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Introduction
Nokia received a lot of attention back when it launched the Lumia 1020 for its best smartphone camera at the time. Since HMD revived the Nokia brand, there hasn't been a phone worthy of praising its camera prowess until now. Nokia has finally pulled the wraps off of the heavily rumored Nokia 9 and while most of the specs were long-known for the most part, specific details about its five-camera setup were a secret well-guarded.
Something to know about the camera on this phone is that not one of the cameras are wide nor telephoto. That's because this phone isn't really intended for the casual photographer - its aimed at the professional or enthusiast photographer. You'll see why as you continue reading about the camera.
Nokia 9 specs
- Body: Gorilla Glass 5 back, 6000 Series aluminum frame, 8mm thickness
- Screen: 5.99" p-OLED display QHD+ (2880 x 1440px), HDR10; Gorilla Glass 5
- Chipset: Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
- Memory: 6GB RAM, 128GB built-in storage, microSD expandable
- OS: Android 9.0; Android One
- Rear camera: 3X 12MP f/1.8 Monochrome + 2X 12MP f/1.8 RGB + 3D ToF camera; HDR ; DNG RAW 4K@30fps and 4K HDR video recording
- Front camera: 20MP F/1.8 with Tetracell pixel binning, which combines four pixels into one pixel in low light
- Battery: 3,320 mAh
- Connectivity: Cat. 16 Gigabit LTE (1024/150 Mbps)
- Misc: IP68 rating, In-display fingerprint scanner + 2D face unlock
- Price and availability: $699, shipping immediately after launch
There's an amply-sized 6-inch display at the front with the in-display scanner - a modern biometric solution. Nokia aims to keep the software experience as vanilla as possible and it achieved this even with the new camera features that we're excited to tell you about.
2019 is the year of the Snapdragon 855, so you can imagine how we felt about the Nokia 9 having last-year's 845. Even so, Nokia worked hard to take full advantage of the chip's capabilities to process the images from all five cameras when taking a photo. Switching to SD855 would have meant that the Nokia 9 would have to be delayed quite a lot.
We're going to take a first look at the Nokia 9 and its five-cameras so let's see if all that R&D was worth it.
Design
The Nokia 9 is certainly an attractive smartphone. Its rounded corners and shape remind us a bit of the LG G6, but with wider side bezels.
There's no curve in the display's Gorilla Glass 5, but there is a beveled edge around the aluminum frame, which is made out of 6000 series aluminum. The exposed aluminum contrasts very well with the frame's semi-gloss finish.
It's only made in one color for now - called Midnight Blue.
At the bottom of the phone is a USB-C port, in-call mic and loudspeaker. Just like the frame, these buttons have a beveled edge around both the power key and volume rocker. Again, the way this contrasts the darker-colored buttons is a great aesthetic choice.
The SIM tray is up at the top of the phone across from a microphone. The phone has three mics in total: one at the top, bottom, and on the back just above the cameras.
The Nokia 9 from the sides
The back of the Nokia 9 has curves in all the right places. The rear glass panel is also made of Gorilla Glass 5 and has tapered edges on all four sides of the glass.
The bottom of the rear is adorned with the Android One program logo, which helps Nokia achieve very quick software updates on this and many of the other smartphones in its portfolio.
The camera setup on the back looks very elegant and intriguing. We love that despite the phone having five cameras, Nokia managed to achieve this without a camera bump and have kept the thickness to a minimum.
The phone feels sturdy in-hand and its weight is well-distributed. The curve in the back glass offers a nice shape when holding the phone and the bevels around the frame add to this effect.
Display
The Nokia 8 got flack for having an outdated design with its 16:9 display and large bezels. The same could be said about the Nokia 9 not having an edge-to-edge screen or not using a hole-punch camera, but at the end of the day, it shouldn't concern Nokia since it still innovated with an in-display fingerprint scanner and a bright and colorful p-OLED screen.
The Nokia 9 has a 5.99-inch display with QHD+ resolution, great for seeing photos taken with the camera. We're excited to test the color accuracy modes and maximum brightness for the full review but at first look, this screen looked great when looking at it at an angle and there was no perceivable color shift.
The under display fingerprint is positioned a bit higher than on most other phones but it has worked well for the Nokia 9. The setup process takes a bit longer than usual - kind of remind us of the Galaxy S10 in this respect. But from our brief experience with it, once set up, it works quickly and reliably.
Software
Like many of Nokia's smartphones, the Nokia 9 will come with Android One out of the box, so you'll know you're going to get quick and timely updates. It's worth noting that carrier-specific versions might not receive updates just as quickly as those sold in the unlocked channel.
Nokia worked closely with Google so that the Google Photos app could natively understand how to support photos taken with the Nokia 9's five cameras. Google Photos will be able to adjust the focal point after taking the photo, adjust the amount of bokeh, and will be able to display the full-size RAW files - which are DNG.
Nokia also worked with Adobe to fully support editing RAW data from images taken on the Nokia 9. This can be done in the free mobile version of Adobe Lightroom. Interestingly, since Android One is all about a
Aside from the custom Nokia camera app, everything else is pretty much pure vanilla Android. Navigation is the same gesture "pill" as on the Pixel 3, Google Photos is the default gallery app - along with Google's other stock SMS and Dialer apps. You get the picture.
