The latest Nokia smartphone features five rear cameras, in a move meant to entice photography enthusiasts who want to do advanced editing.
Finnish company HMD Global, owners of the Nokia brand, launched the Nokia 9 PureView at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona last week.
The phone is distinguished by its five-lens array, arranged in a hexagonal shape on the back of the device. All five 12-megapixel cameras operate each time the user takes a photo, combining to produce one image with increased detail compared to those from other smartphone cameras.
This system becomes advantageous when photo editing. With more information in areas of light and shadow, users are afforded greater possibilities for post-production. They also gain more control over depth of field.
The effect is supposed to approximate the capabilities of a DSLR camera, minus the bulk.
"Today we use our heritage of innovation to take a bold step ? pioneering a truly innovative approach to imaging with the Nokia 9 PureView," said HMD chief product officer Juho Sarvikas. "We believe great experiences should be available to everyone."
The Nokia 9 PureView phone combines Zeiss lenses with technology developed by US company Light, which previously released a compact 16-lens camera called the L16.
Both products work on the same principle ? an algorithm picks the best base photo captured from the array, and then layers in the results from the other lenses to enrich the image.

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