Nokia 9 PureView review

05 April 2019
The Once and Future King of mobile photography - the PureView camera - is back! The Nokia's champion has lived through the twilights of Symbian and Windows Phone, to be once again reborn in the peak of Android era. HMD's Nokia 9 is the bearer of the next-gen PureView snapper, and it's not one, but whole six of them!

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well, a sequel to this phone can be done like this spec sheet I just made in my head (I tried to be reasonable as much as I can)

Nokia 9.1 PureView 5G

NETWORK
. 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
. Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat.20 2000/300 Mbps, 5G
. GPRS: Yes
. EDGE: Yes

BODY
. Dimensions: 158x75x9.4 mm
. Build: front/back Gorilla Glass 6, stainless steel frame
. Weight: 190 grams
. SIM: single nano-SIM or Hybrid Dual nano-SIM
. IP68 certified - dust & water resistant over 2m and 30 mins

DISPLAY
. Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
. Size: 6.4 inches (101.4 cm^2)(~94.0% screen to body ratio)
. Resolution: 1440x3120 pixels, 19.5:9 (~538 ppi density)
. Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 6
. Always-on display, Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant, 120 Hz refresh rate

PLATFORM
. OS: Android 9.0 (Pie) or 10.0 (Q); Android One
. Chipset: Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
. CPU: Octa-core (1x2.84GHz, 3x2.42GHz, 4x1.8GHz)
. GPU: Adreno 640

MEMORY
. Card Slot: microSD (up to 512 GB) - uses SIM2 slot (hybrid slot model)
. Internal: 128/256 GB, 8GB RAM or 512 GB, 12 GB RAM

MAIN CAMERA

. Five:
1) 48 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 28mm (wide), 1/1.25", 0.8 um, PDAF, (dual pixel PDAF when shooting in 12 MP mode), OIS
2) Periscope 12 MP, f/2.4, 140mm (telephoto), 1/3.2", 1.12 um, PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
3) 12 MP, f/1.7, 28mm (wide, monochrome), 1/2.55", 1.4 um, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
4) 16 MP, f/2.0, 14mm (ultrawide), 1/3.2", 1.12 um, PDAF, 120-degree FOV
5) 3D TOF camera
. Features
Carl Zeiss Optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama, 50x zoom
. Video
2160p @30/60 fps, 1080p @30/60/120 fps, 720p @960 fps, HDR, gyro-EIS (all resolutions)

SELFIE CAMERA
. Dual:
1) 16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 1.12 um, PDAF, OIS
2) 3D TOF camera
. Features:
Carl Zeiss Optics, HDR
. Video:
2160p @30 fps, 1080p @30 fps, HDR, gyro-EIS (all resolutions)

SOUND
. Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
. 3.5mm jack: Yes
. 32-bit/384kHz audio, Nokia OZO audio, active noise cancellation with dedicated mics (3 microphones)

COMMS
. WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
. Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
. GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
. NFC: Yes
. Radio: stereo FM Radio
. USB: 3.1, Type-C reversible connector

FEATURES
. Sensors: Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
. ANT+

BATTERY:
. Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh battery
. Charging:
1) Fast battery charging 18W
2) USB Power Delivery
3) Fast Wireless Charging 15W
4) Power Bank/Reverse Wireless Charging 10W

MISC
. Colors: Midnight Blue, Greyish-Black gradient, Emerald Green, White, Blood Red
. Price: 750 dollars, 900 dollars, and 1250 dollars

    Namelesss, 05 Apr 2019What was the point of this phone? They should just stop pro... moreWell, that's why this phone is more of a "limited edition", isn't it?

      Anonymous, 05 Apr 2019Yes you can refocus after taking a shot in editingNo you can't refocus after you take a photo. Since the DoF is so deep due to its minuscule sensor size, it makes it look like you can change the focus afterwards by changing the blur pattern around the area you have tapped.

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        • Anonymous
        • LQv
        • 06 Apr 2019

        The jpeg are awful. Worse than midranges

          Anonymous, 05 Apr 2019Chuawei P30 no record FHD 60fps with EIS but only FHD 30fps... moreP30 supports EIS in all of FHD 30fps, 60fps and 4K video recording. Get your facts right.

            F the camera, I want to see the phone's display visibility outdoors directly under the very bright sunlight and see if I can read out something

            Man, I love it when my phone's screen remains visible even under the sun!

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              • n82
              • 06 Apr 2019

              So you need extra software in order to get decent pictures

              I mean with a bit of editing every pictures can look better, but to get P30 Auto quality you need some software srsly wtf

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                • Anonymous
                • LQv
                • 06 Apr 2019

                h, 06 Apr 2019? How about a sensor the size of the 808 pureview and some ... moreNone of these brands will make a 20 mm thick phone to put bigger sensor.

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                  • mGY
                  • 06 Apr 2019

                  Love the Community, 05 Apr 2019Whenever HMD Nokia wants a sequel to Nokia 9 PureView, they... more? How about a sensor the size of the 808 pureview and some decent glass.
                  It's simple but it's a focus on quality. When done right it would shatter nikon canon sony big cameras.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • SaJ
                    • 06 Apr 2019

                    Ouch!

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                      • PunkHazard27
                      • vxs
                      • 05 Apr 2019

                      There decision about there target buyers and that the phone will be only limited edition is quite right.

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                        • Kornik
                        • mNR
                        • 05 Apr 2019

                        Great idea, but need some improvement. Daylight raws has better detail than P30 Pro and IphoneX, but JPGS are much worse. Night photos looks bad. It has great potential, but on this moment need more work to be best camera. All photos should looks like from Adobe Lighroom.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3Dd
                          • 05 Apr 2019

                          hanggak, 05 Apr 2019Flagship phone but no EIS on 4K? Are you F kidding me? Even... moreChuawei P30 no record FHD 60fps with EIS but only FHD 30fps, no record 60fps in 4K this is real Shit.

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                            • IbE
                            • 05 Apr 2019

                            A 845 is plenty powerful for most, but knowing how big and how much power the processing of the images was needed, it seems dumb not to wait for the 855. Bad move Nokia.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 39x
                              • 05 Apr 2019

                              Anonymous, 05 Apr 2019"you can refocus later and apply blur in the background. We... moreYes you can refocus after taking a shot in editing

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                                • ajQ
                                • 05 Apr 2019

                                Ever since I heard Light name I knew this would be an epic fail.

                                Nokia 808 is better than this stil.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • LQv
                                  • 05 Apr 2019

                                  Anonymous, 05 Apr 2019Nokia use LG P-Oled? Must be same used for Sony XZ3

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • LQv
                                    • 05 Apr 2019

                                    Love the Community, 05 Apr 2019Whenever HMD Nokia wants a sequel to Nokia 9 PureView, they... moreCompanies like Huawei, Samsung and Apple have deal to buy exclusive sensors from Sony Semicon.

                                    Sensor used by P20 Pro and P30 Pro are made just for Huawei.
                                    All Snapdragon Galaxy S/Note have exclusive Exmor, new version every year.
                                    Since iphone 5 the sensors of iphones are just for Apple.

                                    With 5 rear cameras + ToF of course they had to use a smaller sensor .. No space enough for five 1/2.55" or 1/2.3".

                                    If I was big boss at HMD I would pay Sony to make one RGB and mono both 1/1.8" 20MP instead of using 5 smaller ...

                                      As I said before this is failure. It's came to late on the market.They have great ideas but can't realize in reality.Time is money today.

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                                        • 05 Apr 2019

                                        Anonymous, 05 Apr 2019Nokia use LG P-Oled? Yes

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