Review: Nokia N8

The Nokia N8 is easily one of the most eagerly anticipated devices on the year. It has the new Symbian^3 OS, a 12-megapixel camera, an HDMI port, huge processing and graphical display power and a massively overhauled UI – basically, it’s meant to be pretty damn good.

We were lucky enough to get a pre-production handset to have a play with before the handset gets its official UK release in October. So we had to opportunity to see if the Nokia N8 was really worth all this fuss…

Obviously, there’s been a lot of hype surrounding this handset. It represents the regeneration of the Symbian platform, has oodles of features and technology packed into it and, most importantly, it is Nokia’s latest attempt to steal some of HTC’s and Apple’s thunder.

The Nokia N8, while being something of a departure from Nokia’s usual design, is still very much a ‘Nokia’ device in terms of aesthetics. The handset features a unibody design made from Anodised Aluminium, which gives it a solid, durable, feel in the hand.

Thankfully, though, this hasn’t brought any “weight issues” into play, and the Nokia N8 feels extremely light in the hand for a phone its size. For example, we compared the Nokia N8’s in-hand weight to that of the iPhone 4 and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and really couldn’t notice any discernable difference…

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