Live from Mobile World Congress: Hands-on with the 8MP Nokia N86
By Will Park on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 3:50 AM PST In Announcements, Devices, Mobile World Congress 2009, NSeries, Nokia, Symbian
Nothing compares to actually putting hands on a new handset. No matter how much you read about a new piece of mobile hardware, there’s just no substitute for getting up close and personal with a new device. At a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) press conference held this morn, the Finnish cellphone maker unveiled their new Nokia N86 8-megapixel cameraphone to a small group of tech-enthusiasts – and we had a chance to play with the new Nseries multimedia slider.
As Dusan already pointed out, the Nokia N86 packs in an 8megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and Carl Zeiss Tessar optis, a crystal-clear 2.6-inch OLED QVGA screen, HSPA, GPS, WiFi, TV-out, compass, 8 GB of internal memory storage, and a microSD expansion slot. But, what the spec-sheet doesn’t convey is the quality of finish and build that we see in the Nokia N86.
The Nokia N86 resembles its slightly downrange sibling, the Nokia N85, with a dual-slider form-factor
to slides up to reveal a keypad and down to reveal media controls (playback and whatnot). But, where the Nokia N85’s slider mechanism tends to feel a little loose and wobbly at times, the Nokia N86’s slider is rock solid and smooth. There’s absolutely no jiggle, no wiggle, not even a hint of play in the sliding mechanism. And, then there’s the tasteful metallic accents that highlight the handset’s place as a high-end Nseries handset. Combine all that with a build quality that’s unrivalled by any other handset (even from Nokia’s own product portfolio), and you’ve got a seriously badass cameraphone.
Nokia says that the 8-megapixel camera has been (and still is, as it undergoes continued refinement prior to launch) optimized to make the best use of the Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. Low-lighting conditions are no problem for the Nokia N86, as evidenced by a couple poster-sized night-shots that Nokia so proudly showed off at the press conference. The trick to making a great cameraphone isn’t just about pixel density, but overall camera performance (light sensitivity, shot-to-shot time, shutter lag, etc.) and Nokia takes that philosophy to heart.
Enjoy our Nokia N86 picture gallery and hands-on video!
Nice quality video, good looking phone.
I found this hands on with N86 Video
http://nseries-phones.blogspot.com/2009/02/hand-on-with-nokia-n86-8mp-video.html
This will for shoore be my next camera phone !
It look awsome !
I hope the N86 come out soon !
How much is the Nokia N86?
I was working today and i kinda diddnt realise id dropped my phone and it went into a puddle and i diddnt realise and i ran over it with the tractor…and i really want a good camera phone but i dont want it to be too expensive…any ideas?!
i still have the n95-8gb
does this phone actually have the native sip application for voip calls. nokia seem to have removed them from many handsets but never outline in the specs if they are there are missing. the specs for the n95 don’t show the voip app but it is there. what about the n86?