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The Next Nokia Smartphone Will Feature Unique 5-Camera Setup

myrtlebee said:
One camera is enough for me.
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Despite the thread title, there is only one camera which happens to have five lenses.

Any old school SLR user will tell you that five lenses with varying focal lengths is about the minimum reasonable kit for a photographer facing various situations from action to portraits to landscapes.

Given the additional restriction of miniscule lens size on smartphone cameras, multiple lenses are an astute engineering design decision.
 
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Nokia Why stop at 5 cameras? Hell, lets just make a camera array on the whole backside of the phone?
Maybe by the time the iPhone XXs Edition Pro Plus is released Apple will adopt a 10 camera design and then what?

This is stupid. All these tech companies are like children bragging about their crap "We'll mines got this and ah that and ah can do this....ooh ooh and ah..." seriously... where is this fine line between innovation and absurdity?

Im all for being competitive but i just see this as being a miss before it even gets started.

Despite my view and how super silly this sounds, I am curious to see how this will look and work at the same time.
 
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The camera in the iPhone XS are estimated to cost 50$. Spending enough to put 6 cameras on a phone seems kind of silly. If users need more image quality, they might be better served with a dedicated camera. The two cameras on the back of the iPhone was more than enough as it is. I rarely use the zoom camera.
 
jecowa said:
The camera in the iPhone XS are estimated to cost 50$. Spending enough to put 6 cameras on a phone seems kind of silly. If users need more image quality, they might be better served with a dedicated camera. The two cameras on the back of the iPhone was more than enough as it is. I rarely use the zoom camera.
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I Could not agree more..
 
This phone looks great and will definitely consider it for my next Android phone!! However I do carry my DSLR around whenever I want to (or think I may want to) take photos, and I hardly ever take photos with my phone unless it’s a quick thing that doesn’t need to look good.
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Populus said:
Which camera do I have to look at?
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Look at the phone? I think that’s what I would do.
 
FSMBP said:
First Android phone that is tempting me to leave Apple. Never thought I’d say that ever.

Fingerprint reader, design and camera system look amazing.
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To me, hardware is superficial. It’s about the software experience, Android doesn’t deliver here, if it does for you and you can willingly leave the continual iOS support and Apple’s unparalleled security, those are two things I would consider first. I see quite a few members say they will abandon Apple, then they transition android, which they usually come back to the iPhone eventually.
 
I love how most people here don't have any idea how cameras work, and why the new Nokia 5 is fantastic news especially for photographers... :)

Btw, Nokia is going to be big again soon. 5G is coming.

(HMD is just next to the actual old Nokia home offices, just a hint of what's to come... And Apple keeps paying Nokia royalties for its tech.)
 
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If combining the output of 5 small mobile cameras into one image gives a much better more detailed image that a single lens, then I'm 100% in favor of this.
I'm not going to say it's stupid as it looks funny, if the results are excellent, then it's a good design.
 
The current iPhone has the optimal camera for its size. This concludes the chapter.
I don't think you can get much more out of it.

Unfortunately DJI (instead of Apple) has now taken the next logical step: The "DJI Osmo Pocket" is a horny thing. It was immediately sold out worldwide for the Christmas business. Quite rightly so. Together with an old iPhone (e.g. SE) you have a fantastic film/photo equipment. DJI is now just as professional as Apple, it's a tragedy that Apple didn't buy this Chinese company in time when it might still have been possible.

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Hopefully, Apple's mindless marketing will not be competing for more lenses, but will be guided back on track by Apple's former technology leaders. The development of meaningful things such as FaceID monitors (Mac mini) and other simple but effective technical implementations made Apple famous. Not the race to compete in display size, gimmicks, wristband color and edge roundness.

As threatening as the market saturation in the iPhone sector is, there is hope that Apple will come to its senses again and no longer let itself be distracted by marketing games, but will again develop new hardware and intuitive software, they were the best.
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MogwaiX said:
I love how most people here don't have any idea how cameras work, and why the new Nokia 5 is fantastic news especially for photographers... :)

Btw, Nokia is going to be big again soon. 5G is coming.

