Nokia PureView is the branding of a combination of technologies used in cameras of Nokia-branded smartphones and previously, in phones by Microsoft Mobile. PureView was first introduced with the Nokia 808 PureView.

Hardware

PureView cameras have on-chip

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s that perform

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with

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, allowing additional digital zoom, and reduced noise compared to a typical smartphone camera. Both are combined with xenon flash, a

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HD video camera, and high-resolution Zeiss all- aspherical 1-group lenses. Unlike the Nokia 808, the Nokia Lumia 1020 — along with other Lumia PureView smartphone cameras — possesses

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, which became standard in Lumia PureView bundling. The Nokia 808 does, however, compensate with its own exclusive camera-complementing media features, such as Micro

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TV-out, and built-in video editing.

History

Following the acquisition of the Nokia Devices & Services division by

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, the U.S. software company acquired the PureView name and trademark, but not the related imaging technology, which remained with Nokia, who, as a result, licensed it to Microsoft. Since Microsoft's ownership, the technology has only been used in their late-2015 flagship Lumia 950. In late August 2018, HMD Global reportedly acquired the ownership of the PureView trademark and related assets not under Nokia ownership. On 24 February 2019, HMD Global, the exclusive licensee of Nokia-branded phones, launched the Nokia 9 PureView at the 2019

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in Barcelona. On 19 March 2020, HMD Global announced the Nokia 8.3 5G, which is said to feature a 64MP PureView Quad-Camera System with

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Optics. The Nokia X30 5G was announced on 2 September 2022 with PureView technology, but the ZEISS lens is absent due to HMD Global ending its partnership with Carl Zeiss AG. The X30 features a 50 MP main sensor, which is the same as the Samsung Galaxy S22.

Reception

At its initial debut with the Nokia 808 PureView, the PureView camera was acknowledged by critics as one of the most advanced smartphone cameras in the market. Critics also said it made devices bulky and heavy, and that the low-resolution screen on the 808 PureView made appreciating the camera's capabilities much harder. Nokia was given several awards for the release of its PureView camera, including the TIPA Best Imaging Innovation award in 2012.

Models

* Nokia 808 PureView ( Symbian Belle) * Nokia Lumia 920 (

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) * Nokia Lumia 925 (Windows Phone 8) * Nokia Lumia 928 (Windows Phone 8) * Nokia Lumia Icon (Windows Phone 8) * Nokia Lumia McLaren ( Windows Phone 8.1) * Nokia Lumia 830 (Windows Phone 8.1) * Nokia Lumia 930 (Windows Phone 8.1) * Nokia Lumia 1020 (Windows Phone 8) * Nokia Lumia 1520 (Windows Phone 8) * Nokia 9 PureView ( Android One based on Android Pie 9.0) * Nokia 8.3 5G ( Android One based on Android 10) * Nokia X30 5G (

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)

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Hardware

History

Reception

Models

See also

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