Nokia N8 in 2022 | Nostalgia and Features Rediscovered!

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In this video, I rediscover the features, magic and nostalgia of the Nokia N8 released back in 2010. The Nokia N8 was the first Nokia flagship running on Symbian^3 and featuring a magnificent 12 megapixel camera with xenon flash. It was later updated to symbian anna and then symbian belle which was so feature-packed. This video discovered the hardware and software features and innovations on the Nokia N8 as well as showcase it next to the new Nokia X20. N series lives in our hearts!
00:00 - Showcase
00:16 - Introduction
00:45 - Hardware features
01:54 - Camera
02:30 - More HW innovations
02:58 - Software features
05:04 - Weaknesses and issues
06:02 - Conclusion
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@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

First comment! :p Don't forget to give the video a like, it really helps :) Have you had the N8? Loved it? Hated it? Share your experiences below!

@user-ki8vh9ug4b 3 года назад

After watching this video, I just realised I really had a cool phone then 😂.

@abhijitnair08 3 года назад

Hey, bring back the other intro music

@navaneeth.p.uunnikrishnan2231 3 года назад

Please review Nokia C301 touch and type phone ❤️❤️

@GurdeepSingh-yz9oy 3 года назад

bro from where you're buying this? I also need them.

@itsmarvinabel 3 года назад

Hey, any chance you'll be reviewing the China/Taiwan-exclusive Nokia X71 on your channel? I would love to hear your thoughts on the phone.

@CamboSpace 3 года назад

I remembered my classmate had it, and I was so impressed about its outside look. I wished to get it at that time, 2011, but I could not afford the price. Poor me...

@jehangirsaleem5776 3 года назад

How much was the cost?

@geistcarlo 3 года назад

@@jehangirsaleem5776 here in our country philippines way back then the nokia n8 cost about 250-300 usd, for a used one it cost half the price or even lower,

@peepsbillu4476 3 года назад

@@jehangirsaleem577632000 indian ruoee

@zainsidea7634 3 года назад

Hahahaha I had same thing. It was my wish to buy this monster at time

@brendanaeria9913 3 года назад

Haha I had rich mates as well. One of them rocked the Sony Ericsson W995. We were all in awe!

@unboxingwithme5467 3 года назад

I still have this phone and using it on daily bases.

@akshaypal6753 3 года назад

liar liar

@quanghung10742 3 года назад

I have one but i no longer use it. Still good today :))

@TheJunky228 3 года назад

@@akshaypal6753 im using an E7 right now (basically the same phone). Have been since January this year

@instantgratification3925 3 года назад

poor people

@chainsapphire9526 3 года назад

Impossible

@vision697 3 года назад

Old nokia was truly a blessing every phone was so different

@erinyanga 3 года назад

After watching this video, all I can say is "wow". Just "wow"

@Darkseid.007 3 года назад

That's true..👍🏻

@DPPOfficial 3 года назад

Nokia was so much ahead of its time. The designs still look more than modern and futuristic, and everytime I use that Symbian, which is pretty much a 2011 OS, feels really modern, especially comparing it to the OS back then, but it still holds up today, in many aspects even better than modern OS. (Except of course the lack of any support nowadays). I always imagine how far Symbian could be, if Nokia went on developing it further!

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

It is a shame

@dimancor2925 2 года назад

I believe they were developing meego, not Symbian

@AbdullaZaki 2 года назад

@@dimancor2925 they were working on both, but the plan was to migrate to meego eventually.

@MsMRkv 2 года назад

If only Nokia released this phone in 2009, history would've been different.

@jasonmurdoch9936 10 месяцев назад

@@AbdullaZakibut that never did pan out with the deal they did with Windows

@lawrencejb6829 3 года назад

"Something still not available in Android One" haha, Good one😀👍

@o0260o 2 года назад

I had this phone for a couple of years. A few things to add: The camera had a mechanical shutter and a two stage camera button (as is tradition) There were two ways to charge it. USB and the legacy Nokia pin charger Beside the USB host it also supported keyboard and mouse. So you can go desktop mode with HDMI out. The OS would multi task the sound so you can listen to a podcast at the same time with music. if you want. The screen was AMOLED and had a customizable always on screen. You can put your own picture to always display when phone is idle.

@StarmenRock 9 месяцев назад

God, can you imagine if they made a small phone like that for nowadays? no fluff, just a small good ass phone.

