered handset as opposed to an Nseries and it would likely be seriously lacking in features so as not to cannibalize N96 sales. If that were to be the case we wouldn’t really want it anyway; waiting for an 8 megapixel Nseries is the only way to go. Besides, think about the length of time between announcement and release for Nokia handsets. Take the N96 for example: It was announced back in February and it will start shipping in October, nearly eight months later! The exceptions to the rule, Nokia’s new E71 and E66, broke the mold a bit but how long had we known about them prior to announcement? Right, about seven months. So if you’re hungry for resolution and 5 megapixels just won’t cut it, you’re looking at the Innov8, C905 or maybe some other phone, at least until the end of 1H 2009.

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11 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 10:03 am, MadMike Said:

    Evil Shenanigans! :-)

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  2. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 10:53 am, RyaN Said:

    Who the shitty va’gina cares about this crap. Post something good idiots. Moving to Engadget

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  3. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 10:57 am, MadMike Said:

    RyaN,
    Uhhhh… Okay - This is a CELLPHONE blog that occasionally posts other techie stuff. Engadget is a TECH blog that occasionally posts Cellphone stuff. Get it?

    Oh and not to mention that BG started with Engadget and then moved to his own blog.

    Soooooo, yeah… Your an idiot.

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  4. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 12:20 pm, RyaN Said:

    well you’re cute

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  5. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 12:38 pm, The Outside Said:

    nokia doesnt use carl zeiss optics. they just have a carl zeiss certification. samsung makes their lens… well samsung makes everybody lenses

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  6. On Aug 2, 2008 @ 2:11 pm, Fops Said:

    Carl Zeiss cameras are better in Nokia line up than the one that don’t have E66/E71 vs N78 example.
    Samsung dosen’t make any of the Nokia 5mp models for example. Nokia uses their modules rarely and it have seemed to pay of as Nokia has won many of the reviews.
    Thought Samsung is strong with 8mp modules and actually SE’s C905 module is made by Samsung just a shittier than what Samsungs i8510 have. So it might be that Nokia’s 8mp phone will have it’s goodie from Samsung.

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  7. On Aug 3, 2008 @ 1:31 am, Jeremiah Said:

    Honestly, especially with cellphone cameras, the megapixel war is a joke and a total gimmick. So what if you’re Innov8 has 8MP compared to the N96’s 5MP?? Doesn’t guarantee that it has better color representation, focus, white balance, barrel distortion, noise, etc. The only time you would ever need 8MP is when you’re blowing up poster-sized prints, and what idiot is going to do that with a camera phone??

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  8. On Aug 3, 2008 @ 5:15 pm, serious_bizz Said:

    Nokia does use Carl Zeiss lenses. What makes you think that Nokia, the number 1 manufacturer in the world, would use a Samsung lense? That was just stupid to say.

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  9. On Aug 4, 2008 @ 9:08 am, el_gringo Said:

    Samsung use Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, not their own. In the i8510 the blue ring around the lens is the sign of Schneider-Kreuznach. Look at the DSLR or the NV-Digicam-Serie from Samsung. All have the Schneider-Kreuznach lens with the blue ring around ;)

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  10. On Aug 4, 2008 @ 12:20 pm, Rich Said:

    “Hey Farva what’s the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?”

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  11. On Aug 4, 2008 @ 7:18 pm, The Outside Said:

    Just because Nokia is the number 1 cell phone company that doesnt mean they cant get shit from number 2 samsung.

    dipshit

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