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The Nokia N86 Will Have A Dual LED Flash

By - Vaibhav Sharma On 16 February 2009 9 Comments

I was really looking forward to the N86 announcement tomorrow, but I’ve just come across this picture of the N86′s camera. Yes, our worst fears have indeed come true. That’s a dual-LED flash and NOT Xenon.

After taking so very long to release a N82 successor, I simply can’t understand why Nokia chose to skip the Xenon once more? I am distraught.

Someone please tell me that the picture above is lying. Below is the N82 with its Xenon.

The Camera

Go compare!

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9 Comments »

Titanas said:

One reason i can think of is size. Xenon flash module is way more thicker than the LEDs flash module.

# 16 February 2009 at 9:51 pm

Vaibhav Sharma (author) said:

Sure. But my point is till when will Nokia keep using that excuse? N96, N85, N79 and so on. If they are going to make a Imaging flagship, it better have Xenon.

If they fit it in the N82 over an year ago, surely they could have managed to do it now, albeit in a different form factor.

That being said, I will approach the new 3rd Generation dualLED, capable of a distance upto 3.5m with an open mind.

# 16 February 2009 at 10:37 pm

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# 20 February 2009 at 1:27 am

Daniel said:

I don`t think Nokia thinks like they have a open mind.I think they should try a dual sim also.What do you think..?

# 26 February 2009 at 1:03 pm

Jude said:

Ok… I saw the N82 manual and it shows that after using the flash for a long time it requires charging. So I think its not practical to use xenon flash. Why choose a flash that after taking lots of pic wif flash and then requires charging when the dual LED flash is not that bad in the dark and can also be on during video mode…

Correct me if I’m wrong …

# 5 April 2009 at 4:08 pm

thomwithah said:

LED better for video….. Gen 3 LED should do well, but doubt as well as Xenon. Flashlight use better with LED too. We will see…..

# 5 April 2009 at 7:37 pm

alonso said:

Sorry for my bad english…

I have found, comparing the N82 to N95 the Xenon flash is not only effective for a good light. Take a photo with an N95 to a person in motion and leaves all faded, as if it were taken to one of the protagonists of the film “The ring”. With the N82 comes out picture perfect, as if he were still, only if you´re using the flash to take that picture.

About the battery I am not complaining with my N82 in a single day i take it up to 100 photos, apart from listening to music, sending sms. Taking videos with the N82 it is not suitable because you spend a lot of battery.

# 20 April 2009 at 12:08 am

maverick said:

i personally think that the better option is to have both xenon and led flashes together. phillips has produced new LEDs http://www.philipslumileds.com/solutions/cameraphoneflash/ which according to phillips are comparable to xenon flashes and save battery and require low voltage and all that.

# 3 June 2009 at 4:46 pm