Camera:
With
Huge shoes to fill, looking at specs alone and the Nokia N9 trails
behind its older brother, the N8. The sensor's down from 12MP to 8MP while the Xenon flash has been dropped in favor of a dual LED flash.
That said, working in the Nokia N9's favour is the fixed minimum
aperture of f2.2 in contrast to the N8's f2.8, and the slightly wider
angled 26mm focal length.
Specs aside, and the performance of the Nokia N9 camera is very solid indeed.
Detail levels are good, dynamic range is respectable and color is for
the most part accurate, though at times the exposure and white balance
needs a helping hand. Our only niggle is in relation to the auto-focus
and the camera UI. The camera fires very quickly, sometimes before it
even get a chance to focus. This is both a blessing and a curse, with
quick capture but occasionally soft picture.Touch to focus also proved
unreliable, not playing nice in macro and locking occasionally, while
the UI is heavily menu driven. We would have liked shortcuts or an HTC
style corrections on the fly approach.
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We
managed to get some cracking atmospheric shots using this phone, with
macro shots getting decent depth of field while wider shots absorbed a
scene. That the Nokia N9 can handle noise pretty well really helps if
you're into your sunsets and nights out.
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Sadly, video capture doesn't deliver the quality we would have hoped for. With 720p recording,
it's already slightly behind the competition, however, the artifacting,
muted colours and shortage of clarity and detail are what stop the
Nokia N9's video output from complementing some rather impressive
optics. For casual video however, it is passable, and as you can see
from the clip, the touch to focus during the video itself tends to work
very well indeed.
This
firmly places the Nokia N9's camera in the upperechelon of still photo
snappers, however if video's your bag, watch our sample before
committing your hard earned cash.
Nokia N9 Sample Video:
Nokia N9 Sample Video:
Multimedia:
After
you've spent hours creating content, you'll want to consume it, and the
Nokia N9 has everything you'll need to do just that.
Starting with the music player
and Nokia have decided to lock everything into portrait orientation.
This works perfectly for one handed usage and keeps in-line with the
simplicity of the OS.The main screen offers you a 3x3 grid of recently
played album artwork in the upper half, while in the lower half are
standard playback options such as artist, album, songs, playlist and ovi
music. Playback quality is definitely above average, with impressive
volume and clarity. Tracks retained a good amount of bass as well,
giving the N9's audio output a nice rounded quality.
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Connectivity:
The
onboard penta-band 3G and quad-band GSM makes the Nokia N9 an ideal
phone for traveling – it is even usable in T-Mobile USA's 3G network.
The pre-installed Nokia maps
with GPS allow for free navigation. The handset also has your usual,
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, not to mention NFC which is something we don't see all
that often.
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Web browsing
is a very positive experience on the Nokia N9 thanks to a zippy browser
and intuitive interaction. Multi-touch pinch to zoom works a treat
while pages load quickly and are browsable while loading. The browser
doesn't support Flash, and this probably has a lot to do with the
smoothness of the experience, however you do get HTML 5 support.
The
Nokia N9 gives users the ability to easily tether Wi-Fi which we're
delighted to see. The GPS also works well, locking on when outdoors in a
matter of moments with the AGPS, and from cold in about 30 seconds.
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