I’m not very comfortable with rumours. Problem with them in the digital world is they have a neverending echo – once posted, it’s almost impossible to stop them even if they’re proven wrong.
But this rumour at least proves something. A design patent that surfaced recently has made one think pretty clear for me: an old snapshot from a presentation that was widespread all over the web, appears to be a real concept (at least) after all.
I saw some striking similarities, and I just like to share my excitement. Here’s the fresh contribution to the rumour mill, coming from Liveside.net - a new Nokia device revealed via design patent:
Now this design fits very well into a device shown in a video shared long ago (below, from august 2011!) by WMExperts.
Some people believe this video is fake, but it’s obviously filmed during an inside presentation, so a video from a video shown during a meeting (true, that could be a setup, but I think it’s genuine footage).
Does this look familiar to you? It does to me… August last year, I wrote about “my thoughts on the next Lumia PureView“. And I shared a picture that was obviously shot during a presentation, a shot you may have seen a few times before and after… And I see a confusing similarity.
The three devices have the same colors – purple, yellow and black – but they are very different at the same time: in the oldest version, you’ll see a lens similar to that of the Nokia 808, and in the newer version it looks a lot more like the design from the current Lumias.
To me, it’s clear this footage was all shot from a presentation in the heart of the Finnish headquarters – somebody must have taken an incredible risk to share this! As I imagine it now, different designs were shown during that presentation: one with the big sensor from the 808 PureView, one with the smaller version from the Lumia series.
You can already see the typical icons of the Windows Phone platform in the oldest shot, the one with the biggest sensor. Now that a patent has surfaced of the “newest” Lumia design, proves the design that has been going around the internet last year never was fake, but a concept phone that was part of that very same presentation.
I posted the crop from this shot earlier as well, to have a better look at the specifications:
4.3″ curved touchscreen with HD display
41MP sensor, Carl Zeiss lens and PureView imaging technology
1080p Ful HD video recording with Rich Recording technology
Dual-core processor with Adreno 320 GPU
Microsoft Windows Phone Operating system.
So these are the specs of the concept PureView Windows Phone, the one that I now think is genuine after all. If its the design Nokia will present during the Mobile World Congress this month remains to be seen. But the leaked patent (at the top of this post) shows a lot more than just one concept phone…
Also, when you look at the video, you’ll see some design that hasn’t been presented yet – maybe in a few weeks…? It’s still running on Windows Phone 7, but the design looks like a nice mid-range smartphone.
I didn’t crop this shot on purpose: once more, it’s a still from a filmed video presentation: not the video itself, but someone shooting a demonstration that was never meant to go public at all.
What we’ve seen so far doesn’t prove anything about the rumoured 41MP camerasensor in the newest Nokia PureView Windows Phone. It just proves Nokia is working on the whole idea for years already, actually including a 41MP sensor, long before Windows Phone 8 was even designed. And that – to me – is news, after all.
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It would be great for Nokia to make a Windows phone with the 41MP camera of the 808.I woulden’t mind a bump on the phone,not at all,as long as it takes photos like my 808.I would be satisfied even if they would put a more powerfull processor+1gb RAM+a higher resolution screen and Windows on the 808,because i just love it’s design and feel.This way it would be a complete smartphone,not just a good camera with phonecall capabilities.The only thing i hate about the 808 is the Symbian,because u can’t really say u can navigate the internet as you would on a normal smartphone,it’s more than slow.
People say, Opera Mini is still the best mobile browser.
What do you mean, when you say: ‘The only thing i hate about the 808 is the Symbian,because u can’t really say u can navigate the internet as you would on a normal smartphone,it’s more than slow.’
Do you mean browser performance, connectivity speed, usability?
Yes,i am talking about the connectivity speed and the fact that the browsing isn’t very smoth like it is on a Galaxy S2 or other modern phone.I tried Opera also but it didn’t make any difference,the browsing experience was the same.
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very exciting stuff!
but at the same time it kind of makes me a little sad that my 808 won’t be so unique anymore :(
going crazy waiting for wmc2013, better this expected pureview be there, this is what is needed if ever i want to #switchtolumia.
that is the phone i wanted!, the camera bump is beautiful, and the designe is out of this world,
A 41MP sensor needs space, so only one design of the here presented would be possible… we will have to live with that bump :) i am always amused by some concepts from some people showing a super slim phone with the description 41MP sensor. I’m definitely curious how they will integrate the bump in the new lumia + i hope the screen won’t be too big, 4″ seems to be perfect for me, a little bigger would also be acceptable. One idea i had to integrate the bump without bump was a triangle form from the side, like a chock :)
could be done with a super wide angle lens. But people wouldn’t like the fisheye effect :-)
It’s amazing, how Companys..especially Nokia, working on something trough the years, ’till they find it is good enough to release it. A lot of companys does it, but look when Nokia started working on a device with 41mp Senor for the WP8? it gets me exited just to think about it… once again…great article..
Off topic: What I always liked the most about nokia’s advertisements is that they always showed an image of normal people doing normal things, living their lifes as it should be done. They don’t put some hipsters showing off their shinny little phone in the street pretending is marvelous to spend your life looking to a small screen all day chatting and thinking how cool they look with it… And I guess that strategy that worked on me don’t work in today’s mainstream market. Unfortunately ;)