I am looking into purchasing the Nokia 9 Pureview. But I have read more negative issues than positives. Until the latest update.
The July update (ver 4.27C) supposedly included performance updates to the fingerprint sensor and the processing of photos.
May I ask anyone if the actual speed of the fingerprint sensor and processing of photos has improved incrementally (maybe 2x better), much much better (3x or more faster) or the improvements is almost non-existent?
Any thoughts and comments please?
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The fingerprint sensor is simply slow to react and more often than not you get the message "could not read the print" or "you have to push harder".
I've stopped to use the fingerprint sensor altogether and switched to face-unlock, which works pretty well and reliable.
The performance of the camera is quite ok, especially when shooting in Pro mode and if you know how to work the settings.
But - the start-up speed of the camera is inferior to pretty much any phone I know (and which is used in my family); switching the modes within the camera app is also painstakingly slow and the processing time of the photos is also pretty slow, even when shooting jpg
Yes, i am aware that the N9PV hast to process the data of 5 lenses, still, the performance is simply not up to a flagship device.
Nevertheless, the N9PV is a decent phone and a good day-to-day rocker, but the if your main focus is on the fingerprint sensor and the camera then I'd say there are better phones around...
Face unlock is also unreliable.
Camera speed isn't a big issue but changing modes is incredibly slow.
There is a focus bug if you use motion pictures which means the video is in focus but the picture is often not.
It would seem the July updates did not helped a lot with the fingerprint sensor and processing of photos speed. And even worse the camera bootup and changing of modes is a deal breaker to possibly almost all of us who owns a smartphone in the year 2019.
If Nokia/HMD Global is like this in 2019 and is not pro-active in resolving software issues then I would rather go to a company that does take things seriously in this department albeit slow with updates.
The processing of the camera got a little faster. But, if the battery is less than 40% it usually takes 3-5 minutes for a photo. I could handle that if it took good pictures. But, it struggles to out do my four year old Lumia 950 XL. My six year old Lumia 1020 is better in low light than it is. You'd also need a tripod if it's dark out because there's no stabilization (pictures come out blurry without a tripod in low light).
Honestly, aside from how beautiful and fascinating the phone looks (the camera design is awesome), it's not a flagship in my opinion. I was looking forward to this phone and it let me down big time.
After all the comments I have decided to erase the 9 Pureview from my choices of phones and instead switch interest to a Nokia 8.1 or a Moto G7 Plus which currently are my next top choices.
Thoughts?
I've found the face unlock to be OK. The finger print reader is laughable. Only last week was I talking to someone who was interested in the phone, with all the negatives I had to offer I think they're having to think long and hard about what they want.
.of you love photography and not just shot impressive photos go for it..if you don't go for xiaomi...
My decision remains. Trying for a Nokia 8.1. or Moto G7 Plus.