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Nokia 9 PureView
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Fun five-camera phone with great RAW photos, but let down by an outdated chip.
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- Price when I covered it
- £400–900
- Featured in
- 7 videos · 2018–2025
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Huge dynamic range and editing flexibility
- Concept could work with modern hardware
- fantastic RAW images
- design
- fun to use
- RAW photos can be edited to bring out lots of dynamic range
What I didn't
- No ultrawide or zoom
- Buggy
- 10 seconds to process each photo
- Gets hot
- outdated chip
- no telephoto
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“But it wasn't a good phone.”
“the Nokia 9 is a lot of fun to use”
“i got a few shots of the inside as well as my edited versions which really bring out the best possible dynamic range”
“it is game changing the raw photo and what it allows you to do shouldn't be underestimated”
“generally speaking it works really well”
“crisp is the word I'd use”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
14:50I Tested the Weirdest Phones on the Internet.A buggy, slow and hot phone in practice, but its five-camera concept could become a game changer with modern chips and AI.
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0:21Top 20 BEST Smartphones of 2019.Fun five-camera phone with great RAW photos, but let down by an outdated chip.
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0:07What Nokia has REALLY been working on.Used throughout the trip to shoot RAW photos that he then edited to show how much detail they hold, in a Nokia-sponsored video.
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2:11Top 15 BEST Smartphones of 2019 (Mid Year).A flawed phone with slow camera processing, but he reaches for it for landscape shots and finds the five-camera setup intriguing.
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0:00Nokia 9 PureView - THIS is what FIVE Cameras can do.Impressive camera phone with excellent dynamic range and flexible RAW files, though the video is made in collaboration with Nokia and gives no real criticism.
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0:07Nokia 9 PureView UNBOXING!Rugged, clean-software phone with an unusual five-camera array that he found intriguing, though this partnered unboxing stops short of a full verdict.
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0:00Top 5 Upcoming Smartphones in 2018 / 2019Excited to see Nokia try something bold with a five-camera setup, though he notes more cameras do not guarantee better photos.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Camera nerd
“why do you need five cameras on the back of your phone”
▶ 0:00 - Actually innovative
“it is game changing the raw photo and what it allows you to do shouldn't be underestimated”
▶ 5:25 - Camera nerd
“the more cameras you have the more detail you can capture”
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