In the past, Nokia phones were known for high quality shooting and were one of the market leaders. Not least, this was due to the high-quality optics of the German company Zeiss. When was introduced to Nokia 6, and then Nokia 5 and Nokia 3, fans were interested, will appear in future devices optics Zeiss. There were rumors on the Web about this, but the company HMD Global, responsible now for the release of smartphones under the Nokia brand, flatly refused to comment on them. And now HMD Global announced a long-term cooperation with Zeiss in order to set new standards for shooting in the smartphone industry.
"HMD Global's cooperation with ZEISS to work on Nokia smartphones will surprise consumers with an innovative and quality approach to working with images. Our cooperation is based on many years of experience of joint work and we are together ready for the most daring innovations in the field of mobile photography, "said Dr. Matthias Metz, member of the board of Zeiss Group.
"Cooperation with ZEISS is an important step towards our goal - to create the best product for consumers. Our fans need not only an excellent smartphone camera, they need such experience with images that surpass their expectations and set new standards in this area. From us this is expected, and together with ZEISS we will achieve this - an unsurpassed quality for everyone ", - Arto Nummela, CEO, HMD Global.
Recall that Nokia has partnered with Zeiss since 2004. In 2005, the first Nokia N series phones with Zeiss optics appeared. Later it was used in smartphones Lumia with their camera PureView.
Of the well-known models, you can recall Nokia 808 PureView with a 41-megapixel camera and Lumia 1020 with a camera of the same resolution.
It is important to note that the cooperation between HMD Global and Zeiss is exclusive, therefore the optics of the German company will be used exclusively in Nokia devices. At the same time about the timing of the release of smartphones with optics Zeiss the company did not say anything. Perhaps the first will be the upcoming flagship from the Finnish company.