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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nokia could easily beat some of the today's flagships if they use or implement:
1. 48 sony imx586 with zeiss optics with OIS & EIS with variable aperture
2. A true xenon flash along with led flash like in lumia 1020
2. 5000 mah battery
3. Clear black Amoled display with 6.5' inch screen with better screen to body ratio
4. Ozo audio for stereo recording & playback
5. aluminium frame use like is nokia 7.1
6. 3.5 mm headphone jack
7. IR blaster
8. Chipset SD 855+
9. Finger print rear mounter or side mounted.

all this under 500 USD
if above all conditions satisfied, mobile will sell like hot cakes, atleast in my country which has one of the biggest smartphone market

if they did it in 2012 they could also do in 2019 when technology is so much advanced compare to what it was in 2012

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    • S Yu
    • s$k
    • 11 Aug 2019

    The conclusions are wrong. Shoot P30P, output RAW and see how much worse it is than the Nokia's. The Nokia's is a stacked RAW, iPX's is a regular single exposure RAW, while P30P's is a "debinned" RAW that doesn't even combine adjacent pixels in that RYYB layout for additional DR and better color accuracy(though still poor), resulting in 40MP of very poor signal you'd expect from 0.8μm pixels, you'll get nowhere from P30P's RAW output, and I can't believe you never bothered to try.

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      • Tae Mo baho
      • sUS
      • 10 Aug 2019

      Jess, 07 Aug 2019Is this real? Or is this only a concept??Haha you can see the phone right?

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        • Jess
        • v{u
        • 07 Aug 2019

        Is this real? Or is this only a concept??

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          • moo
          • nxe
          • 04 Aug 2019

          They're on the right track, just sadly they didn't pull it off with this one.

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            • Krizzy
            • r3H
            • 03 Aug 2019

            Mw, 01 Aug 2019Absolutely gorgeous pictures I miss my Nokia 1020There's another one coming 9.1 is killer

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              • Ls2
              • 01 Aug 2019

              Nor, 13 May 2019Hello Everyone, i took the Nokia 9 with me on my USA tri... moreAbsolutely gorgeous pictures I miss my Nokia 1020

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                • Anonymous
                • 63V
                • 12 Jul 2019

                MOP737-iherb.com, 03 Jul 2019This must have the slowest camera introduced since the last... moreSlowest to process because it processes much much much details than the rest of phones available and you can produce the best photo not any other phone available could match...

                  MOP737-iherb.com, 03 Jul 2019This must have the slowest camera introduced since the last... moreSadly, all the Android One models are crap. Better to buy a Google Pixel or iPhone XS. https://www.android.com/one/

                    This must have the slowest camera introduced since the last PureView model by Nokia. All Nokia PureView models are slow.
                    And this doesn't even have zoom!
                    The only good thing about Nokia brand is that it contains almost pure Android, Android One.

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                      • digishit
                      • Swb
                      • 25 Jun 2019

                      sam, 17 Jun 2019people compare this phone with samsung S10 and others forge... moreYou know that for a 1100 EUR you could instead have a quite nice second-hand car, right?

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                        • sam
                        • TkA
                        • 17 Jun 2019

                        people compare this phone with samsung S10 and others forgeting that it costs only £ 549 and the others almost double!

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                          • fkG
                          • 16 Jun 2019

                          I am hoping for Nokia 10 to come. I still like this phone because of 6 cameras

                            Thankyou for writing a wonderful and helpful Information.

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                              • Ayesha
                              • f}g
                              • 07 Jun 2019

                              Excellent mobile

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                                • Lightning mcqueen
                                • ucs
                                • 05 Jun 2019

                                AnonD-860090, 08 Apr 2019I would like to appologise to all the persons who didn't un... moreSo you are telling that Nokia 8 sirocco is better than the Nokia 9 in 2019? Then maybe you could be right!!!!

                                  JuffeP, 22 May 2019False news. You should not believe everything you see in th... moreIf that's the case, then shall I not believe the other failings of this device. Do not defend a company you like for doing something wrong

                                    Lightning mcqueen, 22 May 2019Is the Nokia 8 sirocco now a better deal over Nokia 9? Pls ... moreI wouldn't say that. The Nokia feels superior to that underwhelming attempt

                                      JuffeP, 22 May 2019Why speakers? This phone is about photos. Especially RAW ph... moreThen you my friend either haven't heard a set of good speakers on a phone, or just have unrealistic standards for a phones speakers. And even if the phone is meant for photography, that beautiful display would've been perfect with speakers, especially with a lack of a headphone jack

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                                        • stP
                                        • 22 May 2019

                                        Anonymous, 07 Apr 2019So you are comparing the Nokia 9 with old phones by several... moreI think you should compare price level too. Many flagship models costs over 1000€s (at my local phonestore). So they should be much better, but most of them are not. Nokia 9 is 599€ camera here. So is Sony Xperia XZ2, Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and Huawei P30. iPhone Xs (with 128MB) is 1500€, Huawei P30 Pro (128MB) is 849€, so why compare to them? I don’t have opinion about iPhone or P30 Pro cameras, because I have kot teosten them, but Nokia 9 has marvellous camera. I don’t belive that any other 599€ phone has so good camera. Or cameras I should say. But it’s only belief. My newest phonecamera experience is from 2015.
                                        So, I search my price level first, then I compare phones within that pricelevel. I came to conclusion that Nokia 9 is the best solution. I want to take good photos. For snappies I might use my old phone... if necessary.