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Nokia Puts 41MPixel Camera In a (Symbian) Phone

Posted by timothy on from the that-internal-memory-is-going-to-go-fast dept.

judgecorp writes "We aren't sure what's the strangest thing about Nokia's new offering, the fact that it's got a 41 Megapixel camera or the fact that it runs Symbian. It has a very high resolution sensor and uses oversampling, apparently producing good results in low light. Users can either save a maximum of 38Mpixels, or else zoom and crop for normal resolution images. Observers expected a maximum of one more Symbian phone before Nokia shifts over to Windows Phone. This suggests either a longer life for Symbian — or maybe [that] Symbian was just an easier platform to make a show-stopping device that may turn out to be more of a concept phone."

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  1. Who are they? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Enjoy being irrelevant, Nokia.

  2. Re:You say that as if there was a plan... by 21mhz · · Score: -1, Troll

    I believe the decision to drop MeeGo was malicious.

    Ah, no Nokia story can be left without comments by MeeGo Persecution Complex sufferers.

    The Nokia N9 is feature complete,

    The Nokia N9 is not MeeGo, and while very good, it falls short of being a well-finished product. Wait, I need to check the latest update, maybe they have fixed those calendar blunders after all...

    and is better than any of their Symbian phones.

    I agree here, but it's not a high bar to measure phones with nowadays.

    If Nokia wants to make Windows phones, fine. But dropping MeeGo and then claiming they don't have a plan B is much better justified by malice than stupidity.

    MeeGo was a lousy plan B to begin with.

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