its not 'fixed focus' like before. This one is different. It use EDoF instead. Read about it here

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/it...mental-EDoF.php

Nokia believe people that use camera phone wont bother with 'waiting for focus' much since its mostly point-and-shoot. So they implement the EDoF system so that u can simply fire up the camera and shoot straight away.