Nokia N86 8MP coming soon to NokiaUSA site and Flagship Stores
Symbian-loving photogs are officially on notice… Nokia has just announced that its first 8 megapixel offering is now on its way to the US. That’s right, the N86 8MP will be hitting store shelves within the next few weeks and if you have a hankering for S60 3rd Edition FP2 and more pixels than you can shake a stick at, this little guy might be just what the doctor ordered. Of course the camera isn’t the only focus here, though for many it will be hard to get past an 8 megapixel shooter with a shutter speed of up to 1/1000 of a second, an f-stop range of 2.4-4.8 and a wide-angle lens. Once you do however, you’ll find a 2.6-inch AMOLED QVGA display, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS, 8GB of internal storage, Wi-Fi and aGPS with Nokia Maps 3.0 pre-installed and plenty more. There is some bad news to report as well unfortunately — despite being announced at €375 abroad (about $530 at today’s exchange rate, $474 when announced), the NAM N86 8MP is going to run you $558. If photography is your game however, that’s hardly a tall order for an unlocked top-of-the-line camera phone. Anyone in?
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The E75 has the nicest camera on any phone I have ever owned. I’m sure this won’t disappoint.
NAM version?
The pictures from my E75 don’t really look any better than the ones from my 1.3MP Moto Q9C.
I don’t know how long it’ll take to get decent quality pics from a camera phone, but we’re not there yet.
@J, @Jordan — you realize that E series are business phones and the N series is a complete different ball game…look on flickr for pics taken with the N85 or N95…amazing. We ARE there, and have been for quite some time.
I’ve only spent about 20 minutes with this phone, but I absolutely hate the keys. I know the N85’s keys have received some criticism, but these ones look and feel like child’s play.
“If photography is your game however, that’s hardly a tall order for an unlocked top-of-the-line camera phone.”
As a pretty serious amateur photographer, I take exception to this comment. If photography is your game, you will either put the $500 toward a new lens or a decent compact like the Panasonic LX-3. Cameraphones are still cameraphones. This may change in the next few years but the N86 ain’t there yet.
I ordered mine Wednesday and it showed up this morning. Just call customer service and they will help you.
BTW, after ordering the phone, I went to verizon to try it out. Although one of the best BB since the Bold, I have to say that I decided to refuse shipment because I would much rather wait for the HTC Touch Pro 2. It was VERY hard to type well on this keyboard. I am familier withe BB Bold, and although this does look like a smaller version, if you are a man, the keys are going to be too small for your fingers.
I’d rather pay for a larger screen, landscape qwerty and WiFi = HTC TP2.
One question. Why can’t Nokia put out an N-Series Device that supports T-Mobile 1700/2100? Nokia would make lots of money if it would stop targeting AT&T, and if it would quit ignoring the millions of other potential customers who would buy the device.
@Achilles I would be all over the N86 if it had AWS (honestly, I’ll be all over it anyway [I'm using an N82-1 on T-Mo] but I would love to have 3G)
@John, I’m using an N82 as well and the pictures are amazing. Nothing I’ve seen can top its indoor abilities. If Nokia would put the N82 xenon flash on one of these new phones I would buy it asap.
does n86 have online tv like n96?