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By Hanleigh Daniels 26 September 2012

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Nokia's sole Symbian operating smartphone of the year (so far), the 808 PureView, boasts a behemoth 41 MP sensor. Is this enough to persuade photography lovers to ditch their One X, iPhone, or S3?
PROS
Great camera; good selection of pre-installed applications; excellent battery life if you are not in the business of snapping a great many photos.
CONS
Outdated OS experience; chubby device; not the highest display resolution; and single-core CPU on R8 000 device.
VERDICT
As with a great concept car that shows off the stunning new design direction where a company is headed in, this smartphone is a wonderful showcase of Nokia's PureView camera technology. Although the 808 is a great cameraphone, we do feel that users would
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