Nokia 808 PureView to sell in India at Rs.29,999

For those of you who are eagerly awaiting the launch of the flagship Symbian handset, the Nokia 808 PureView and have already started saving up for this super shooter smartphone, then here is a price that you can expect it to feature once it's launched. According to a report by AndroSym, the handset that stole the show at the Mobile World Congress event that was held in Barcelona earlier this year will be available at a price of Rs.29,999. The website has received this information from a page source from the Nokia India store and it can be viewed on the Google Chrome browser. As per the report, “Today we stumbled upon this rather little secret – Nokia India’s online store has priced the 808 PureView at INR 29,999 (or 30,000 as a round figure). That’s about $561 at the current exchange rate.” This is probably the most concrete bit of information we have heard regarding the pricing of this Symbian smartphone.

Leaked information reveals the pricing of the Nokia 808 PureView

Here is a quick look at the highlighted features of the Nokia 808 PureView:

• 4.0-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display with a 360 x 640 pixel resolution
• 1.3 GHz ARM 11 processor, 512 MB of RAM
• Nokia Belle OS
• 16GB internal storage
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• 41 megapixel camera with Xenon flash, 1080p@30fps video recording
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Memory expandable up to 32GB via microSD card
• 3.5 mm handsfree socket
• 1400 mAh Lithium - ion battery

We had the opportunity to play around with a prototype of this handset and it left us more than impressed. To read about our experience with the Nokia 808 PureView and to view our sample shots with the handset, head on over to the link here. The Nokia 808 PureView also boasts of featuring full HD 1080p video recording and playback with 4X lossless zoom and it is also the first time that Nokia Rich Recording has been used. This Rich Recording feature, enables audio recording at CD-like levels of quality, previously only possible with external microphones.

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