Nokia 9 PureView TA-1082 128GB Smartphone GSM ONLY (Factory Unlocked, Midnight Blue) - US Warranty

Update July 2020 - after the May 2020 Nokia and Android update the device is finally stable under Android 10. No improvement to speak of for fingerprint scanning or photo processing speed, however overall it's still a solid handset with a design which I still hate having to hide in a case to protect...Ok, I bought this knowing all about the device.I'm a big fan of the design, I'm not into notches or curved screens, and the Nokia 9 delivers in this area without doubt. A stunning display with nothing to moan about except curved corners...could be worse!The camera does take excellent photos, even the auto mode gives stunning and highly detailed results. Lightroom can bring things out from raw files that you might it need to worry about, but this option is a nice extra. If Nokia bring out a night mode it will be welcome, as auto mode isn't the best here - however, monochrome shots at night are surprisingly good.Battery life is good but nothing amazing. If you use the camera heavily, it will drain as you watch though 🤔And the fingerprint scanner... probably the most talked about issue with this device. For me, it's pretty good. It has its moments, but if you can learn pressure and the position needed, it works better than I expected, for both unlocking and within apps that allow for fingerprint security. I did have all current updates installed before setting up the scanner, so all Nokia 'fixes' were installed.Overall, for the current price of £449, it's almost a steal. A superb set of specs for a price that finally tempted me away from my two year old Nokia 8.

Too many reviews of mid range phones focus on what you don't get - and is written by tech writers who get to play with phones, but don't necessarily use them as daily drivers. A lot of us don't play advance 3d games. We only want good quality snapshots of our family when we are out, and we don't expect to be able to take a shower with our phones. I really like this phone. It is almost a third of the price compared to the latest and greatest by the big names - this is what the phone gives me:A flagship feel: The screen quality, responsiveness and glass back all makes it feel even more like a flagship than my previous pixel phones did.Vanilla Android: The experience is fast and responsive due to no bloarware or skin on top of the Android one system.Security: Monthly security updates for 3 years. OS updates for two. (Better than I ever received on my Huawei Flagship.)Photos: It takes a very good photo in good light. The background blur is very natural due to the 5 cameras. Low light photos are not too bad either. It does not have night sight. I did not use it when I had access to it as it changes the scene from night to almost day. And you have to keep still, so not ideal for taking photos of people.Battery: not better or worse than similar phones. (To be honest, because it is Android one, I think it last a bit better than my previous phone.All in all, amazing value for money. Nokia phones are (apparently) built by foxcon who were involved with apple as well. The phone feels well built and should last. I will probably not buy a flagship again. (Especially now that Google are also limiting the new OS features to the latest phones as well. More phones are offered on three year contracts in order to make them affordable but you only have a bit more than a year to enjoy the latest OS features.)

Let down by the worst implementation of an in-screen fingerprint sensor imaginable. I've used the OnePlus 6T, the Huawei P30 and the Samsung Galaxy S10, all of which aren't perfect but produce a success rate around 90-95%. The Nokia 9 is dreadful. Even after the first update it still refuses to unlock and just keeps prompting to press harder before giving up with a "too many attempts" message. Photos also take far too long to process. It is however capable of producing some fantastic shots, especially in monochrome, but it's far too inconsistent. I'm sure the camera can and will be improved by software updates but the broken fingerprint scanner is a deal breaker.

To get the obvious issue out of the way, this phone is not for people who want an instant photo which can be shared within 1 second of taking it. I despair when I hear popular YouTubers stating that it takes "forever" (i.e. ten seconds) for the five images to be combined into one and processed into a JPEG. What's the urgency?It takes great JPEGs but you get the best out of it by playing with the RAW file in Adobe Lightroom. This takes very little time but the results give my Sony RX100 III a run for its money, and in most cases the Nokia pictures have better dynamic range.I've given on the fingerprint scanner and resent the lack of a headphone jack (hence one star removed) but love the fact that the phone has a flat screen with no notch and doesn't turn nighttime shots into daytime shots. Fashion victims beware!I've only had the phone for ten days but am so glad I bought it (for half the price of a flagship phone from other manufacturers) and really hope that they continue to develop the technology.

Well I've had the Nokia 9 PureView for less than a week, my old Nokia 930's screen died and I'm now looking to get it repaired!! Nokia decided to go with Android, my 1st experience of it and my last, I don't want to be bludgeoned permanently by Google trying to get me buy this or that app. I don't want them to tell me to login to my network, not that I've been able to add my email address to this device yet! I really don't want to us GMail ..... The phone itself I find is battery hungry, the finger print option is laughable, the way Android presents the screen is tiring. The camera is good though....but of little use to me as I own cameras already! I did try and get the Nokia 8, before I realised Android is crap, but no one seems to have one in stock so I went for the 9. People moaned about Windows phones but I never had any trouble with mine, the lack of apps didn't really concern me but best of all IT WASN'T HACKED !!!!So I will probably have to suffer this phone for a couple of more weeks while the 930 is repaired then I'll try and sell it or bin it!!