@riyaz7901 3 года назад

Still using this beast as my secondary mobile... 😘

@kumthuyt8135 3 года назад

me too brother

@shekharswarnakar5592 3 года назад

This was the very first device ever that brought photography revolution to the Smartphone world, because prior to this device, smartphones came with cameras equipped in them but they used to be just about very average in quality but when the N8 arrived, it took out the market by storm, hence bringing Smartphone photography to the main stream. Yes, I'm proud to be a Nokia fanboy.

@manik_abdallah 3 года назад

Windows phone did many AI to take a good selfie. Yet, couldn't stand the competition

@mauriciochacon 3 года назад

lol no, it was the n95 and n82

@Lalaine... 3 года назад

I had a Nokia n900 which was released ahead of N8, and I was able to take amazing, crisp photos with that. I also loved its Maemo OS and the clean built. Best Nokia phone I ever owned. 😁

@shekharswarnakar5592 3 года назад

@@manik_abdallah That's very true.

@shekharswarnakar5592 3 года назад

@@Lalaine... N900 was an amazing phone of it's time, no doubts about that.

@1carusGG 2 года назад

The N95 and N8 were two devices that I yearned to own back when they launched.

@mortenleinan 2 года назад

I had(and STILL have) them both ;)

@MsMRkv 2 года назад

Symbian looked so beautiful. It looked miles better than stock Android 2.0

@safaeit 3 года назад

Legends will always stay alive in our heart.

@farishanafiah8461 3 года назад

What I love about this particular Nokia smartphone is that Nokia built a 12MP camera sensor with 1/1.83" and 1.75 micron pixel in 2010! Sony took exactly one DECADE later to create a modern day interpretation of such sensor with the IMX 555 for non-Ultra flagship Samsung Galaxy models and IMX 557 for flagship Sony Xperias. It does really show just how totally ahead of the times Nokia were used to be.

@dicky0038 2 года назад

was it a carl zeiss lens?

@farishanafiah8461 2 года назад

@@dicky0038 It is indeed a Carl Zeiss lens for both the Nokia and the Sony.

@chi-towncalifornia5916 Год назад

I have an N8 just for nostalgia sake. What I love about the phone is how many cool hardware features and I/O ports/slots it has, like a xenon flash with autofocus light, a ring illuminated home button, a charging light, two-stage shutter button, and a spring-loaded lock/unlock switch. Reminds us how many awesome hardware features are missing from flagships nowadays.

@JF-wp2rz Год назад

Years ago I had an LG phone with a ring illuminated home button and I loved it soo much 😍

@ahmarsafdar3675 3 года назад

This was my first mobile and that feeling was great can't express in words

@TheJupiter808 2 года назад

I love this phone! Used it for so many Videos shot during holidays. Thank you for bringing back awesome memories Mr Abdulla!

@rohanmayekar888 3 года назад

This was my first flagship in my college days and folks from my college still remember me because of the photos wat it captured at that time.... I still have it ...

@krackr8089 3 года назад

Liked before watching. I had the Metallic Grey/Silver. Dual charging plus headphone jack. So 3 ports effectively. Compare that to what we get now. Thanks for this 👍

@sumiitkumrpaul2433 3 года назад

Amazing .. love it..thanks for bringing my old memory back

@MrDushyantha 3 года назад

I still have this device and occasionally using it. Still love this. ❤

@dimitrischristou 3 года назад

I like how you use the original trailer tracks on these videos (Like the Lumia 930’s Shake and Stir, or the N8 one). Love these details

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

@andrewbarbarash3116 Год назад

I had this phone. It changed the game for me. The first smart phone I could legitimately do every day tasks we use today from WhatsApp, social media, Spotify and RU-vid. Very fond memories. Beautiful materials and classy.

@ShyamAndBillie 3 года назад

We always appreciate your work because you bring back the old memories! Eid Mubarak from Rajasthan, India!

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Thank you, eid mubarak to you too :)

@sunzidhasan_mirzayed 3 года назад

Thank u so much. I was requested thia video. U did it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@brennus9151 3 года назад

The best Nokia ever made, and the last flagship MADE IN FINLAND!

@MrManniG 3 года назад

I'd like to differ here: the best Nokia Flagship was the Nokia N95.

@RudolfSikorsky 3 года назад

Pretty sure that 808 was last Symbian flagship made in Finland. At least mine is.

@egyptrocks265 3 года назад

N9 was made in finland

@Ronythethird 2 года назад

The best Nokia ever is the N95

@nupeshsahiretm4893 5 месяцев назад

Came here after watching Dilraj brothers new video ❤❤❤

@koljolat 2 года назад

Sometimes i watch videos of concerts i filmed with N8 and still today i'm amazed of picture and sound quality. Current phone i have has multiple times more megapixels but videos doesn't feel as real as shooted with N8.

