HMD Global recently introduced Nokia 9 PureView at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 and it is already available for purchase in the United States. Now the smartphone has received its first software update.
The announcement was made by HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas on Twitter. The tweet reads “I’m also super excited! We will Over-The-Air you new SW Monday US time. Has ton of updates on image quality tuning. Please update before finalizing your review”.
The new update for Nokia 9 PureView is rolled out over-the-air and it brings the latest March Android Security Patch to the phone. The update is only available in the US right now.
The software update is around 282MB in size and it brings software update to Android Pie 9 V4.19A. Beyond the March Android Security patch, the update also brings a series of camera enhancements, system stability improvements and user interface enhancements to the phone.
Nokia 9 PureView is the world’s first smartphone to feature five cameras at the rear. HMD has partnered with Zeiss for its new penta-camera setup. The setup consists of five 12-megapixel Sensors out of which three are monochromatic lenses and two are RGB sensors. The company claims that each camera is controlled individually and all the cameras can take photos simultaneously to offer high dynamic range. For the front, there is a 20-megapixel front-facing camera.
In terms of specifications, the Nokia 9 PureView is backed by a 5.99-inch pOLED QHD display with HDR support. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Processor along with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor as well. The phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie and it runs on 3320mAh battery with Qi wireless charging support. On the connectivity front, it supports 4G VoLTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, AGPS, GLONASS, NFC and USB Type-C port. The phone measures 155 x 75 x 8 mm and weighs 172 grams.