The Symbian 3-run N8 features include a 12-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash, large sensor, video editing, Ovi Maps and GPS, and can be plugged into a home theater system. Users can also update their status and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter.

Resembling the N9, the E7 has an 8-megapixel camera on the back with dual LED flash, a large touch screen display, slider handset, a 640 x 360 pixel display and a QWERTY keyboard.

Tapani Kaskinen, a senior communications manager at Nokia, was quoted by Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti as saying that advance orders of the N8 will start shipping on Sept. 30. In Finland, the phone will sell for 499 euros.