Nokia 9 PureView in for review
Ever since the return of Nokia under HMD Global ownership in the beginning of 2017, everyones been asking where the proper flagship is. The Nokia 8 was sort of that, but it failed to impress, and then the Nokia 8 Sirocco missed the mark too, if it was even going for it at all.
In comes the Nokia 9 PureView.
PureView is more than a brand the moniker holds an iconic status among Nokia loyalists thanks to phones like the Nokia 808 and the Lumia 1020 that were unmatched in their camera prowess back in their days. The Nokia 9 PureView has big shoes to fill then, and it certainly packs a ton of hardware to try and do just that.
As soon as we took the Nokia 9 out of its box, its the cameras that we stared for a good while. We wondered just how tough a decision it must have been to fit 5 modules with the same focal length when all the competitors are doing ultra wides and telephotos.
Ah, but dynamic range must be awesome on the PureView and imagine how detailed of a depth map it can do for those blurry background shots, being able to see the same scene with all five cameras. Well see about all that as the review progresses and we get to take some samples and compare against rivals.
We did get some initial impressions from the fingerprint reader, and its not looking good at first glance. Enrollment is slow, unlocking is picky, and theres the occasional bug that shows the homescreen for a few seconds, before asking for authentication. It could be us doing something wrong, so we wont read too much into it until we spend more time with the 9 PureView.
The 6-inch OLED display did look pretty great right from the start showing some impressive brightness. Theres proper testing to be done there as well, but the good news is that its no Sirocco we have less than fond memories of that ones blue curved edges.
One area of concern is battery life - the 3,320mAh power pack is looking smallish in 2019. Then again, its not a 2019 chipset that ticks inside the Nokia 9 PureView, its last years Snapdragon 845, which is the other bit thats makes us wonder if this is going to be another Sirocco.
Well go into more detail on these and other topics in the full review, coming soon.