You read that right. Nokia has announced the 808 PureView at the Mobile World Congress, and it sports an astoundingly large 41-megapixel camera.

Nokia is well aware that such large resolution pictures will be difficult to share, so the phone will over-sample pictures to a size roughly around 5-megapixel per picture. That means better picture quality without scarifying convenient fill sizes. And if you do dare to take a picture at the full resolution (which is actually 38 megapixels), you’ll be able to zoom into the picture after the fact without losing much detail.

The 808 PureView runs Nokia’s Belle OS, which could be a disappointment to those expecting yet another new Windows Phone from the company. Jo Harlow, Nokia’s head of smartphones, said that the company will eventually bring its PureView technology to future phones. We can consider the 808 PureView a practice run for the technology.

The phone features a 4-inch display and a 1,3GHz processor. We expect to hear more about how this phone’s magical camera works in the future.

The Nokia 808 PureView is expected to go on sale in May for €450. — Devindra Hardawar, VentureBeat