Nokia N8 | Nostalgia and Features Rediscovered!

[@AbdullaZaki]

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!

[@chinggischangsan]

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

[@abhijitnair08]

Hey, bring back the other intro music

[@navaneeth.p.uunnikrishnan2231]

Please review Nokia C301 touch and type phone ❤️❤️

[@GurdeepSingh-yz9oy]

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

[@itsmarvinabel]

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]

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]

How much was the cost?

[@geistcarlo]

@@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]

@@jehangirsaleem577632000 indian ruoee

[@zainsidea7634]

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

[@brendanaeria9913]

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

[@erinyanga]

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

[@Europa_olo]

That's true..👍🏻

[@vision697]

Old nokia was truly a blessing every phone was so different

[@unboxingwithme5467]

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

[@akshaypal6753]

liar liar

[@quanghung10742]

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

[@TheJunky228]

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

[@instantgratification3925]

poor people

[@chainsapphire9526]

Impossible

[@DPPOfficial]

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]

It is a shame

[@dimancor2925]

I believe they were developing meego, not Symbian

[@AbdullaZaki]

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

[@MsMRkv]

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

[@jasonmurdoch9936]

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

[@shekharswarnakar5592]

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]

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

[@mauriciochacon]

lol no, it was the n95 and n82

[@Lalaine...]

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]

@@manik_abdallah That's very true.

[@shekharswarnakar5592]

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

[@o0260o]

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]

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

[@safaeit]

Legends will always stay alive in our heart.

[@farishanafiah8461]

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]

was it a carl zeiss lens?

[@farishanafiah8461]

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

[@lawrencejb6829]

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

[@1carusGG]

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

[@mortenleinan]

I had(and STILL have) them both ;)

[@brennus9151]

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

[@MrManniG]

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

[@RudolfSikorsky]

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

[@egyptrocks265]

N9 was made in finland

[@Ronythethird]

The best Nokia ever is the N95

[@MsMRkv]

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

[@chi-towncalifornia5916]

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]

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

[@riyaz7901]

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

[@kumthuyt8135]

me too brother

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

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 KZbin. Very fond memories. Beautiful materials and classy.

[@dipanpathak]

I had the silver model, it was really a masterpiece

[@ahmarsafdar3675]

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

[@RedWingPixy]

Anyone here after Belle holding phone from Zenless Zone Zero?

[@krackr8089]

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 👍

[@mastertokwa1978]

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.

[@renanalves867]

I had it. Nokia used to have incredible phones. Its a Shame that Nokia is not in The high end smartphones Market anymore.

[@rohanmayekar888]

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 ...

[@jjk_x_yt]

this was my first touch phone. really miss that time

[@patrikpietschmann7957]

My first touch phone was Nokia 5233

[@jjk_x_yt]

@@patrikpietschmann7957 2010 kaa hei kyaa

[@patrikpietschmann7957]

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

[@jjk_x_yt]

@@patrikpietschmann7957 yes

[@patrikpietschmann7957]

@@jjk_x_yt okay 👍🏾

[@رائدالصبي-خ8ح]

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]

Yes FM transmitter was very cool :)

[@raedalsbi5217]

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

[@sumiitkumrpaul2433]

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

[@captainmorgan5449]

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]

Make the logo as notification light

[@arthurbttf]

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

[@kornaros96]

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

[@arthurbttf]

@@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]

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

[@harryy7918]

My first smartphone 😁 truly the best camera phone til this date!

[@TengsuangFaith]

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

[@Ajaypandey-bf6jx]

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

[@tgoddard1988]

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]

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

[@danishkhattak2091]

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

[@aanujdevansh139]

Exactly

[@VanaPica]

to bad these phones are limited in daily usage. They feel so great in the hand, are durable and are compact. I sometimes start one up, just for the nostalgic feeling.

[@aidenwinter1117]

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

[@rayhanrasha6991]

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

[@kanishkasamanta7645]

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

[@adriansyafie]

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.

[@nupeshsahiretm4893]

Came here after watching Dilraj brothers new video ❤❤❤

[@MrDushyantha]

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

[@dimitrischristou]

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]

:D

[@koljolat]

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.

[@lycan_system8427]

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]

need for speed shift

[@lycan_system8427]

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

[@boomborgoyari5781]

@@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.

[@BradTech.]

