HMD Global has announced four new Android smartphones, including the world’s first smartphone with a unique five camera array, the Nokia 9 PureView at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2919 in Barcelona, Spain, today. The company also introduces the Nokia 210, which is its most affordable internet enabled feature phone.
First 5-camera phone
Nokia 9 PureView features the world’s first five camera array with ZEISS Optics to put next generation computational imaging technology into the hands of advanced photography enthusiasts.
The phone takes all its pictures in HDR format, where its five cameras simultaneously capture the image and fuse it together into one 12MP photo with better dynamic range and depth of field.
Designed with the needs of photography enthusiasts at its heart, the Nokia 9 PureView also features the ability to capture images in uncompressed RAW “DNG” format and edit them directly on the phone yourself thanks to our partnership with Adobe Lightroom. It has been said that 50 percent of the art of photography is in post-production and users will have more opportunity to do so with the Nokia 9 PureView.
HMD Global CEO, Florian Seiche says, “We’ve had a phenomenal response from consumers to our entire portfolio, thanks to our unique approach to Android, delivering a pure, secure and always up-to-date experience. We have delivered on this commitment, changing the smartphone ownership paradigm by offering an experience that only gets better over time. Today, with these new phones, we are taking a leap forward by delivering the very latest innovations from Google across our entire portfolio.”
Voice power
Voice assistant will be the next big thing in mobile usage, and Nokia smartphones bring the fastest way to access the Google Assistant with the dedicated Google Assistant button – starting with the new Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2. Besides the Nokia 9 PureView, HMD also launched Nokia 1 Plus, a brand-new member of the Android (Go edition) smartphone family and Nokia 210, a new addition to its feature phone family.
HMD’s chief product officer, Juho Sarvikas says Nokia uses its heritage of innovation to take a bold step - pioneering a truly innovative approach to imaging with the Nokia 9 PureView.
“And we believe great experiences should be available to everyone, which is why we are bringing cutting-edge experiences like the stunning design, the best of Google including the dedicated Google Assistant button, and great imaging and display technology, to the most accessible price points yet. And all this comes with all the craftsmanship and durability you’d expect from a Nokia smartphone. And with our Android promise delivering a pure, secure and up-to-date experience, we ensure that your phone gets better over time,” he says.
The Google Assistant button will revolutionise the way you engage with your smartphone.
Simply press once for instant access to the Google Assistant to get things done throughout your day, such as getting directions, making calls, listening to music and getting answers to your questions faster than ever before. Double press to receive a visual overview of your day from the Google Assistant with intelligent suggestions and personalised information, including transport info, and what you have in your calendar to make sure you never miss a meeting again. By long pressing the button, you will activate a walkie-talkie mode, which lets the Google Assistant listen to you until you release it for long sentence queries.
Android One
Having Android One on board, HMD guarantees three years of monthly security updates and two years of OS updates, delivering a range of Nokia smartphones that offer the latest Android experience which only gets better over time.
Each phone will have the latest AI-powered innovations to the built-in security protection of Google Play Protect. With a pure Android installation, Nokia smartphones come with no unnecessary UI changes or hidden processes that would eat up battery life or slow them down, so you can enjoy your new phone for longer. Each of the new phones comes with a limited number of pre-installed apps so that you get more storage space, as well as the latest innovations that help you stay ahead of the game every day.
Enterprise-ready
Nokia smartphones feature one of the most diverse portfolios of Android Enterprise Recommended handsets, from Nokia 9 PureView to Nokia 3.2. The Android Enterprise Recommended programme gives enterprise customers confidence that all smartphones validated by the programme have been approved by Google for meeting objective business standards, which includes an elevated set of specifications for hardware, software, deployment, security updates and user experience.