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Nokia patent application hints at N-series slider with 8 megapixel camera

Categories: Devices, Nokia, Rumors, Technologies
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 2:52 PM

Patent applications, be they from Apple, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, etc., all have one thing in common – they employ hand-sketched, incredibly vague images that outline their ideas. Well, Nokia’s breaking rank with their newest patent application filing. The image you see below isn’t some poor-quality spy-shot of an N-series slider in Nokia’s pipeline, rather, it’s the image that was included in the patent application wherein Nokia outlines plans to incorporate a swiveling/rotating camera module – much like we saw used in the Nokia 5700.

Nokia N-series rotating swivel camera phone slider patent application

The idea is that a swiveling camera-module will give users more control over the camera’s “imaging axis.” Right, that makes sense, but the swiveling camera isn’t what piques our interest here. A close look at the patent application’s included images shows what looks like a lower-resolution, grainy spy-shot of a real-life Nokia N-series slider that’s already in the works in Espoo. Even closer inspection reveals what looks like an “8 Megapixel” or “6 Megapixel” branding emblazoned on the camera module. Did someone take the time and effort to sketch a fairly-detailed, if grainy, image of a handset for the sole purpose of including an image in the patent application? We’d put our money on “no.”

We’ll likely have to wait until next year, but we won’t be too surprised if Nokia drops an N-series slider with a rotating/swiveling camera module on us.

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  • Tommie

    Yes that wood be great ,maybee with 8MP :shock:
    I still love my N93 switch turn left right and shoot.
    It be real interesting what Nokia come up with later.

  • Dase

    That looks to me like 6mp if you have a look at the other picture to. Just underneath the lens it say’s 6 Megapixels so sorry to anyone that got their hopes up that it would be an 8mp :twisted:

  • Sid

    is it just me or below the keypad are the music buttons , indicating an all-in-one device ?

  • Chris P

    Lets hope if its only 6Mp, they will focus on improving the sensor itself.

    Can anyone else hear an HD (well 720p) mobile/video camera calling?;)

  • Will Park

    HD Video would be badass! :shock: