Nokia’s 808 PureView device – unveiled on the opening day of the show – has been crowned the Best ‘In-Show’ Device at this year’s Congress. A panel of judges declared the Symbian-powered handset – featuring an astonishing 41 megapixel camera sensor – the winner in what was a close run contest focusing on handsets, devices and tablets launched this week (HTC’s new One range was also highly commended). Other devices that made the shortlist included Huawei’s Ascend D quad-core smartphone, Asus’ PadFone and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1. Judges included analysts and journalists from IDC, CCS Insight, Nomura, Ovum, Mobile Choice Magazine, Canalys, PCMag, Rethink Wireless and CBS Interactive. Nokia has promised that similar technology powering the PureView camera will make its way to Windows Phone devices in future.
- the first smartphone featuring a high-resolution 41 MP sensor with Carl Zeiss optics, combined with a new pixel oversampling technology. Not to be confused with a 41 MP camera, this smartphone has a large sensor and using Pixel oversampling, it combines many pixels to create a single pixel. This process virtually captures all details while filtering away the visual noise from the image.
- it’s got the latest Nokia Belle operating system with Feature Pack 1 enhancements. These enhancements allow improved performance, personalisation and entertainment options, with a new browser, the latest Nokia Maps and an improved notifications bar.
- the phone can deliver content recorded in surround sound to any stereo headphones, using technology from Dolby.
- The screen is a four-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass, allowing for a big clear view of what’s going on, under any lighting conditions
- There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting
- Talk time (over a 3G network) is rated at 6.5 hours, with a standby time of up to 540 hours.