Yup, but let's just say, if you take at full resolution, there's no oversampling, so it's still the same as other camera.

If you max zoom at 5MP, there's also no oversampling, so it's the same 5MP file as other camera BUT
1. You zoomed 3X (similar to optical) and still have f/2.4 aperture, compared to conventional camera, the aperture would've changed, thus less light. That's one benefit and advantage.
The come up with this idea because for the past 5 years, they're trying to do an optical zoom, but it will be bulky, costly, and also the aperture problem.
With this, it's a good especially for compact size, yet have more benefits.

Sadly, many people decide to write up blogs and article without fully understanding.

In anyway, it's still a good technology and something that is really nice and interesting. Imagine implementing this technology to cameras (although I think Canon have something similar?)? I don't know why so many prejudice, maybe because it's Nokia and not Apple; If Apple, then "This Changes Everything".

so the pureview is a technologies renew and not platform selected... so we can expect it will be release for others platform in future, but same thing is would there be another same camera module be use...

now is 41mp pureview, what is coming up next? 

If that is apple, they will say: "oh we invented this, we are the god of inventor.. blah blah blah~~~"

BTW: rumor has it that S. Elop went over to the HTC booth and basically pulled a ‘in your face’ with the 808 to the director of HTC.. (something like telling him lets take  a picture together; with our 41MP camera)

I bet competitors will have a hard time overcoming it. Nokia put its position in a very advantagous way. 2 years N8 is still the king and now which competitor will be taking nokia 808 pureview throne?  3 years from now?

did apple really said that themselves or the non tech savvy fans out there just went worshiping? 

since the major IP is in the co-processor of 808 PureView, moving to other platform is just a matter of making the target platform suitable and port over the interfaces

inclusion of camera sensor module of similar large size will depend on how market react to thicker phone size
if everyone don't like the phone to be thick then there's no option for larger sensor module

If you look back into history when SJ not died, he brainwashes his iSheep (fans) that a lots of "innovation" that iCopy that introduced is made by him. But the fact is Nokia or other handheld company invent it for the 1st place.

Lets c when iCopy going to say 41MP camera is belongs to them in future. Let's wait & see... 

although it got transfer the pureview tech to others platform, but will the same 808 camera module follow that's the ultimate questionmark...  as it's not a cheapo module   so i bet it will be like the N8 the 808 will be one of it's kind for it's camera module... so get it NOW or NEVER!!! 

Elop playing fruit ninja lolol!

Honestly i not interested to know what the worst CEO if 2011 is doing

even if there's "true" innovation that comes out from that brand, it's not really made by him, it's his employees

Before Stephen Elop, Nokia had $2 billion profit a year.
Now it's $1 billion loss a year.
Everytime this guy announces something, share prices drop.
Same thing happened even with this years's MWC.

The Nokia 808 is a technological marvel, but I don't think Elop had anything to do with it. It was probably in the works for a while.

Come to think of it, without the 808, Nokia would have practically nothing exciting to announce at MWC.