INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
You want camera The Nokia 9 PureView has them — more than you could ever possibly need, really
The latest premium device from HMD sports a five camera hexagonal array, along with the flash and color sensors
The two front-facing cameras, meanwhile, bring the total up to seven
But the device certainly maintains the Nokia brand legacy of pushing mobile imaging to its limits
What most interesting here, is how it all works
Rather than, say, switching between different focal points, the device takes shots on all five at once, fusing them together into one big
picture.
Working in tandem, the cameras capture more than 60-megapixels worth of data
The system builds on the expertise of Light (the name of the even more silly nine-camera array) and Qualcomm to process the information into
one complex photo that allows for tremendous editing leeway and deep depth maps
Users can shoot in RAW format and edit those images with the mobile version of Lightroom, made available through a partnership with Adobe
The phone design is nice — certainly one of the newly reborn Nokia brand nicer to date
Though the rest of the aspects are fairly middling, including a 5.99 inch POLED display and a Snapdragon 845 chipset.
The price is right
At $699, it a decent mid-range phone with a heck of a gimmick
HMD, however, seems to be keenly aware that this one will have a relatively niche appeal
The company says it a limited edition device with a &defined production run.& No word what that means in terms of numbers, and it seems
pretty reasonable to expect HMD to make this manner of device more widely available should it sell
No word on timing, but HMD says we should expect the product to be available in the States