Performance
Yes, the Nokia 9 is powered by last year's Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. As a matter of fact, every image shot with the Nokia 9 uses information from all five cameras. The challenge for Nokia was to take full advantage of the chipset as much as possible in order to process images coming from all five cameras both quickly and efficiently so it doesn't run down the battery.
The Nokia 9 comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. This appears to be the only memory variant that will be available.
Camera
The Nokia 9's camera is the most exciting part about the Nokia 9. The five camera setup is aimed at photography enthusiasts. And this phone is made perfectly for those who like to tune their RAW photos in post processing - like opening up shadows, bringing back highlights, and applying just the right amount of sharpening.
All the cameras lenses have the same fixed focal length of 28mm. This camera doesn't have a wide angle camera, it doesn't have telephoto cameras, and it doesn't have any fancy shooting modes - this is a bit of a turn off as people expected the phone to have a set of lenses of different lengths - not unlike the Light L16 camera.
Instead, all five cameras are 12MP each and have f/1.8 aperture lenses: two of the cameras are RGB and the other three are monochrome. The images from all five (sometimes even a few photos per camera) are all stacked to produce a single image with a spectacular dynamic range - up to 12.4 stops of difference in light which is as much as a real large sensor camera.
Aside from letting 2.8x more light in due to the lack of a Bayer filter, the job of the B&W sensors is also to allow for a true monochromatic shooting mode rather than a mere desaturation of already color images.
The reason Nokia decided against telephoto and wide-angle lenses is because it allows to keep a slim profile of only 8mm for the phone without any camera bump. They also want photographers to treat this smartphone as if it was a real camera with a fixed prime lens. A prime lens is one that offers great image quality but a fixed focal length so there is no zooming in or out - to get the desired composition, you either move closer or further away.
Traditional dual cameras only keep the subject in focus and blur everything else regardless of its distance from the camera. Nokia says that its new setup can produce a depth map for more convincing defocusing which has a 12MP resolution across the full view and it also has up to 1200 layers of depth data (as opposed to only 10 on most phones) for a distance of up to 40m away from the camera. This means we should see much more realistic bokeh in photos, the blur would gradually be stronger the further that part of the scene is from the camera.
The depth information is stored within the photo so Google Photos will allow you to change the amount of defocusing after the fact.
If you were paying attention at the back, you must have spotted another circular sensor next to the five cameras - this is actually a 3D ToF camera and it's used to help in gathering depth data. It also allows you to use AR application such as virtual on-screen measurement tapes and such.
The Nokia 9 is smart enough to gauge when it is completely still such as on a tripod and will switch to longer shutter speeds in the dark (up to 10sec).
Nokia's Pro Camera UI offers full manual controls as well and it's even reminiscent of the one from the Nokia Lumia 1020 with the various wheels you can drag up and down to adjust your settings.
The UI here is simplified and it's no longer as overwhelming and shows only the currently adjusted setting on screen. Too bad the shortcuts of the controls are tiny and you have to reach across the screen each time you want to access them. The only thing we wish is that there was a physical two-stage shutter key which really would have pushed the camera experience to a whole new level.
We're truly excited for the future of computational photography but we're even more excited to see whether the Nokia 9 is the right stepping stone towards that or rather a side alley with a dead end.
The video recording part of the camera is not as exciting but Nokia has planned this to be first and foremost a photographer's camera.
The Nokia also has a front-facing 20MP F/1.8 camera. It supports Tetracell pixel binning so in low light situations it can combine four adjacent pixels into one producing 5MP images.
First impressions
We've become so critical about phones and their designs and size of their bezels in recent years that we like to nitpick about thick bezels and aesthetic design choices. While that is important to a certain extent, this phone isn't for the person who cares about aesthetic features. Remember, this phone has been in development for a long time so the design does look like it carries over from early-2018.
This camera won't have AR stickers or fancy shooting modes, but instead only focuses on taking photographs for the pure enjoyment of the art of photography. There aren't any special video shooting modes that take advantage of the five cameras, and that's okay - especially since Nokia is only asking for $699, which isn't too much by today's flagship pricing standards. It's a worthy alternative to the $799 Pixel 3 (non-XL).
We're starting to break through a barrier where smartphone photos are going to be completely indistinguishable from those shot with a DSLR and the Nokia 9 could be the first to achieve this. We can't wait to see the blind photo comparisons against a proper camera with real glass.
At first, we were concerned that HMD is pricing this phone far too low for what its offering. However, Nokia is thinking a few steps ahead since the Nokia 9 will have a limited production run. Once the units run out, Nokia may not be producing any more. The company hasn't revealed exactly how many units it will produce, but once they are gone - that's it.
If the Nokia 9's run is modeled after the Nokia 8, then we might expect a refreshed version of the Nokia 9 at some time in the future. As previously rumored, it would hopefully be one with 5G support and an updated Snapdragon 855 CPU. Even if there isn't a refreshed version after the Nokia 9 runs out, there is no way it will be the last we see of this camera technology from Nokia.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 was the biggest breakthrough in smartphone photography of its time. With cameras out now from the likes of Google and Huawei, we were skeptical about Nokia and whether it'd be able to raise the bar in smartphone photography. We have to say that we're blown away by this camera and are excited for what the future of smartphone optics has in store.
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