The Nokia N86 8MP is a high-end smartphone announced on 17 February 2009 and released in May 2009. It runs on Symbian OS 9.3 and is part of the Nseries. It shares similar design features with the N97.
Camera
One of its main selling points is its Carl Zeiss photography features. It was Nokia's first camera phone to have an 8 megapixel sensor, and features both multiple aperture settings and a mechanical shutter, and a Carl Zeiss lens with a wide angle of view. It also has auto focus and a dual LED flash, and an AF assist light. Video capture resolution is 640 × 480 pixels at 30 frames per second. The variable aperture adjusts between the three levels of 2.4, 3.2 and 4.8, depending on lighting conditions.
Design
The N86 continuous the form factor of the Nokia N95 and N85 with its dual-sliding form factor, whilst adding a toughened glass front cover and metal detailing and keypad, making it look and feel premium. It has a 2.6-inch AMOLED display, a fast 434 MHz processor, and an 8 GB internal memory. It also has the same kickback stand as the N85 so it is possible to use as a small standalone screen, and it is possible to configure the opening of the stand to launch applications such as the video player. It also supports the N-Gage gaming platform. The N86 8MP is regarded as the spiritual successor of the N95 8GB due to its feature set in the same sliding form factor, and the commercial failure of the N96. Some regard it a successor of the N82 due to its camera.
Features
The N86 8MP is a 3.5G or 3.75Gdevice with dual-band HSDPA support, quad-band GSM and Wi-Fi. It has an A-GPS receiver, which links into location-based services via Nokia Maps, and photographs can be automatically geo-tagged. There is also a built-in digital compass, and FM radio, and there is also a FM transmitter. It is rated to give 6 hours talktime, 25 hours music playback and 11 days on standby on a full charge.
Digital TV
With optional DVB-H Nokia Mobile TV Receiver SU-33W it is possible to watch television on the screen of the phone.
Free navigation
Ovi Maps 3.03, with free navigation, was released on 17 March 2010 for the Nokia N86. The new version was available via the SW Update application and has a file size of 8.24 MB. The N86, E72, E55, E52, 6730, 6710 and all of Nokia's Symbian^1 devices will get to experience beta-testing and free navigation.
The Nokia N86 8MP received a big firmware upgrade, to v11.043. That brought official Ovi Store compatibility, camera tweaks and the usual early firmware bug fixes and improvements.
30 September 2009
The Nokia N86 8MP received its v20 firmware upgrade a full week or so ahead of schedule. It was 8 MB large for an Over The Air update. Some significant changes were: Improved still image and video quality and Close-up focus, Face detection and Red-eye removal were added, New focus point indication.
The Nokia N86 8MP got a minor update to v21 firmware. Version 21.006 replaced v20.115 and was a maintenance release, improving performance further and fixing a number of minor bugs.
Version 30.009 firmware mainly features the latest Ovi Maps client and is now available via Nokia Software Update and Over The Air. It includes the latest Ovi Maps 3.03, the sharing of location via Facebook. RealPlayer interface is tweaked and there are some usual minor fixes and improvements.
It includes the latest Ovi Maps 3.04. The new version adds formal support for WiFi as a positioning method as part of an overhaul of the positioning functionality, plus significant performance improvements for search, zooming and map panning, a number of consumer-friendly UI tweaks and the addition of Qype information to the places database.
N87
The Nokia N87, a successor of the N86, was leaked on the internet with full specifications in December 2009 and then again in early 2010. However it was never released, and instead the touchscreen Nokia N8 was introduced. In November 2010 a prototype of the N87 appeared on eBay which shows it running probably Symbian^3. The listing was removed after some time by the seller. Nokia would never release another high-end non-touchscreen device after the N86 8MP.
