Nokia 9 PureView Tipped to Be Launched During The Last Week of January 2019

One of the longest awaited flagship smartphones in history has to be the Nokia 9 PureView. Ever since HMD Global started making handsets under the Nokia name people have been anxiously anticipating the company’s first true contender for the top of the line space. And now we may actually be only one month away from the official unveiling of the Nokia 9.

The Nokia 9 is supposedly becoming official during the last week of January. If this pans out, it means HMD Global will be holding a separate event for the reveal, away from both CES and MWC.

The Nokia 9 PureView was expected to arrive quite some time ago, back in September, as the Nokia 8 launched back in September last year. Well, that did not happen, obviously, and a reason for that is a delay initiated by HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer (CPO), Juho Sarvikas, at least based on reports.

Mr. Sarvikas actually delayed the release of the phone several times, and managed to anger some of the company’s employees by doing so, but he did not feel like the device is ready to be released.

In the meantime, HMD Global managed to acquire rights to use the “PureView” branding, which will allegedly be included in the phone’s name in the end, even though the original name of the device was supposed to be the “Nokia 9”.

The latest delay of its launch allegedly came because the phone’s cameras are not as good as they’re supposed to be, which could have something to do with the inclusion of the PureView technology, which takes time to implement properly

The Nokia 9 was previously found to have a notch-less display and as many as five camera sensors. It is also likely to carry a Zeiss logo alongside the PureView branding.

A render hinting at the launch schedule of the Nokia 9 PureView has been leaked by a Russian tipster who uses a aew twitter account.

The render shows an image that matches the recent concept image of the Nokia 9. Further, it shows “one month” in the text, suggesting the launch date somewhere in the last week of January.

As we mentioned, an earlier report citing an HMD Global executive had claimed the reason for the delayed launch was due to production issues with camera, and that the smartphone would be launched in early 2019.

The image of the Nokia 9 featured in the leaked render shows a large selfie camera and the notch-less display panel that has thin bezels on the left and right sides. Further, the smartphone appears to have a glass and metal sandwich design.

If we look at some of the past reports, the Nokia 9 PureView will come with Zeiss branded five camera sensors at the back that will be positioned in a circular form, along with an LED flash and a proximity-detecting dual-sensor.

The handset is also speculated to come with a 6-inch display, 8GB RAM, and 256GB onboard storage.

Initial reports claimed that the Nokia 9 PureView will debut with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. However, HMD Global could pick the next-generation, Snapdragon 855 SoC to attract the customers looking for a new flagship handset.

The Nokia 9 could come with single and dual-SIM options and sport a curved display design. It could also have an in-display fingerprint sensor since its back panel is likely to be made of glass material. Moreover, the smartphone is so far rumoured with the codename “Olympic”.