Nokia N82

Nokia N82

Manufacturer	Nokia
Compatible networks	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 2100 with HSDPA (excluding China)
Availability by Region	14 November 2007
Predecessor	Nokia N73
Successor	Nokia N86 8MP
Related	Nokia N78 Nokia N81 Nokia N95
Form factor	Candybar
Dimensions	112 mm × 50.2 mm × 17.3 mm
Weight	114 g
Operating system	Symbian OS v9.2, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1
Battery	Nokia battery (BP-6MT) 1050 mAh
Display	2.4" QVGA LCD, 240×320 px, 16.7 million colors
Rear camera	5-MP / Carl Zeiss optics / Xenon flash (back)
Front camera	CIF video call (front)
Connectivity	WLAN 802.11b/g (excluding China), Bluetooth, Micro-USB 2.0, Nokia 3.5 mm AV Connector, Hot swappable microSD

Nokia N82 rear view featuring a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, sliding lens protector and a xenon flash.

The N82 in silver.

The Nokia N82 is a high-end smartphone produced by Nokia, and announced on 14 November 2007 as part of the company's Nseries line.^[1] The N82 runs Symbian OS v9.2 (S60 3rd Edition, FP1). The N82 inherits much of the Nokia N95's features and specifications (including GPS, Wi-Fi and HSDPA), with the major addition being its xenon flash. At the time the N82 was called by many as the "best" camera phone on the market.^[2][3] As a result it was sometimes called an N95 successor by some people.^[4][5]

Like the N95 before it, the Nokia N82 was critically acclaimed^[6] and is often considered one of the best Symbian devices,^[7] although it did not sell as much and was not available worldwide. The N82 was also perhaps Nokia's last high-end device in a candybar form, as its successors opted for sliders and later touchscreen devices.

History

Nokia's N82 model was leaked in May 2007 (along with Nokia N81), but was not made official until six months later in November.^[8]

The latest firmware is v35.0.002.

Camera

The first Nokia phone with xenon flash, the N82 has a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and was considered the best camera phone on the market^[9][10][11] until the arrival of the Samsung GT-i8510.

Discussions and head to head comparisons of these two models demonstrate the N86 8MP from 2009, which is equipped with dual LED flash, is not consistently capable of outperforming the N82 in variable lighting.^[12] The primary advantage of using LED is light source for video recording, whereas the xenon flash has a stronger burst of light, but it cannot be used for recording videos due to its technical composition.^[13]

Features

The N82 includes a built-in accelerometer for video stabilisation and photo orientation to keep landscape or portrait shots oriented as taken, and automatic 270 degree screen rotation. It is compatible with the N-Gage gaming platform. It has a 2.4-inch TFT display and features the same 332 MHz processor as found in the N95. However the infrared capability from the N95 was removed on the N82.

Variants

The mainland China market version of the N82 has a different hardware platform which has Wi-Fi and the UMTS radio removed (no 3G support), has a different product code (RM-314 as opposed to RM-313) and its firmware is incompatible with the regular model's. This version can be readily identified by the lack of "WLAN scanning" display on the idle screen.

Successor

The N86 8MP from 2009 is considered to be the N82's successor due to its high-end camera technology, despite the lack of Xenon. Effectively, the N8 from 2010 is also considered to be the successor as it combined high-end multimedia features with a Xenon flash, much like the N82. However the Nokia 6220 classic of 2008 was the second Nokia with a Xenon flash.

Specifications

See also

• Nseries

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nokia N82.

• Nokia N82 | Official Website
• Nokia N82 | Device Details
• Nokia N82 | Technical Specifications
• Nokia N82 | WikiSpecs
• Nokia N82 | GSM Arena Review