Nokia 9 PureView launch FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up forfor the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Samsung and Huawei may have three cameras crammed into their phones but Nokia is taking things a step further. The famous smartphone brand has just announced the launch of its new Nokia 9 PureView phone which arrives sporting a five rear camera setup. Unlike its rivals which feature wide-angle and telephoto lenses, the PureView is all about picture quality. The phone includes two colour sensors and three monochromatic sensors which Nokia says give more sharpness and detail. In fact, HMD Global which now runs the Nokia business, is boasting that all five cameras work together to collect up to 10-times the amount of light than a single colour sensor of the same type. Every image captured by Nokia 9 PureView is HDR, with up to 12.4 stops of dynamic range and a full scene 12MP depth map. Each 12MP JPG image can benefit from outstanding detail in areas of both bright sunlight and dark shadows at the same time with incredible texture. The depth map allows beautiful bokeh, giving you the possibility to adjust focus in Google Photos after you have taken the shot. Super excited to have Konsta join us on the stage this Sunday at #MWC19 as we have something extraordinary to share with all of you ������https://t.co/u4FfIUwcPP pic.twitter.com/ELFVkqUsaM — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) 22 February 2019 Nokia 9 PureView There's also a dedicated imaging co-processor on the Nokia 9 and the phone allows you to capture images in uncompressed RAW “DNG” format and through a partnership with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom allows editing on the device. Along with the camera, there's also a 2K pOLED PureDisplay screen, integrated Qi Wireless charging and under display fingerprint sensor. Sadly it doesn't arrive with Qualcomm's latest chipset with the PureView including the older 845 instead. Speaking at the launch, Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer, HMD Global said: “Today we use our heritage of innovation to take a bold step - pioneering a truly innovative approach to imaging with the Nokia 9 PureView. "And we believe great experiences should be available to everyone, which is why we are bringing cutting-edge experiences like the stunning design, the best of Google including the dedicated Google Assistant button, and great imaging and display technology, to the most accessible price points yet. "And all this comes with all the craftsmanship and durability you’d expect from a Nokia smartphone. And with our Android promise delivering a pure, secure and up-to-date experience, we ensure that your phone gets better over time.” Nokia 9 PureView: Brand new model revealed Nokia 210<doc-sep>The Nokia 9 PureView has five rear cameras and that doesn't even seem like that big of a deal. The anticipated Nokia 9 PureView is HMD Global's newest and boldest flagship phone under the Nokia brand the Finnish startup acquired several years ago. A word of warning: HMD says this phone is a "limited edition," being offered in a limited run. But it should be coming to the US (the phone costs €599, or $699, roughly converting to £535 and AU$980). Now playing: Watch this: Nokia 9 PureView goes crazy with five rear cameras About those five cameras: remember Light? It's five Zeiss camera lenses, but it looks like seven in a ring, like a spider's eyes. Three are 12-megapixel monochrome cameras, two are 12-megapixel RGB cameras, all f/1.8, 28mm. One spot is a flash, and the other is a time-of-flight sensor for depth mapping. It's the first five-rear-camera phone. But is that even a big distinction, now? The Samsung Galaxy S10 has three rear cameras (and four on the upcoming 5G version), and a total of six cameras inside and out of the Galaxy Fold. Nokia's cameras don't do extra levels of optical zoom. Instead, they're all meant to capture a massive amount of data for HDR and depth based photography. The camera array was partially developed by Light, the company that also made the wild 16-lens L16 camera, and has recently announced a partnership to develop more computational photography products with Sony image sensors. Light's initial 16-lens standalone camera vision was to offer up a Swiss army knife of options for any photo need. Light's L16 camera was reviewed to some disappointment when it debuted, but hinted at a multi-camera phone future. Light was expected to release a phone with nine cameras last year. Sarah Tew/CNET Against those devices, the five-camera Nokia 9 PureView seems tame by comparison, but this phone aims for computational advantages over other phone cameras. In a brief hands-on with the phone, I tried shooting some photos. Images looked sharp, but photo processing seemed to take a