It's fair to say that having once being top dog in the mobile phone world, Nokia have struggled to really make an impact in the western smartphone market. However, the Finnish company are going the right way about challenging the dominance of Samsung, Apple and HTC by manufacturing a range of...

Back in 2002 Nokia introduced the world to the notion of the cameraphone with the launch of the Nokia 7650. That handset had a mere 0.3-Megapixel sensor, capable of handling snaps of a resolution up to 640 x 480 pixels.

T he Nokia 808 is a pioneering phone when it comes to the camera specifications of this smartphone. The Nokia 808 does not only feature a powerful and bright Carl Zeiss lens but also offers a groundbreaking 41 megapixel image sensor.

Like the concept behind the Nokia Pureview 808 and its 41-megapixel camera? You're going to have to import one, as Nokia's indicated that it won't be selling the phone in Australia.

Nokia may be focusing primarily on the for its core smartphone range, but it still hasn't completely given up on Symbian. The company's latest Symbian phone is the 808 PureView, best described as a camera with a phone in it. A 41-megapixel camera. Yes, you read that right.

Impressive looking camera; Xenon flash

Symbian OS; Chunky design; No word on AU release

Nokia had revolutionized the mobile camera market with the launch of the 5.0 megapixel N95 the way back in 2007. Now, after almost five years, the brand tries to do the same with the new 41.0-megapixel sensor toting 808 PureView . The PureView comes with some very decent specs.

Tweet Nokia delivers the successor to the N8 smartphone , the venerable 808 PureView . Can it set a new camera phone benchmark like its predecessors managed to do? Although the snapper's tech might be novel, the design of this device is pretty conventional, measuring in at a chubby 13.9 mm and bulky...

Great camera; good selection of pre-installed applications; excellent battery life if you are not in the business of snapping a great many photos

Outdated OS experience; chubby device; not the highest display resolution; and single-core CPU on R8 000 device

The Nokia 808 PureView is not for everyone, mainly due to its high SIM free price and lack of availability through UK operators. For those of you out there that loved your Nokia N8 s with its 12MP camera you'll love the Nokia 808 PureView with its 41MP camera and increased display and storage...

I've been using symbain for 7 years...nothing is really wrong with symbian its the propaganda and ignorance that killed it.