Great description style 👌 very insightful!

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thank you!

[@BradTech.]

@@AbdullaZakiyou deserve it!

[@jptizon22]

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..

[@ShyamAndBillie]

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

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thank you, eid mubarak to you too :)

[@thedarkknight1971]

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]

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

[@happy5art439]

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)

[@iosifd2409]

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

[@AmjadKhan-cg9zc]

I have taken photos of running celling fan in full speed and in photo you can see the scratches and dust particles, I had demonstrate it to several people when I had it

[@JESSEATTABROBBEY]

I did same. It was far advanced than anything on the market.

[@miguelojera2356]

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]

Thank you :)

[@marktrail8624]

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.

[@sahimel619]

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

[@saqibnazir925]

God, I wanted this so badly back then.

[@uvesh8953]

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

[@nidhinksimon3860]

Zaki bro , very nostalgic ❤️

[@noelcorrea3891]

My Nokia N8 is still going strong and as good as new.

[@travelwithvikasgharia1101]

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.

[@prolayranjandas2100]

Really miss these beautiful phones

[@SuhailBhattacharyya]

This had the best camera ever 👌

[@abrarjunejo]

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.

[@ManeuVher]

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.

[@amdadh8773]

Subbed instantly Thumb was so attractive dude n8 is love

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thank you :)

[@namesurname4666]

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

[@L.A.Killah213]

When Nseries ruled the "world" My first Nseries was n70. Amazing phone back then ❗

[@ankurverma6328]

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

[@muhammadzahidkhanpathan7010]

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

[@RasDoesBushcraftBackcountry]

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]

Also the batteries are replaceable and not hard to do.

[@RUBYKINGSLY]

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

[@erinyanga]

I love the mini-HDMI output :-)

[@tradmin]

I had N8 and had latest Symbian Bella update

[@LegendaryMaoMao20]

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]

Nokia c3 and Nokia 500 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIfKnKeeeN1mm7c

[@TheJupiter808]

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

[@abhijitnair08]

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

[@33arnie]

😂😂😂

[@alfalfasnow]

Best phone I had ever used in my life.

[@myteam94]

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.

[@petehbsn]

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

[@amaljoe367]

this was a genius design, easy to slide into pocket...

[@UssyMustyYS]

Had this beauty back in 2011, good times.

[@se7enisrael]

Still my favourite of all the phones I've owned

[@thesatnambajwa]

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

[@IncredibleVictor]

This design is 😍

[@DynoRC]

One of the most beautiful designs imo

[@JuniorJames]

Nokia 500 and Nokia c3-00 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIfKnKeeeN1mm7c

[@bikerstube9220]

TITANIUM ARMY ATTEND HEAR ❤

[@banmawthoh7089]

This was my dream phone during my high school days

[@allaab9385]

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

[@sunzidhasan_mirzayed]

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

[@arindamdas1075]

Remarkable device of my life ❤️❤️❤️😭 ...even Apple is nothing to Nokia...😎

[@jaanu2222]

symbian was my favorite OS , they don't need too much ram specs and runs really great in such lesser rams

[@geistcarlo]

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,😊

[@Adityakumar-dl4vc]

Superb bro keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@shawonahmed5775]

It was not the first device to have capacitive touch screen. Nokia X6 Xpress Music was the first device, which I owned & loved

[@AbdullaZaki]

You are right, I totally forgot about the X6 :) cool phone

[@nikkolodian9517]

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

[@mmtsen83]

Amazing phone…build quality was unique at that time…i used samsung first bada device samsung wave much more speed and amazing screen… but N8 has magnificient camera…

[@HammerheartBloodeagle]

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.

[@halfpennyc]

I had this phone when it came out. I refused to go down the iPhone route at the time! But the lack of apps and poor whatsapp performance eventually made me move over. I took a lot of pictures with it and the pictures look alright by todays standards, theyre a little washed out but if you consider they are 9+ years old they look very good, even VS my digital cameras of the time!

[@boomborgoyari5781]

lack of app developent was really what brought it down for nokia. i had a 701 but the app store had very less apps. i had to switch to android after a year.

[@J19A95B]

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

[@turbosinthesky]

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

[@AbdullaZaki]

Loved the design and display on the X7!

[@ANINDYA-001]

Bring back the cool music

[@lukey333]

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