@adipardita5232 Год назад

Thank you for the case makers for enabling me to get at least a different look and feel to my smart glass slabs.

@rohitpaul737 3 года назад

Still looks beautiful

@JuniorJames 2 года назад

Nokia c3 e Nokia 500 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VVgkthCx3eU.html

@dipanpathak 3 года назад

I had the silver model, it was really a masterpiece

@mastertokwa1978 2 года назад

I miss my N8, sadly it just died down on me after years of use. The camera back then was superb and beats a lot of android and even iphone users. Editing on my PC back then was fun because i was blown away by the details. The games developed for it also was fun and that was the time when mobile games aren't online and meant to be played solo. + the hardware feel is superb. I truly miss my nokia n8.

@happy5art439 2 года назад

I still have this phone. My favourite feature is broadcast FM radio, it means I can listen to my music on anything that picks up a radio station. Perfect for in the car with an old stereo. The camera is also amazing. I love this little phone and still use it a suprising amount (just not as a phone)

@kanishkasamanta7645 3 года назад

I used this device once... And it wwas joy using it!

@namesurname4666 3 года назад

Symbian made me really creative with the photo & video editor i have a lot of memories, usb otg was really handy but the micro usb would get loose and then completely unsoldered/removed over time because of a design issue, this also happened in other phones like e7 and even some samsung ones and some tablet , it was a really common issue

@thesatnambajwa 2 года назад

I owned this phone since 2012. This is superb device 👏 👌 and thank for making video after I wach i refresh my memory teenaged time 😀

@user-bt6et2lx7m 3 года назад

I still too this day use the Nokia N8 a strong and smooth you forgot the FM sender also I know nobody uses them anymore which are the 3 coolerd cable's but it was amazing at that time and sadly you are right about the apps and the browsers lagging to much aside from that it is incredible 😎

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Yes FM transmitter was very cool :)

@raedalsbi5217 3 года назад

It was very handy in the time's when their was no Bluetooth on the car

@TengsuangFaith 3 года назад

Back in the day I always wanted an N8 but never owned one...

@rayhanrasha6991 3 года назад

One of my best phone experience ever....❤️❤️

@RUBYKINGSLY 2 года назад

Nokia E7 still using, the notification light is stunning, blink like flight wing lights at night and breathing light is amazing.

@thedarkknight1971 3 года назад

OOOOH Another excellent phone from Nokia! Like the N95 8Gb I had, I simply LOVED IT... That camera was absolutely fantastic! I mean the Zenon flash was a great touch too. When I switched from the N95 to the N8, my 'everyday carry' was the phone and a 32Gb USB memstick... My Ex Gf had the gold, but... I went black... Yeah, like you said, a little buggy at first, but after some updates it was great. Browser wise yeah I agree, so I used Opera... I was tempted though to go the physical keyboard version the E7.. And REALLY WOULD love to see a modern version of the E7 (having briefly had time with a BlackBerry Torch 9810 since). Nokia slide mechanisms on all their phones were always solid, stable, reliable and just sooo pleasing to use... I said this a few times on your other videos of great Nokia phone reviews... "Damn.... They were the days"... Another great video fella 😎

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Thank you :D I nokia with a keyboard will be featured on the channel soon :)

@jjk_x_yt 3 года назад

this was my first touch phone. really miss that time

@patrikpietschmann7957 3 года назад

My first touch phone was Nokia 5233

@jjk_x_yt 3 года назад

@@patrikpietschmann7957 2010 kaa hei kyaa

@patrikpietschmann7957 3 года назад

@@jjk_x_yt English please, Do you mean "The model of 2010"? The answer is "Yes" for that.

@jjk_x_yt 3 года назад

@@patrikpietschmann7957 yes

@patrikpietschmann7957 3 года назад

@@jjk_x_yt okay 👍🏾

@Ajaypandey-bf6jx 3 года назад

This was my dream phone..... Still it is my dream... No one can beat it's flash and camera

@amdadh8773 3 года назад

Subbed instantly Thumb was so attractive dude n8 is love

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@Princesalas 2 года назад

The last Nokia phone I owned. I liked it so much at the time, and I was taking endless photos with it, still have them until today.

@ankurverma6328 3 года назад

After watching this memory come back I want to purchase it again ❤️

@jptizon22 3 года назад

correction, Nokia X6-00 is the first Capacitive Touch Screen Nokia device.. although it's still run on S60v5 that's not optimized on Full Touchscreen experience.. overall, i love your throwback review.. i have that lovely lime green N8 before..

