Nokia 9 PureView puts five cameras on the back

Three cameras? Four? Nokia's five cameras aren't for zoom... they're for depth-sensing and HDR.

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Feb. 24, 2019 7:30 a.m. PT

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Nokia 9 PureView puts five cameras on the back of the phone

Mobile World Congress has plenty of odd phones. HMD Global's anticipated Nokia 9 PureView aims to win the rear-of-the-phone camera war with five cameras. But unlike most other phones, these are for depth-sensing, bokeh and HDR, not zoom.

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Nokia 9 PureView

The cameras also use computational photography tech from Light, the same company that made a crazy 16-lens camera of its own.

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Nokia 9 PureView

The $699 phone (roughly converting to £535 and AU$980) will be a limited edition device this year.

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Nokia 9 PureView

Keep clicking through to see more photos of the phone. For more on the Nokia 9, read our full story. Or, check out the rest of the phones at Mobile World Congress.