The Nokia N82 is a smartphone produced by Nokia, announced on 14 October 2007 as part of the company's Nseries line. 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 considered one of the most sophisticated camera phone on the market. It is also considered a successor to the Nokia N95, preceding the Nokia N96.
Like the N95 before it, the Nokia N82 was critically acclaimed and is often considered one of the best Symbian devices, although it did not sell as much and was not available worldwide. The N82 was Nokia's last high-end device in a candybar form, as its successors opted for sliders and later slate touchscreen form factors.
As a camera phone, the Nokia N82 primarily competed with Sony Ericsson K800/K810 and K850, while as a Symbian OS smartphone, its competitors include Sony Ericsson P1, Sony Ericsson W960, and Samsung G810.
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. It was introduced a month after the Nokia N95 8GB.
The latest firmware of the Nokia N82 is v35.0.002 released December 2009.
The N86 8MP from 2009 (a slider) is considered to be the N82's spiritual successor due to its high-end camera technology, despite the lack of Xenon flash. However a similar top-of-the-line device in a candybar form never appeared from Nokia after the N82. The Nokia 6220 classic of 2008 was the second Nokia with a Xenon flash. Xenon flash is later also featured in several Nokia camera-focused smartphones; Nokia N8 (2011), Nokia 808 PureView (2012), and Nokia Lumia 1020 (2013).
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.
The N82 has almost identical specifications with the N95, leading to it being called by some as an "N95 in candybar form." Apart from the xenon camera flash addition, minor technologic differences between the models are: 128 MB RAM up from 64 MB (the N95's 8 GB variant also had 128 MB); CIF resolution (352x288) front camera up from QVGA (320 × 240); microUSB port rather than miniUSB; and removal of the infrared port.
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 marketNokia N82 Review | The best cameraphone on the market | EsatoNokia N82 Review | Mobile Phones | CNET Australia 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. 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.
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.
Specifications Feature Specification Form factor Candybar Colors Gold/silver/black Operating system Symbian OS 9.2, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 Latest firmware v35.0.002 GSM frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS Yes (Class 32, 107 kbit/s) EDGE (EGPRS) Yes (Class 32, 296 kbit/s; DTM Class 11, 177 kbit/s) WCDMA Yes, 2100 MHz (excluding China) Screen 240 × 320 pixels, diagonal 2.4", 16.7 million colors, auto-rotate CPU Dual 332 MHz ARM 11, Texas Instruments OMAP 2420 Graphics PowerVR MBX 3D Graphics HW accelerator (OpenGL ES 1.1, DirectX 8.0 Compatible) Internal dynamic memory (RAM) 128 MB Internal flash memory 132.4 MB Camera 5-megapixel CMOS camera sensor, xenon flash, auto-focus, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, front secondary camera for video call, CIF (352 × 288 pixels) sensor Camera lens cover Yes, acting as camera on/off switch and lens protector. Video recording Yes, MPEG-4 VGA (640x480), 30 fps Multimedia Messaging Yes Video calls Yes Push to talk Yes Java support Yes, Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 Memory card slot Yes, microSDHC, up to 32 GB Bluetooth Yes, 2.0 WLAN Yes, IEEE 802.11 b/g with UPnP support Infrared No Data cable support Yes, USB 2.0 via micro-USB interface with USB mass storage support Integrated speakers Yes, stereo TV out Yes HF speakerphone Yes, with 3.5 mm headphones audio jack and A2DP wireless stereo headphone support Battery Li-ion 1050 mAh (BP-6MT) Talk time Up to 190 min (WCDMA), up to 260 min (GSM) Standby time Up to 210 hours (WCDMA), up to 225 hours (GSM) Weight 114 g Dimensions 112 × 50.2 × 17.3 mm Navigation Integrated GPS, A-GPS, Nokia Maps 2.0, Ovi Maps 3.0 (since 01.12.2008). External Bluetooth GPS receiver support Browser Web Browser for S60 Email Yes, POP3/IMAP Music player Yes Radio Yes, Stereo FM radio with Visual Radio support. Video playback formats MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/XviD), MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264), RealVideo up to RealVideo 10, with OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support, Flash video (flv) Audio playback formats MP3, AAC/eAAC/eAAC+ (in .aac/.m4a files), WMA, playlists, OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 and WMDRM support
See also Nseries Sony Ericsson K850i LG Viewty Samsung G800 Nokia N78
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