Saw that and thanks.
I tried not to expect much. Don't want to get disappointed.


I share your similar concern too.
However, I think that may quite a distant a way.

As someone mentioned earlier in this topic or anywhere else in the web 'The Best Camera is the camera that always with you'.
To be honest, that statement met my heart and mind. If I bought a Camera, it would be seated in my cupboard till some foreseeable occasion.
Just give our expectation in check when purchase a gadget.

many people are like that, spend few thousands on camera but the camera end up in cabinet.

Yeah but for the price of lx5, i can't get a phone camera as good...except for 808 pureview but design too ugly. I want better low light shots and more controls. With my current phone, if I want brighter night shots....the noise level will be high.

For day to day random shots, my phone cam will do. But for travelling and proper low light shots, I want better cam.

This post has been edited by danielcmugen: Jun 14 2013, 04:22 PM

My phone camera at night is very laggy. You can feel the screen update lags which often leads to blurry photo.

you know how lousy is the Symbian right?

If I were you, I'd with something like the Samsung Galaxy S3 / S4 or the iPhone.

They have superb camera and superb OS. just a matter of which OS is your preference, no matter how the overall value still better than any nonsense 808............ unless you're really buying 808 purpose for camera purpose.

ehh what happen to your iPhone?

so how lousy is symbian?
cos its got no instagram?

It's so lousy that even Nokia abandoned it and went for Windows.

It's quite baffling for someone buy a phone as a camera

that said, I think Nokia would've done better if they market the 808 as a camera than as a phone.

It was using Symbian, and at the time of launch the iOS and Android were superb OS already. How to keep up?

If they had market it as a compact camera with 40MP what not with some UI for communication - wow, now that's different!

afaik the 808 wasnt targetted at mass market.
nokia had already stated the 808 will be the last symbian device produced, and looks to be more of a stepping stone towards the lumia pureview models...
but also to probably give symbian a good sending off...
nokia has also stated that this summer will see the final shipment of symbian devices.

anyway, symbian for what it is is also less power hungry...no need quad cores to power a more intensive OS.
while basic apps from maps, waze, wechat, whatsapp, opera are all available.
plus the 808 has the now infamous mic that htc one used from the supplier who broke contract...makes a very good phone for bootlegging concerts.

I think my next phone will be the Samsung S4 zoom. Or maybe I should wait for S5 zoom. I really want a bigger screen than my sgs2, but don't want to compromise on spec.

considering nokia owns symbian...its more likely windows paid a shitload of money to nokia

no need sending off. but it's not surprising, Nokia has abandoned other great OS, like Meego on N9.

No I don't want the 808. S3 / iphone also I believe not that much better than my lumia 800, OS not my concern.

See below

Still here mah.

hey i bought the phone as a camera i mean, as a phone, and also camera. app wise im not too concerned, not that tech savvy like people nowadays

Yeah what to be baffled about? billion of people buy smartphone use the camera function and share photos. Most of them dont bother to read the exif data of the original size on what ISO, fstop or which adobe photoshop / LR and whatnot is being used for post processing. And they are happy. Those who are not happy are photographer.

I believe what they meant is;
"Why would anyone bother selecting their smartphones solely based on their camera performance"

There are other things to look for in a smart phone. For example: Apps, OS support and Speed

Hmm, when I bought the iMobile 902 and the K800i, I bought it purely because of the camera since I didn't have much use for a phone except to make occasional phone calls. I never replied to text because I would just call back. I didn't surf the web on my phone either. I just wanted a camera to bring around everywhere and didn't want the extra bulk of two devices.