HMD Global, the company behind the new Nokia smartphones, has now got the “PureView” trademark back from Microsoft. According to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) listing, the trademark ownership has now been transferred from Microsoft to HMD Global on August 23.

PureView debuted in the year 2012, when Nokia presented to the world the Nokia 808 PureView at Mobile World Congress 2012, a camera monster at that time, and still the phone with the biggest image sensor in the history of the mobile industry. Later, the PureView branding was applied to the Lumia 920, 1020, 1520, and later the Microsoft Lumia 950.

With ‘PureView’ now in the hands of HMD Global, we could see a Nokia smartphone with PureView branding in the near future. The Finnish company could also adopt PureView for the upcoming Nokia 9 flagship smartphone, but that’s just a speculation. There’s no official communication from the company regarding the usage of the PureView trademark.

Along with the PureView trademark, the company has also registered a new trademark for “Dual Sight” which we assume is for the Bothie feature of Nokia smartphones which enables users to take images from the rear as well as the front-facing camera at the same time.

HMD Global also owns a few other brands that Nokia had earlier introduced, including Asha and Xpress-On. The company has not used the Asha brand and the Xpress-On brand has been used only for the interchangeable back cover for Nokia 1 phone. Point being, HMD owning the PureView brand doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ll see it in the near future on a mobile device.

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We recently heard some speculation that HMD could use Light’s Penta-lens camera setup on its mobile devices, and maybe the PureView brand will debut with that Penta-lens device. PureView was about the best camera performance and if HMD Global decides to use the PureView brand, the company needs to make sure the phone features the best camera experience.

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Rumor has it that Nokia has a dual-camera flagship in the pipeline with a release date set for June. You might be wondering what features HMD Global will be putting on this flagship device? Will it have PureView or Carl Zeiss optics? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it will feature neither of the two.

When Microsoft acquired the rights to release phones under the Nokia name, they also purchased Nokia’s PureView Imaging Technology. Now that HMD is the new licensee, it has no rights to use it.

You might also be wondering what happened with Nokia’s other camera partner, Carl Zeiss. It turns out that Nokia is also done with them. This info was confirmed via the official Nokia Mobile twitter account but there was no reason attached to the response. But they do say they have “invested in excellent imaging solutions”.

Apart from the phone sporting dual camera lenses, it will also feature an all-metal design and a Snapdragon 835 processor. The source says this dual-camera flagship is different from the other Snapdragon 835 flagship also scheduled to be released later this year.

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Other differences between both devices asides the number of cameras are the RAM (4GB/6GB), screen size, camera pixel count (23MP or more) and pricing. The pricing for both devices are expected to be over ¥4000 (~$580) with the larger variant even being priced at over ¥4500 (~$652).

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Nokia has been unveiled their new flagship camera phone, Lumia 1020, this phone has a great camera feature since packs with 41 megapixel PureView camera technology. This technology first seen in the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian smartphone.

This is made possible by leading hardware technology combined with a new application called Nokia Pro Camera, which makes it easy for anyone to take professional quality images. Either before a picture is taken or after it has been shot, the zoom capability enables people to discover and then rediscover the personal stories each image can tell. With a beautiful interface that visually demonstrates how settings will affect the final photo or video, Nokia Pro Camera makes it easier than ever to capture, edit and share photos and videos with unrivaled clarity.

Using a new feature called dual capture, the Nokia Lumia 1020 simultaneously takes a high resolution 38 megapixel image for endless editing opportunities, and creates a 5 megapixel picture that is easy to share to social networks with Windows Phone 8.

The Nokia Lumia 1020’s 41 megapixel sensor features leading ZEISS optics with six physical lenses, plus optical image stabilization, delivering crystal clear pictures even in low light conditions. It also captures blur free videos with stereo sound even at the loudest concerts thanks to Nokia Rich Recording, which handles sound pressure levels six times louder than conventional smartphone microphones.

As you can expect, the Nokia 1020 is running Windows Phone operating system, Furthermore, CEO Stephen Elop announced new apps including one called Oggl Pro from Hipstamatic that will allow image uploads to Instagram.

The Lumia 1020 is also packs with Path, Vyclone, SNAPCAM, Panagraph, Yelp, CNN and Foursquare are just a few of the developers building unique applications for the Nokia Lumia 1020 with the new Nokia Imaging SDK. It was also announced that popular personal magazine Flipboard and popular video service Vine will also be coming to Windows Phone.

This phone will ships fisrt to Chinese market, but we don’t know about the price, accroding to news, the Lumia 1020 will available on July 26th.

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