Goes without saying that Nokia this year have stolen the limelight at the annual World Mobile Congress in Barcelona in a number of aspects. With MWC coming to an end today, Nokia have reason to celebrate because their latest addition to their portfolio, the Nokia 808 Pureview Symbian Belle smartphone has won them the prestigious “Best new Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012” award.
(left to right: product manager Jussi Asikainen, co-inventor Juha Alakarhu, SVP smart devices Jo Harlow, co- inventor Eero Salmelin)
The panel of judges, which included analysts and journalists from IDC, CCS Insight, Nomura, Ovum, Mobile Choice Magazine, Canalys, PCMag, Rethink Wireless and CBS Interactive, declared the Symbian-powered handset- featuring an astonishing 41 megapixel camera sensor – the winner in what was a close run contest focusing on handsets, devices and tablets launched this week.
“It’s a fantastic award because it signifies that consumer experience counts. It’s about tech, but it’s about how tech is used to make a consumer have a fantastic experience. The imaging is fantastic; the audio is fantastic; the navigation technology is fantastic” said Jo Harlow, EVP smart devices at Nokia
“These are first signals that we are executing against our strategy. That we’re back. That we’re bringing great products to our consumers – and that this is just the beginning. There’s lot more to come.”
Harlow concluded: “We have a lot of work ahead of us. We’re still a challenger, and we are going to operate as we have done in this last year to deliver these great results.”
Congratulations Nokia!!