HMD Global has made a splash at MWC 2019 by announcing five new phones, but the Nokia 9 PureView stands out thanks to it’s five cameras on the back. The camera technology, powered by Light, captures a more information than single-lens camera phones. It’s also on Android One, and coming to the U. S.
If you can’t stop thinking about the four-camera Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, well, buckle up for the camera wars. HMD Global has just unveiled the Nokia 9 PureView — a smartphone with a whopping 5-camera array on the back. That’s a total of six cameras when you include the one on the front.
Unlike most smartphones with multiple camera lenses, however, the Nokia 9 PureView doesn’t let you use any of the lenses individually. Instead, they all work together to produce a spectacularly detailed photograph. Here’s how it all works.
Check out our Nokia 9 PureView hands-on review for in-depth impressions on the phone.
Before we dive into the specs for the Nokia 9 PureView, it’s important to know this is a limited-edition smartphone — when HMD’s stock runs out, you won’t be able to buy this phone anymore. We don’t know exactly what the threshold is, but there’s a chance the Nokia 9 could be sold out within a day, a week, or maybe a month.
Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way: The Nokia 9 PureView (henceforth called just the Nokia 9) has a 6000-series aluminum unibody, that’s sandwiched by Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back. There’s a 5.99-inch POLED screen out in front with a 2K resolution, and there’s no notch whatsoever — you’ll have to make do with slim bezels on the top and bottom of the screen. It only comes in blue.
It’s an Android One smartphone, which means you’ll see the branding on the back. This means the phone runs stock Android (Android 9 Pie at the moment), which is clean and uncluttered with no bloatware. The Nokia 9 will get version updates for two years, as well as security updates for three years. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor, which may be disappointing to some, but it’s specially outfitted to support the five cameras on the back.
