WHY NOKIA 808 SMARTPHONE STILL RELEVANT IN 2021

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WHY NOKIA 808 SMARTPHONE STILL RELEVANT IN 2021
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UPDATE: 2021-12-08 Updated CameraMod to the latest version, fixed some links.

UPDATE: 2021-08-10 Added links and additional info. Warning some links are missing, please be patient.

Some solid facts about this stunning photo-communication device.

░ WHY NOKIA 808 IS SO COOL

  1. Best camera resolution ever: giant sensor 1/1.2", max.resolution: 7728 x 5368pix, ND filter, xenon flash, ability to take pictures up to 41.5Mpix ► [Samsung S20 Ultra] can’t provide more detail.
  2. Best audio recorder ► pristine 96Khz recs with very rich harmonics.
  3. Stunning durability ► LG V30+ headphone jack broken after 1 year of careful exploitation, Nokia still running like a tank, no backlashes.
  4. TOP PRIVACY ► no ads, no data mining, no spyware, no voice recording, no location pinging.
  5. One of the best sound output ► [LG V30+] a bit better though.
  6. 1080 FHD video ► up to 20 mbit/s.
  7. Very lightweight operating system and apps.
  8. Excellent screen brightness under direct sun light.

░ LIL’ SOFTWARE BREAKDOWN

Applications which i extensively use in 2021 on daily basis:

[APPSTOP] ► kill unneeded or frozen apps in a very fast way

[AUDIOREC PRO] ► very high quality audio recorder

[AUTOSTART MANAGER] ► control which apps launching at phone startup

[BBIRTHDAY] ► birthday notifications

[BELLE CLEANER] ► system cleaner

[CALL&SMS FILTER] ► very lightweight spam blocker [~80Kb in RAM]

[CAMERAMOD by Osenok & Timoxa_] ► quality mod of original camera application. Adds 41.5mp, 100% superfine JPG compression, file size up to 41mb
[HOW TO INSTALL MOD]

[CHESS V] ► ancient board game

[COUNTDOWN TIMER] ► countdown timer with widget support

[CUTE PHONE] ► launch applications in a modern way [swipes, gestures]

[FLICKY CALC] ► neat scientific calculator

[FONT ZOOMER] ► change your system fonts

[LCG JUKEBOX] ► hi-quality audio player with variety formats supported: mp3, ogg, flac, ape and even [tracker formats] like mod, s3m, xm, it.

[LINGVO X3] ► language translator

[MAGIC BRUSH] ► excellent painting program

[X-PLORE] ► advanced file manager

[QOOCALENDAR] ► neat calendar

[REBOOT ME] ► lightning fast reboot in one tap

[RND RINGTONE] ► random ringtone selector

[SMARTMOVIE] ► video player

[SOUNDHOUND] ► music ID

░ RANDOM SAMPLE PIX

Multiple pictures showing how universally cool is Nokia’s camera module from 2012.

Sample imagery belong to [spacedrone808] , header image by [Osenok] .


█ WHAT’S NEXT?

In one of the [upcoming posts] i’ll tell how to take perfect pictures with Nokia Pureview 808 and how to process them like a boss.




Imagery by spacedrone808