(HMD is just next to the actual old Nokia home offices, just a hint of what's to come... And Apple keeps paying Nokia royalties for its tech.)
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It's not my problem that you have stocks of Nokia
 
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First it was size i.e. the smaller the better. Then it was physical, sliding keyboards. Then it was touch screens. Then it was size again i.e. the bigger the better. Now cameras? Even professional cameras only have one lens. All gimmicks nowadays. Nothing really innovative. How about something that works ALL THE TIME, simple to use, great reception, durable and not a hassle to carry around?
 
I thought I clicked on the wrong website. This is MAC RUMORS right?

I mean the iPhone coverage is fine and fantastic, but a whole story on Nokia is like doing a whole story on Microsoft's next Windows computers. Off topic. The moderators here often criticize posts as being off topic, but clearly this shows they have the same problem. :(

To be fair, a testing comparison of this Nokia against iPhones would be fine, but this is overkill. And didn't Nokia once have a 50mp camera that still wasn't as good as iPhone's?
 
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brofkand said:
Interesting, though I have to say I wish Nokia would go back to the excellent single cameras they used to offer with the Xeon flash on their high end phones. Some of them even had a zoom.
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Are you talking about this 2018 Windows phone from Nokia?
 
Morgenland said:
The current iPhone has the optimal camera for its size. This concludes the chapter.
I don't think you can get much more out of it.

Unfortunately DJI (instead of Apple) has now taken the next logical step: The "DJI Osmo Pocket" is a horny thing. It was immediately sold out worldwide for the Christmas business. Quite rightly so. Together with an old iPhone (e.g. SE) you have a fantastic film/photo equipment. DJI is now just as professional as Apple, it's a tragedy that Apple didn't buy this Chinese company in time when it might still have been possible.

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Hopefully, Apple's mindless marketing will not be competing for more lenses, but will be guided back on track by Apple's former technology leaders. The development of meaningful things such as FaceID monitors (Mac mini) and other simple but effective technical implementations made Apple famous. Not the race to compete in display size, gimmicks, wristband color and edge roundness.

As threatening as the market saturation in the iPhone sector is, there is hope that Apple will come to its senses again and no longer let itself be distracted by marketing games, but will again develop new hardware and intuitive software, they were the best.
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It's not my problem that you have stocks of Nokia
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I do. I bought most of my stocks when Nokia was 1,436€. Right now it's 4,933€, so yeah. I'm happy.

Sold my last Apple stocks before christmas. It seems like it was a good idea. Prestock -12,15% today.
 
MogwaiX said:
I do. I bought most of my stocks when Nokia was 1,436€. Right now it's 4,933€, so yeah. I'm happy.

Sold my last Apple stocks before christmas. It seems like it was a good idea. Prestock -12,15% today.
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What you hold is to defend. Well done.
 
bobob said:
Despite the thread title, there is only one camera which happens to have five lenses.

Any old school SLR user will tell you that five lenses with varying focal lengths is about the minimum reasonable kit for a photographer facing various situations from action to portraits to landscapes.

Given the additional restriction of miniscule lens size on smartphone cameras, multiple lenses are an astute engineering design decision.
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How would that work? A full frame sensor behind that 5-lens arrangement? Every lens has its own sensor and is essentially a separate camera entity.

Also, zoom lenses have become increasingly better. Sigma "trio" (14-24, 24-70, 70-200) should just about cover you. no need for 5 primes...

Also comparing a professional SLR photographer to a casual phone camera? Phone at its size is not a full-camera replacement, its a compact portable replacement, and those were always single-lens superzooms...
 
Probably my next (and first Android based) smartphone. Sorry Apple but you've been really dropping the ball last couple of years.
 
I’ve been waiting for this to be announced - I might pick one up if it’s £800 or less, I’ve little interest in the Xs at the price they’re charging or even the Xr which offers little of any meaning to me over an 8 plus. Nokia have always put out interesting designs and hardware is usually top class, I’m glad they’ve come back fighting!
 
yossi said:
Introducing the iPhone XI-6 - six cameras, zero headphone ports. Pure bravery.
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Schiller’s word you’re teasing was courage, not bravery. And make fun of it all you like, but a whole bunch of smartphones, including Google’s, HTC’s, Huawei’s, and Xiaomi’s, are now copying Apple’s removal of the headphone jack.
 
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