The new Nokia 8 phone lets you take ‘bothies’ along with selfies — here’s what that means
‘Dual-sight’ feature allows photos and videos to be shot using front and rear-facing cameras
By Jeff Dunn
Finnish phone maker HMD Global on Wednesday announced the Nokia 8, its latest smartphone to use the once-dominant Nokia brand, and its first aimed at the more premium side of the market — in Europe, at least.
The device looks like a fairly typical flagship phone in most respects: It’s got a strong chipset, a sharp display, dual cameras, and the like.
The one unusual feature of the Nokia 8 is something HMD calls “Dual-Sight.” This lets you shoot photos and videos using the front- and rear-facing cameras at the same time. The result is a split-screen view that ideally looks something like this, according to HMD:
HMD is trying to call images taken with this camera mode “bothies.” As in, a selfie, but with images from both sides. I think we can all agree that the less said about this, the better.
You’ll notice there’s a “Live” icon in the top corner there: That’s because, according to HMD, the Dual-Sight mode lets you stream your “bothies” — split-screen videos using the phone’s front and rear cameras, in this case — to social feeds like Facebook and YouTube directly from the Nokia 8’s camera app. It’s a firm show of support for live video, which has overtaken social media in recent years.