TEST: Is the Nokia 808 PureView’s camera any good in 2021?

Introduction

We recently took a short nostalgia trip with the Nokia 808 PureView after we stumbled upon a still fully functional unit almost by accident (not really, we specifically went out looking for one). We covered it in a video, going over some of the firsts and bests it did in 2012 – here it is, if you missed it.

Having the phone in our hands, and well aware of the reputation it has in the comments section of most photography-centric smartphone reviews here, we figured a brief shootout was in order – think of it as ‘The 808 PureView versus The Year 2021 Cameraphones’.

Since we…