Nokia 808 PureView set to launch in India on June 6

Nokia's much-hyped 41MP camera phone, 808 PureView, is scheduled to release in India on June 6. Nokia has posted a countdown timer on www.nokiapureview.in, a dedicated website for the upcoming smartphone, which suggests the phone should reach the country in 29 hours, 52 minutes.

Nokia is also conducting a quiz on the teaser site. Visitors have to answer a quiz before being directed to the timer on the teaser site. Visitors can also add email ids to get notified “when the action begins” according to Nokia.

Nokia's 808 PureView camera phone has already been in news for a while. The device recently went up for pre-order at online story, “buytheprice”, for Rs. 32,000; however, Nokia India didn't confirm the pricing and said it will reveal the original pricing at the launch. The Finnish company has however started taking pre-orders of the device. Those who are waiting to lay their hands on the new Nokia device, click here

To refresh your memory, Nokia's camera phone was first showcased at the Mobile World Congress event held earlier this year. The Nokia 808 PureView features a large high resolution 41MP sensor, which comes with high-performance Carl Zeiss optics and new pixel oversampling technology. The device runs on Nokia Belle operating system.

The Nokia 808 PureView is powered by a single-core 1.3GHz processor. The device features 512MB of RAM, 16GB built-in storage, USB-on-the-Go, Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps, Wi-Fi N with DLNA, GPS and A-GPS, stereo FM radio, and NFC connectivity. To know more about the new Nokia 808 PureView , visit www.nokiapureview.in.

Nokia, meanwhile, is extensively promoting its new smartphone on social media sites. That being said, lets wait till June 6 to see if India becomes the first nation to receive the 808 PureView.