The last smartphone

First of all: For the vast majority of people who wish to acquire a new phone, the Nokia 808 PureView is not in question. For one, because it is available at any of the network operator, with neither contract nor individually for sale, and thus likely to be expensive. For the others, because it comes with neither iOS nor Android or Windows Phone, and therefore the whole Apps missing, without which you will not come during the day, but with Symbian, which has been deprecated and is discontinued by Nokia itself.

And then there is a small percentage of people like me who want to conjure something out of the hat in every conceivable situation in life, so they have the situation under control. I'm now aware not big on the camera, and much has been said to satisfy

* Fast! Look there, now you would have to take a picture ", 808 brought from his pocket, aimed at the scene, shutter release button and hold (without first to unlock the phone) and after just 3 seconds shot a photo, the printed out immediately after phone camera looks.

* Jam announcement on the radio, 5km jam two exits away, we are running late and do not have a Navi there. 808 brought out of his pocket, entered destination in Nokia Drive and diverted around the jam thanks Live Traffic.

* Alanya, Turkey, Vacations September 2012. 20 minutes before departure with tour group: Where did the bus pick us up? And as we are primarily there? "808 retrieved from his pocket on which the map material Turkey was previously home downloaded, and in which I have entered the location in Maps when you leave the bus and cozy walks to the meeting point by pedestrian navigation without panic, to miss the bus. The whole thing without an Internet connection.

* The band has really nen cool sound, but I'm here only my cell phone when I capture the, I again only mud Sound ". The 808 comes back to help, got out of his pocket and starts video recording. At home, looked at the TV and found: The band has really nen cool sound "! The 808 takes thanks Rich Recording takes up to 140 dB without distortion on in stereo.

* Holiday in Majorca, Ford Ka as Car, was probably nothing with the Bluetooth radio and the Majorcan radio stations now meet not quite my taste. But we take the 808 eh already to navigate, so we turn just still fix the music player on, set the built-in FM transmitter to 103.7 MHz and the car radio to the same frequency ... If only everything were that simple ,

* Movie night with friends, at the end someone grabs his cell phone for YouTube videos from all crowd around the small screen to somehow what to see. I am fortunately a geek, I call and therefore also my equipment here. So HDMI cable including adapter retrieved from his pocket, 808 connected to 50 "plasma TV and views the YouTube videos on the big screen, so that everyone can see well.

* Since the morning at 08:00 shot at the legs, the whole day in the holiday photos and rotated videos and incidentally from time to time pointed to the map, where we have to cross-country skiing. In the evening arrived at the hotel / vacation home that is still made in hand to 808 photos of the totally impoverished fellow travelers. The battery lasts just by so long, I never needed to make, whether now still can take some pictures, or whether the juice otherwise enough until the evening my thoughts.

* Barbecue, a bit of music to her. No complicated setting up of stereo in the garden, the old radio, which anyway only the latest charts again be played can, stay in the garage. Nokia Play 360 speakers placed on the table, 808 short typed on the NFC area and enjoy the whole evening with friends when grilling music collection laboriously built up.

The 808 PureView runs on Symbian Belle, which means that for the vast majority of new services that are provided in the whole wide Internet, not great apps receive and this therefore can not usually use. Unlike Android, iOS and Windows Phone lacks the image because Symbian's old and bad "and there is no large developer community more. Latest cat photos on Instagram can not look at you and also for online banking, there is no app (very well but the browser, though they can not compete with the other, but who go absolutely must make a referral, also has 2 minutes longer time).

But honestly? In the above-described situations that are really happening, moreover, so I was absolutely glad my Nokia to have 808 PureView in your pocket and not an iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 or Lumia 920. The moments in which one is annoyed afterwards because they now could not take the picture or the internet connection did not work in the forest, weigh all the app stores in the world in my opinion again.

That's what makes a smartphone for me: it has helped me here and now and not let myself down. That there is an app for the PlayStore possibly, no longer help me after 2 minutes looking for, the right moment has passed.

Thanks Nokia that you have once again built a real smartphone !.