If you go ahead and disable the screen saver, however, you can nearly triple that. The way the device is shipped youвЂ™ll be lucky to get 12 hours from the battery. This means that after that 3.5-inch AMOLED screen times out it doesnвЂ™t actually shut off rather it goes dark and displays a nice analog or digital clock. By default, when you power-on the handset, the screen saver is set to display the time. The battery life on the N8 is what youвЂ™ve come to expect from Nokia - very good.

It doesnвЂ™t really bother us all that much (re: at all) and weвЂ™re glad to see Nokia didnвЂ™t go all white iPhone 4 and hold the handset back to perfect the paint. If you are one of those people with a discerning eye, youвЂ™ll notice that the top and bottom portions of the phone (the rounded parts constructed of plastic) have a slightly different color than the main housing (made of metal). The device is available in five colors: silver white, dark gray (or grey), orange, blue, and green. The front and rear housing of the N8 are constructed of metal and the rounded top and bottom sections of the device are constructed from plastic the deviceвЂ™s radio antennas are located at both the top and bottom. The rear of the N8 has a protrusion to house the 12-megapixel shooter, xenon flash, and Carl Zeiss lens there is also a small hole at the bottom to attach one of those wrist-strap thingies (which we will never understand or support). The top of the device has a 3.5mm headphone jack, an HMDI-out port (which is covered by a plastic flap), and the power button. The bottom of the device contains a centered, 2mm Nokia charging connector. On the left of the device - again from top to bottom - is a two-piece plastic flap that covers the microSD card and SIM slots, and just below that is a micro-USB charging port. On the right of the device is the volume up-down rocker, a spring loaded screen-lock switch, and the dedicated two-stage camera button. On the front of the device is a precariously placed вЂњhomeвЂќ button, a small mic opening, a front-facing camera, and a proximity sensor (which is oddly visible). After you get over the weight youвЂ™ll immediately notice the sheer amount of things present on the outside of the phone.

As we said, the handset has a 1200mAh battery - which is on the smaller side for smartphones these days - and weвЂ™re assuming some weight was saved there. The first thing youвЂ™re going to notice when you pick up the N8 is that it is light.

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