Photos: Leak: Nokia N8-00 packs a 3.5 inch capacitive screen, 12 megapixel camera, has HDMI out

Nokia devices in the past have usually leaked months in advance of their release date. That’s changed during the past 1 to 2 years, mainly due to a new policy that meant you were not allowed to put images of hardware inside your PowerPoint slides. Forget about press shots, or renders, what you’re looking at below are photos of the real deal. That’s Nokia’s much delayed answer to the Apple iPhone. The 5800 was a joke, the N97 was a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, being investigated by Forest Gump, and every other Nokia touch screen device seems to be marketed towards people who have little to no money.

But this thing, it’s straight up flagship with a 12 megapixel camera, a first for Nokia devices, HDMI output, yet another first for Nokia devices, and a 3.5 inch capacitive screen, making this the second Nokia device to use capacitive, the first being the X6. IT168, the Chinese site that leaked these images, also say that the screen may actually be 4 inches, and that the camera also has a Xenon flash.

Whatever the final screen size may be, this thing is sure to turn some heads. My own included.

[Via: SlashGear, Unwired View, IT168]

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

Thomas

Sure looks interesting, i’m very curious what the final specs will be.

But for the moment this looks the replacement for my ageing N82
Andraz

n900 is very decent actually.
matthew bennett

This looks more like a NokLa to me. The camera, exposed screwhead and the removable bottom don’t look very “Nokia’ish” The SIM card slot on the outside would be a first for Nokia. The buttons look lower quality than we’re used to seeing on a Nokia.

In fact, the whole device looks very cheap for a Nokia. I’ll betcha a $1 it’s not real.
- Andre
  
  Grab a 5800 from nokia and try to find where you put the sim card in. I’m CERTAIN you’ll find that the sim card slot is not under the battery but right next to the memory card slot..
  I can understand your reservations concerning the camera bit. But it does look like a rather early prototype and I’d say this was just a bit of an early design model to show the suits as opposed to something that will see release in even vaguely this shape. There will be a myriad of changes before this thing is released and I do hope that Nokia sets up a marketing blitz when this thing is released.
  Imagine nokia announcing this phone in July, RIGHT after the new iphone’s announcement and marketed the hell out of it and offered it worldwide on 2 of the 4 major carriers in the US to boot.
jerchay

i was just wondering why you haven’t showed us anything about text messeging…