There is another angle on that whole 41mpix number game..
I assume that most people that read this thread know that the 808 is not about the number of pixels, but more about how they are used, mainly for lossless zooming and oversampling.
But considering that in the US most people don't know that 41Mpix phones even exist, or... even stand alone cameras for that matter, the 41Mpix number has a HUGE marketing potential! I still remember when Nokia presented the phase 1 system last year... it took the tech blogosphere, and most people (including myself) a couple of days/weeks to figure out exactly what they've done. I mean.. we went from 8/12Mpix market up to 41Mpix overnight. No one knew about it, so it was kind of a shock.
So if Nokia play their cards right this time.. it can be big.
Certainly engineers don't want to waste space, but typically product managers define goals based on what they think the market wants to buy. I simply doubt that "designing a thin device" was one of the stated design goals for the 808, whereas I assume market pressures are forcing Nokia to make that a higher priority for the EOS. Obviously, that is all just speculation on my part, but that's the impression the 808 leaves on me.
Anyway, thanks for your input.
True.. only people at Nokia know what is truly behind those design decisions, but I really doubt that they would intentionally leave empty space.
The room around the EOS sensor is indeed intriguing..i really can't think of anything that would require so much room around the module. Like I said, the only thing around the module on the 808 are the loud speaker and the two xenon capacitors. Its tightly packed in there..
you can see it here @ 2:13 min
here
I'm a loser but i just noticed the cover on the lens is similar. Is it like this in other devices? I tried to find pics of the N8 and noticed it looks like it closed somewhat differently.
Seems like this is going to be the 41 mp we were all waiting for. I'm betting separate processing for the images and still using the good ole dual core/1gb team for the processing power of the phone.
spot on..