The world left the Nokia 9 PureView and its camera system behind, but after spending a weekend with it, I've fallen in love all over again.

We’re used to giant camera modules, periscope zooms, and 1-inch sensors taking up a third of the rear panel these days, and the Nokia 9 PureView’s insect-like look is jarring.

HMD Global, the Finnish company which owns the rights to use the Nokia brand for mobile phones, has launched a smartphone with an array of five camera lenses designed to appeal to camera enthusiasts.

Separately, Nokia said the first model using its new PureView camera technology will go on sale this month. It uses a Carl Zeiss sensor with 41 megapixels, significantly more than those in ...