Yash Maheshwari is one of the few real kindred spirits I'm tuned into in the Symbian writing world. Nokia India just held a reviewer’s workshop in Mumbai to introduce local bloggers to the Nokia 808 PureView and hard core N8 enthusiast Yash was naturally pretty excited. Best of all, he's turned in a good article about the 808, entitled 'Nokia’s 808 PureView is the N8 successor we dreamt of', with a very healthy dose of context and history, taking one improvement after another. 

From Yash's article:

Processor, RAM and Phone Memory. I did not want a quad core device with 2 GB RAM and the bragging rights. But it was clear that the N8 internals had started to show their age. Any new device would have to be better the N8 in all these specs. With the Nokia 808 PureView, Nokia has ensured that the processor speed or shortage of RAM will not be an issue for the users.

As far as Symbian goes, Not only was I more than impressed with Nokia Belle, but I am actually surprised to see the efforts Nokia has put in for the Feature Pack 1 update. If this is anything to go by, I can’t wait to see what Feature Pack 2 will bring along, with the Carla & Donna updates down the line. At the event, I was again told by Vesa Jutila that Nokia is definitely going to support Symbian till 2016 at least, if not more.

The only change in the Nokia 808 PureView I am skeptical about is the material used for the body. With the metal body of the Nokia N8, it was able to live through brutal drops & rugged use. Now I have already made it clear that I am no fan of the PolyCarbonate bodies on the Nokia Lumia devices. PolyCarbonate is very soft and gets bumped even with the slightest fall. Now how well does the Nokia 808 PureView perform can only be ascertained when I get to trial it and give it a rough go.

I wanted something which combined everything the Nokia N8 was good at, along with these new features & advancements. What I got was the Nokia 808 PureView. Bigger & better screen, Better Camera, NFC, Dual Flash technology, Removable Battery, Faster Processor, Bigger RAM & PhoneMemory. I honestly could not have asked for anything more. Well done Nokia. I am definitely upgrading my N8 with the Nokia 808 PureView.