long time (HMD said that's being improved before release). The photos taken with the Nokia 9 PureView can be depth-edited after the fact by tapping anywhere on the photo, and works with depth editing on Google Photos, so uploaded photos can still be depth-edited, too. Sarah Tew/CNET The depth map on photos taken with the Nokia 9 is 12 megapixels, with 1,200 layers of depth data, according to HMD. The phone takes five minimum exposures, captures around 60 to 240 megapixels of data and reduces it back to a 12 megapixel photo. Photos can also be taken in RAW DNG format, but blend a composite of the images taken with all cameras, with a varying file size around 30MB. Adobe Lightroom will edit the phone's DNG photos, and will come with custom lens profiles "tuned specifically" for the phone. The Nokia 9 PureView claims better HDR shots than the competition with all those cameras, and a dedicated monochrome mode. And photos can have multiple focal points in bokeh shots, meaning that bottles or light bulbs at different distances can be in focus at the same time. How much better will they be? Check out a sample photo below, which was one of the only ones HMD Global shared of the shots I took. Scott Stein/CNET The rest of the phone: more straightforward This phone doesn't sport a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor; instead, it has a Snapdragon 845 that Qualcomm's representatives say is fully utilized to process the phone's photos, plus a dedicated Light Camera Lux Capacitor processor in the phone. This is also an Android One phone like the Nokia 8.1 and 7.1, which means it'll have two years of guaranteed Android updates and regular security updates. The phone also has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera, a 5.99-inch 2K pOLED display, an under-the-screen fingerprint reader, face unlock via the phone's front camera, wireless charging and IP67 water resistance. At least all those rear cameras are flush with no camera bump. Whether you crave the Nokia 9 PureView really depends on whether you want to play with a five-camera computational camera for HDR and depth, or prefer something like a good old everyday three-camera variable zoom lens phone. It's only a matter of time before someone decides to go to six cameras, or seven or nine. If camera lenses are like razor blades, the Nokia 9 PureView has earned a novelty spot for now... but that moment probably won't last very long. HMD Global has already indicated that the company plans to release about a phone a month, and the Nokia 9 PureView is one of five phones the company's announced at Mobile World Congress, after debuting two other phones just a few weeks ago. At this rate, if you're waiting for another exciting Nokia phone, maybe just wait another month. What I really want to see is the full 16-camera Light camera vision on a phone next. Specs:<doc-sep>
While the Galaxy S10 may have stolen all the headlines over the weekend, Nokia is hitting back hard with a smartphone that has five rear cameras. HMD Global recently announced its latest flagship smartphone Nokia 9 PureView. The new Nokia 9 PureView features a whopping five cameras on the back of the phone. The camera layout on the back of the phone is easily one of the most unique you’ll ever see. So, what’s the purpose of this Penta-camera setup? Nokia states that the more cameras you have, the more detail you can capture. Only two of five cameras on the back of the Nokia 9 shoot in colour, while the other three are monochrome. Each of the five cameras features a 12-megapixel sensor and an f/1.8 lens. By pressing down on the shutter, all five cameras shoot different exposures simultaneously, which then get merged in an ultra-detailed image. Nokia claims that each of the five cameras can shoot multiple exposures on their own, bringing even more detail to the final photo. This could redefine the level of detail and colour in a smartphone camera if what Nokia claims is accurate. Nokia partnered with Light to devise this impressive camera setup. The Light’s Lux Capacitor camera-control chip on the Nokia 9 manages the five cameras as the Snapdragon 845 chipset is only built to handle three lenses out of the box. Additionally, Adobe Lightroom will come preinstalled on the PureView handset. Both Nokia and Adobe are developing Lightroom presets specifically tuned to the lenses on this device. The Nokia 9 PureView is HMD’s most high-end flagship smartphone with other premium features like a 5.99-inch 2K pOLED display panel and an in-display fingerprint sensor. The Nokia 9 is equipped with a Snapdragon 845 SoC and 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It runs on the latest Android Pie OS and features a 3,320 mAh battery capacity. The Nokia 9 PureView will be available in March, fetching a $699 price-tag in the United States.