HMD Global: Nokia 9 PureView

2019

Hacking a fingerprint scanner with gum

On April 21, 2019, a Twitter user under the pseudonym decodedpixe posted a video in which he showed how to hack the Nokia 9 PureView fingerprint scanner through chewing gum packaging.

Users who left comments on this video noted that it is possible to remove the Nokia flagship phone from the lock in various ways, including another person's fingerprint, coin, leather glove, a piece of foil, etc.

HMD Global did not comment on the weak protection of the Nokia 9 PureView from hacking. Users suggested that the vulnerability is associated with an update to the Android operating system.

Nokia 9 PureView not only became the first smartphone with five cameras, but also the first in the lineup of the manufacturer received a subscreen fingerprint scanner. However, problems arose with the latter - he worked too slowly and often refused to recognize the owner. The manufacturer tried to fix it with a software update: it accelerated the operation of the fingerprint sensor, but made it too sensitive. The scanner began to respond to unregistered prints and various objects.

Nokia fingerprint scanner opened the input to everyone after updating firmware

Until the manufacturer responded to the problem, the owners of Nokia 9 PureView should use digital or graphic code to protect personal information stored in the phone.

The optical fingerprint scanners built into the displays began to appear in smartphones in 2018. The first generation of such sensors works thanks to a small photomatrix and illuminating diodes that allow you to create a picture of the print. Using subscreen sensors, it is easier to unlock devices, but they do not work as quickly and accurately as capacitive scanners, since they allow you to create only a two-dimensional, and not three-dimensional model of the print.^[1]

Announcement

On February 26, 2019, the official announcement of the flagship smartphone Nokia 9 PureView, equipped with five cameras, took place. He became the first such in the market.

Five Zeiss optics cameras located at the back simultaneously capture the image and combine it into one 12-megapixel photo. Each snapshot is created in HDR format. The device also allows you to capture images in uncompressed RAW "DNG" format and edit them directly on the phone. In the process of processing artificial intelligence technology, 1200 levels of depth of sharpness are distinguished and allow you to change the focus point on an already finished photo.

All five camera modules in Nokia 9 PureView have a resolution of 12 MP, two of them are colored and two are monochrome

Among other features of a system of the Nokia 9 PureView cameras the shooting option with endurance to ten seconds is mentioned. Also, the novelty is able to record video in 4K with an HDR effect at a frequency of 30 k/s. The manufacturer claims that the device is aimed at photographers and takes into account their needs. A contract has been signed with Adobe and Lightroom will be installed on devices to edit snapshots.

Nokia 9 PureView the pOLED screen with a diagonal of 5.99 inches and with a resolution of 2880 x 1440 pixels got, the subscreen dactyloscopic sensor

The phone has a six-inch screen, runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, it has 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of permanent memory. The battery capacity is 3320 mAh.

In a pOLED screen with a resolution of 2880 x 1440 pixels, an optical fingerprint sensor is built in, and the smartphone can also be charged using Qi wireless chargers. There are 3 microphones and monodynamics, as well as support for the Qualcomm aptX wireless sound standard.  

The tube weighs 172 g with dimensions of 155 x 75 x 8 mm. The smartphone runs the Android 9 Pie operating system in the reference version of Android One.^[2]

Comparison of Nokia 9 PureView with competitors, TAdviser data

Nokia 9 PureView will go on sale in the second quarter of 2019. The cost of the product in Russia will be 50 thousand rubles.

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