Looks like a solid camera phone, a pity the resolution is so poor.

The stock Android launcher and browser scrolling is seriously flawed. I'm 99% certain that it's the animation algorithm Google's using, so it doesn't matter if it's dual-core, quad-core it'll always lag because it's not redrawing consistently and maintaining a stable frame rate.

Google needs to hire a video game programmer to show them how to maintain a stable update-per-second and frame-per-second even if the processor is some cheapo single core, because desktop games have been doing this without problems since 1995.

Because they worked on the 808's camera sensor for 5 years and the hardware, firmware and GPU is specially optimized for this sensor.

I did say stock Android. I tested Galaxy Nexus Ice Cream Sandwich. Lags a lot compared to iOS and WP, especially with Live Wallpapers. It may be GPU accelerated but they're still using a crappy rendering feedback algorithm.

Even on the SGS2 with I think has a better GPU the home screen swiping doesnt feel as responsive as iOS.

This is not a GPU/CPU issue, it's a rendering algorithm issue.

Sometimes I wonder if Symbian really going to die.
Aside from apps, I like the recent updates to the OS (Belle).

Wonder if there's going to be a Symbian Carla as rumoured.

This post has been edited by Andrew Lim: Feb 29 2012, 12:54 PM

Yeah all the videos now are just focused on the camera.

That's one thing great about Symbian, can send files via BlueTooth and has a proper file manager. Whereas Windows Phone and all the new Lumia "smartphones" can't.

This post has been edited by Andrew Lim: Feb 29 2012, 01:56 PM

If they really want, can jailbreak install Cydia and iBlueTooth.

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.

Nokia hardware is still king. I don't think any other camera phone will catch up with the 41MP anytime soon.

But!

Software-wise let's be honest, Symbian is still lacking in polish, and it's not a developer priority right now. If only Elop hadn't said they're going to support it only until 2015 (2016?) then I think many developers would still think it's going to be supported for much longer.

It will definitely be on the 808 which is a Symbian device.
But PureView is not specific to 808, it's an imaging technology.

I tried this phone today at the Nokia store in Gardens. UI is much smoother than expected, in fact feels faster than Android.

A pity about the price though. RM1899.

I disagree the WP interface is better than Android/iOS. It's smoother but that's because it doesn't render many things, mainly text and rectangular solid colours and bitmaps. Also too many limitations (Zune, no file manager, USB/Bluetooth transfer, no ogg vorbis or mkv support).

If I disable live wallpapers, use black colour wallpaper, limit my homescreen to 1 and widgets to simple ones the performance of Android also on par with WP.

That's why I am more impressed with this 808 Symbian. It doesn't cheat by just rendering rectangles and text. It has non-rectangular widgets and icons but still performs well.