After recent revelations that Nokia is shipping user data to the Chinese government, despite this being a device in the Androidone family, I've lost interest in purchasing another Nokia, but I'm still curious how this device stacks up against the Pixel 3 for example.
amen to that, hell with the size of battery they seem to either want to stay at or w/e they should start equipping the phones with built in battery with their own dedicated dynamo to keep it charged or like them old cameras that have no batteries just using the load film wheel charges capacitor enough to "flash" line up X of these amd sure would work fine, cannot be any worse than a bunch of friggen camera lenses lol
Battery life isn't too bad. Mine lasts the weekend without needing a recharge including some light gaming. The biggest issue for me is that no one makes a decent wallet case. Terrapin's doesn't fit well and blocks wireless charging. The rest look like cheap rubbish so far. The jury is out on the camera but the raw images are far better than the jpegs which are over-sharpened.
Battery life is decent. Went without charging the other night and battery was at 75% after two days, albeit I'm a very light user. RAW files are amazing - the dynamic range and highlight retention are unlike any other smartphone, approaching m43/lesser APS-C cameras. However, you give up focal length diversity and adjustable aperture compared to the S10. Low light is unimpressive, and the OOC JPEGs are rubbish (oversharpened, too much microcontrast). I don't recommend this phone to anyone unless they know they want that DR, because there are smartphones with better, more general-purpose cameras (S10, P30 Pro). I happen to love it, but there are too many warts (flaky fingerprint scanner, no shutter button, slow RAW processing) for a general recommendation.
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Infy2 - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
Any chance AT will review the phone and its camera in particular?boozed - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
I want to know if Light's camera and processing tech is still... oddniva - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
I'm also interested in a detailed review.After recent revelations that Nokia is shipping user data to the Chinese government, despite this being a device in the Androidone family, I've lost interest in purchasing another Nokia, but I'm still curious how this device stacks up against the Pixel 3 for example.
prisonerX - Friday, March 29, 2019 - link
There was no such revelation, you're delusional.PeachNCream - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
Spiders everywhere are impressed by the cameras, but not me. The entire back should be covered in cameras and it should have a trifold screen inside.bENDEJO - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
Well done, good sir.MrMaestro - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
I'm getting a lotus flower pod vibe from the camera array and it creeps me out.JeffFlanagan - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
That means you have tryptophobia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia
Pinn - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
More razors. More MP. More!Sttm - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
2018's best design!Oh wait...
nicolaim - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - link
This actually seems quite appealing; too bad there's no audio jack nor microSD card slot :(Beaver M. - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
Eh, so finally a phone again with plane cameras, even though it has 6 of them, but they dont put the LED in plane???I just cant anymore...
Irata - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
They really should stop calling them smartphones and instead call them smart cameras.Not saying this is a bad thing, just a more accurate name.
Dragonstongue - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
amen to that, hell with the size of battery they seem to either want to stay at or w/e they should start equipping the phones with built in battery with their own dedicated dynamo to keep it charged or like them old cameras that have no batteries just using the load film wheel charges capacitor enough to "flash" line up X of these amd sure would work fine, cannot be any worse than a bunch of friggen camera lenses lolDragonstongue - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
all that wonderful stuff backed by a battery barely above phones in a box for a bargain if you act now ^.^BedfordTim - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
Battery life isn't too bad. Mine lasts the weekend without needing a recharge including some light gaming.The biggest issue for me is that no one makes a decent wallet case. Terrapin's doesn't fit well and blocks wireless charging. The rest look like cheap rubbish so far. The jury is out on the camera but the raw images are far better than the jpegs which are over-sharpened.
Voldenuit - Thursday, March 28, 2019 - link
Battery life is decent. Went without charging the other night and battery was at 75% after two days, albeit I'm a very light user.RAW files are amazing - the dynamic range and highlight retention are unlike any other smartphone, approaching m43/lesser APS-C cameras. However, you give up focal length diversity and adjustable aperture compared to the S10. Low light is unimpressive, and the OOC JPEGs are rubbish (oversharpened, too much microcontrast).
I don't recommend this phone to anyone unless they know they want that DR, because there are smartphones with better, more general-purpose cameras (S10, P30 Pro). I happen to love it, but there are too many warts (flaky fingerprint scanner, no shutter button, slow RAW processing) for a general recommendation.