@adriansyafie 3 года назад

Still remember my cousin got this for his 13th birthday (2015), the camera was what made me fell in love with that phone. He lost the phone after the battery went down in 2019.

@amirtaraj 4 месяца назад

This video brings back my old memories, this was my last Nokia phone, coming from N82, I wanted the xenon flash badly and N8 got that, till the advent of night mode there was literally no contender for the night shots of subjects taken on these phones.

@captainmorgan5449 3 года назад

Nice. It would be wise for HMD to look back in the past in reproduce some of the hardware elements of Nokia's past phones. I.E. The notification light.....

@kornaros96 3 года назад

Make the logo as notification light

@arthurbttf 3 года назад

HMD global just looks like “just another smartphone brand” now, and that’s sad

@kornaros96 3 года назад

@@arthurbttf can't do anything unique if the screen takes the entire front...

@arthurbttf 3 года назад

@@kornaros96 I didn’t know new phones only had screen, can’t really make any cool design when there is no body, just screen, right? On a serious note, their phones are generic and ugly. I miss the bright colours of the older designs, they could even improve on that, but they won’t and it’s sad

@kornaros96 3 года назад

@@arthurbttf to be honest, Black with copper accents is beautifully classy.

@ManeuVher 2 года назад

My only struggle with this unit is the SIM slot. Since we are using nano size today, and you use an extender to put a SIM on the N8, theres a BIG possibility that your SIM might get stuck, and would result to breaking the mechanism inside if forced. I still have my complete N8 today, along with my 808, and other phones for keeps.

@abrarjunejo 2 года назад

I still have it, I always wanted the red one but only black was available in my country. The Camera was truly on another level.

@J19A95B 3 года назад

I had one of these, used it up to 2016. Superb phone indeed!

@aidenwinter1117 2 года назад

I remember it being the coolest thing back then and I’d totally choose it over an iPhone

@LegendaryMaoMao20 3 года назад

This is really interesting :D 👍✨✨ I hope you'll get a nostalgia review of the E7 soon :D that's one of my favorite Nokia phones of all time :)

@JuniorJames 2 года назад

Nokia c3 and Nokia 500 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VVgkthCx3eU.html

@BradTech. 3 года назад

Great description style 👌 very insightful!

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Thank you!

@BradTech. 3 года назад

@@AbdullaZakiyou deserve it!

@muhammadzahidkhanpathan7010 3 года назад

Itz my love ❤ Had a great time with it. 😍

@nidhinksimon3860 3 года назад

Zaki bro , very nostalgic ❤️

@stargazertycho11 Год назад

I still have two N8's, pictures always top noch! my best n8 green, missed out on belle, but it's kept for pictures, still. running two or three mobiles at once it's nice to use the early n8 pics as wallpaper! good video, regards derek.

@uvesh8953 3 года назад

Amazing, What a Great Condition, just like new one.

@SuhailBhattacharyya 2 года назад

This had the best camera ever 👌

@tgoddard1988 3 года назад

I had this exact phone, green and all! To this day I have still never had another phone that takes as amazing pictures as reliably as the N8! The app situation was pretty bad, I used to get so jealous when I’d see stuff about android apps. I think Nokia’s killing blow honestly was the choice to move to Microsoft OS, it was a downhill spiral from that point.

@yasirbaloshi8853 Год назад

So nostalgic and always love all nokia N series. Nokia hold almost 70% of market 🥴 back in time

@abcshorttalk 2 года назад

I used this masterpiece. It's camera & loudspeaker was simply awsome.

@myteam94 3 года назад

For me Nokia 5800 xpressmusic have a soft spot. Had the N8 silver color and use it for quite some time before change to Nokia Lumia 800.

@miguelojera2356 3 года назад

Would be great if HMD Global resurrected the N Series for their flagship line, since they changed their naming schemes to 1 letter and 2 numbers. I really do miss Nokia Flagship phones. Great review btw 👌

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@marktrail8624 5 месяцев назад

HMD Global has really come up short with everything Nokia. They could bring back new Lumia phones, N series etc. There's a lot they could do but aren't. So many loyal global customers itching to buy something from them thst has that old spark.

@HammerheartBloodeagle 3 года назад

I recently dug mine out, and after working flawlessly for so many years, it has now started to randomly reboot... shame, because I loved that thing.

@petehbsn 2 года назад

What a brilliant camera, as mentioned before Nokia world leaders in mobile camera phone technology. I love my N8

@iosifd2409 3 года назад

I had Nokia N8 and C7 , and the most iconic Nokias for me were Nokia N8 N95 8GB , 5800 Xpress Music , E72

@lycan_system8427 3 года назад

I used to have this phone , my dad bought it in 2011 , the camera at the time was amazing and it was the first phone to host the EA need for speed drift i believe. and the galaxy on fire original as well

@boomborgoyari5781 3 года назад

need for speed shift

@lycan_system8427 3 года назад

@@boomborgoyari5781 yup sorry for the mistake . Is there game still available in play stores ?? Rember how you cud customizer the lancer and all

@boomborgoyari5781 3 года назад

@@lycan_system8427 its not in playstore anymore.. but i think you can search it up in third party sites but i doubt it will be compatible in recent devices.

@sahimel619 Год назад

We know, we are not going to buy these NOKIA Phones nowadays, but your videos give us goosebumps.

@JuanCAraujoS Год назад

The Nokia N8 was one of my daily drivers from 2011 to 2013... and I did love it! Here in Venezuela, iPhones and Android were not the most used smartphones.. those were the BlackBerries. So, I had a BlackBerry for work (people loved BBM over here) and an N8 for my personal use. Needless to say, my N8 was the de-facto camera on my group. I even manually flashed it in order to get Symbian Anna and Belle because my carrier (Movistar) didn't care about phone updates... and I learned a lot in the process. By the way, my very first RU-vid tech video was filmed on a Nokia N8... so it was the tool that kickstarted my channel.

@abhijitnair08 3 года назад

My uncle used this phone for 9 years 😅 And now he is using a Nokia 7.1 😜

@33arnie 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@danishkhattak2091 3 года назад

This phone looks much more futuristic and handsome than most of today's devices

@aanujdevansh139 2 года назад

Exactly

@slayer666micgaming7 Год назад

I had that phone I loved it it had a function to transmit your music to your radio via FM and it had a strong signal

@turbosinthesky 3 года назад

I had X7 and updated to Belle, used it till 2013, I still love that phone

@AbdullaZaki 3 года назад

Loved the design and display on the X7!

@saqibnazir925 3 года назад

God, I wanted this so badly back then.

@erinyanga 3 года назад

I love the mini-HDMI output :-)

@nikkolodian9517 3 года назад

That creating profiles is also my favorite feature of Nokia phones back then.

@lukey333 3 года назад

wow I've never heard of this phone until this video but this phone seems amazing for the time

@IncredibleVictor 3 года назад

This design is 😍

@RasDoesBushcraftBackcountry 3 года назад

I still use mine as a mp3 player for Running. Revoltutionary Nokia phone, old and new combined I found the N8 a hybrid transistional child of a phone. Like a 30 year old lost between the 20 year olds and the 40 year olds.

@RasDoesBushcraftBackcountry 3 года назад

Also the batteries are replaceable and not hard to do.

@prolayranjandas2100 3 года назад

I really wish if these beautiful phones from Nokia once again comes to market

@prolayranjandas2100 3 года назад

Really miss these beautiful phones

@se7enisrael 3 года назад

Still my favourite of all the phones I've owned

@travelwithvikasgharia1101 3 года назад

Ya , I too had this phone in silver colour, bought it in 2011, its lacked ram and storage, was slow, but the rear camera was just amazing, equivalent to flagships of 2018 and still better than some of the mid range smartphones and budget phone cameras. It had corning gorilla glass 1, just imagine. It had a shutter for camera. Wow just like S10. Nokia was doing great but because of its so many wrong steps it died.

@dimancor2925 2 года назад

I like that you used the music from the ad of this phone, which sounds just like MGMT - Kids

@AbdullaZaki 2 года назад

Its not technology, its what you do with it haha. Good times.

@UssyMustyYS 2 года назад

Had this beauty back in 2011, good times.

@geistcarlo 3 года назад

i can still use my n8 now as a camera,, bad thing is the battery drain fast, this is my 2nd touch phone, 1st is the sony ericsson p800 with also good quality photo way back on his time,😊

@allaab9385 3 года назад

That's so much nostalgic to me, back in 2011 when I was in my last year of high school, I went with my older brother to buy new phones, so I purchased N8 and he purchased E7 (It was more expensive XD), I remember how we were the cool kids and we constantly were exchanging phones between us, I really liked E7 more although it has more issues, we were using a lot of backed roms, anyways, I currently have iPhone 12 Pro max, while my brother have Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, but both of them became lame devices and we do less on them in comparison to what we used to do with Nokias