"Nokia 9" … the first smartphone with 6 cameras

"Nokia 9" … the first smartphone with 6 cameras

The Middle East tests it

London: Hisham Alkouha

HMD has launched its latest Nokia 9 PureView, which comes with five rear cameras and a front camera, to become the first phone equipped with such cameras. I've tried Asharq Al-Awsat, the phone, and tested the performance and possibilities of photography.
– Design and screen
> Design: The design of the phone is very traditional and looks like that of 2017, where there is no hump, but there are two thick edges at the bottom and top of the device. The upper part includes a Silvi camera, which is also used for the facial recognition system, as well as a call headset and some proximity sensors. On the back, the bright blue back includes five cameras, a dual flash and a ToF camera, the first representing the icon of the fingerprint reader shining in the middle of the screen, which had to be pressed to recognize the reader. Digital print.
On the bottom side, an external speaker is on the right of the USB-C port, while on the left is a microphone for calls. The most important design flaws were its lack of support for adding external memory, and the version we tried only supported one connection.
> Screen: The new phone features a high-resolution 5.99-inch P-Amoled display with a resolution of 1440 x 2880 pixels and a resolution of 538 pixels per inch. This screen covers about 80% of the front end of the device and is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass 5. The screen provides a fun gaming experience and allows you to watch videos from high quality, but it's not comparable to the AMOLED screens that we find on Samsung or Huawei phones.
– Hardware and battery
> Hardware: The phone is equipped with a high-performance Snapdragon 845 processor, but we would have liked to see the latest Snagragon 845 processor for 2019, which would certainly offer a better user experience, especially in games and heavy applications.
The phone will have a random memory of 6 GB and an internal memory of 128 GB. As previously stated, the phone does not support the addition of microSD memory card. The phone is also loaded with the latest versions of Android, with the version of AndroidOne and the raw version (Android One) version 9 (Android Bay 9). It's the lightest interface for Android and the fastest air updates.
> Battery: The phone is powered by a 3320 mAh battery, which supports fast charging via USB-C via a Qualcomm 3 charger. The phone also supports wireless charging and is a welcome feature in this phone . Price category.
– Photography Capabilities
The phone comes with five cameras, a dual flash and a "ToF camera" used for isolation purposes, as well as the number of visible objects on the phone. Three of the five main cameras are actually monochrome cameras, while two of them are colored (RGB), all with a precision of 12 megapixels and a focal length of 28 mm.
Personally, I expected the lenses to have different functions, like what we saw on Huawei and Samsung phones, such as the wide-angle lens and the zoom lens, but in reality , all cameras represented the same picture. The Camera application processes and integrates captured images into a single image full of fine details. The device can store images as raw files, which allows you to edit them with the help of an image editing software such as Adobe Lightroom (Adobe Lightroom).
Regarding the video, the resolution of the camera is different from 720p to 460K (2160p) to 30 fps. The camera app has a video publishing style on YouTube or Facebook. For the wide angle camera, it comes with 20 megapixels and can record 1080p or 4K video at 30 frames per second.
– Conclusion
The phone will be available in limited numbers at a price between 650 and 700 USD. Our experience allows us to say that this device is worth the price for a certain category of users, amateur photography, because the images taken by the phone are very detailed, but are not suitable for direct publication on networks. Social, as it must be edited by special programs to highlight the details, and this point in itself is a defect or perhaps a "benefit" based on the person using the device.
If you are a photography enthusiast, you want a camera on which you can navigate easily and similar to the operation of professional cameras, the Nokia 9 is for you, while if you are an ordinary user who likes to take pictures and publish them instantly on social networks, Best market alternatives in this price category.

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