The Nokia N8 is a genuine GSM global smartphone. It operates on all GSM network all over the world, in both 2G and 3G. Using both Class 33 GPRS and EDGE, the phone has 3G connectivity with HSDPA at a speed of 10.2 Mbps as well as HSUPA with 2.0 Mbps speed for fast internet access. It has Wi-Fi with UPnP technology for use in internet hotspots. You can find a range of cheap mobile deals online for all new phones, the Nokia N8 included. For data transfers, the phone comes with wireless Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and wired microUSB v2.0 and USB On-the-go support.

The phone comes with a Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D) standard battery which can last for as long as 12 hours in talk time on 2G connection and almost 6 hours on 3G. On a single battery charge, the phone can provide 50 hours of music play, 7 hours of video on the phone’s screen, 6 hours of video playback on HD TV through its HDMI output port, 3 hours of video recording, and more than 3 hours local and WebTV access. Not exactly a power-hoover as expected by most pundits.

The 3.5-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen is protected by scratch-resistant Gorilla glass and has an impressive 16 million colours running at 360 x 640 pixels resolution. The multi-touch input method instantaneously responds to every swipe and finger gesture.

The Nokia N8 runs the new and beefed-up Symbian ^3 OS with an ARM 11 680 MHz mobile processor at the core as well as a 3D Graphics hardware accelerator which makes this smartphone a must-have multimedia powerhouse.