All About Symbian reports that the next firmware on the Nokia N86 will include camera face detection for autofocus and an improvement in overall photo quality. The system will be similar to other cameras where faces will be tracked anywhere in the frame and followed by the camera for proper focus and exposure.

I’ve showed you an iPhone 3GS vs Nokia N97 photo comparison during daylight, so now it’s time for some evening shots. My wife and I were at South Street Seaport in New York City and I snuck some photos while she wasn’t looking. I didn’t want her to think I was playing with gadgets on our date.

The Nokia E72 promises to improve on the previous model, the E71, but I wonder how the 5mp camera is going to perform. Fortunately, there are already some people carrying this slick device taking photos and sharing them on Flickr. I’m not sure if they’re allowed to, but those photos are available to the public if they knew how to look.

Some lucky folks get to to play with phones not yet available to the public like the Nokia N97 and the Nokia N86 then upload their photos to Flickr. I’m sure you want to preview the image quality before these devices hit the sales floor. I’ll show you how to find these photos, but hope I don’t get anyone in trouble by sharing this information.

I’m becoming more interested with the Nokia N86, so I grabbed it last night during the Nokia S60 meetup at the NY flagship store. I took sample photos during the few minutes I had with it. The store’s bright white lights didn’t let me test low-light with flash on the Nokia N86, which I know current xenon-loving N82 owners would like to see.