Nokia 9 PureView has been launched at the MWC 2019 event by HMD Global. A fairly comprehensive update to last year’s Nokia 8, the 9 PureView comes with a Penta-lens camera includes three monochrome and two RGB lenses – all with the same f/1.82 aperture. It has a 5.99-inch 2K display, Snapdragon 845 SoC, 6GB of RAM and runs on Android 9 Pie. The smartphone features a curved glass finish design with a and precision crafted stainless steel frame.

Nokia 9 PureView Price in USA, Availability

The Nokia 9 PureView price in USA has been set at $699.99 and it will be available for pre-order via Bhphotovideo.com. The smartphone will only be sold in a single Midnight Blue color variant. Pre-bookings start from March 3, and the smartphone will go on sale immediately in select markets around the world.

Nokia 9 PureView Specifications

The Nokia 9 PureView features a 5.99-inch pOLED display with Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) resolution, 18.5:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It is powered by a 2.8 GHz octa-core processor which supported by Snapdragon 845 64-bit Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU, 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and packs a 128GB of inbuilt storage.

Nokia 9 PureView’s camera system has been developed in partnership with multi-sensor camera company Light. It has a 12-megapixels Penta rear camera setup: two RGB and three monochrome lenses to collect up to 10-times the amount of light than a single color sensor, with ZEISS Optics. HMD Global has also worked with Qualcomm and Google to optimize the camera setup to fully utilize the Snapdragon 845 SoC’s power and work well Google’s Photos app.

Nokia 9 PureView captures HDR shots using five cameras simultaneously with up to 12.4 stops of dynamic range and a full scene 12MP depth map and fuse it together into one 12MP photo with outstanding dynamic range and depth of field to refocus later. It is capable of shooting 60-megapixel images in burst mode and can process up to 240 megapixels of data.

Each of these cameras is triggered when a person takes a shot and then the phone fuses these photos together to create a single image. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera for selfie. It also features the ability to capture images in uncompressed RAW “DNG” format and edit them directly on the phone with Adobe Lightroom and Native black-and-white photography.

The Nokia 9 PureView comes with in-display fingerprint sensor, runs on Android 9 Pie out of the box. The device has a water-resistant body with IP67 ratings and packs a 3320mAh battery with support for fast charging and Qi wireless charging. It supports dual SIM slot with dual standby and for connectivity includes 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth 5, and USB C. The device measures 155 x 75 x 8 mm and weighs 172 grams.