Should competition worry about the latest from Nokia? Airtel is offering cashback of Rs. 2,000 on purchase of the phone under the Mera Pehla Smartphone initiative.
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Lastly, HMD Global announced its first 2018 flagship smartphone- the Nokia 8 Sirocco. In addition to the rumored Nokia 6 (2018), the company is also planning to unveil Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco.
– The Nokia 8 Sirocco spiritually takes on last year’s OnePlus 5T, Galaxy S8 and Pixel 2, to name a few. While we may not be getting kernel sources any time soon, there finally is a way to unlock the bootloader of the new Nokia devices.
Nokia 7 Plus comes with a 6-inch full-HD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) IPS display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, and Corning Gorilla Glass. The display is not of 18:9 ratio, which most of the smartphones follow in these days. However, the display quality is decent and touch response is also good. We will be doing an in-depth deep dive for the review of the phone.
Nokia 9 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. The smartphone has an internal storage of 32GB; the storage can be expanded up to 128GB through a MicroSD card. However, it sure looks to have a slight edge over the Oppo F7 and Vivo V9 in terms of computing power. However, last year, Google partnered Xiaomi to launch Mi A1 that was powered by Android One. Airtel customers will also get an extended free subscription to the Airtel TV app till December 31, 2018. It is powered by a 3000 mAh battery and has miscellaneous features like Bluetooth 5.0, Type-C USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack, etc.
On the rear, the device sports a dual camera setup with ZEISS Optics lens. It sports a 12MP primary camera with a f/1.7 aperture along with a 13MP secondary camera with f/2.6 aperture. The front camera dedicated for selfies is of 16 MP. There’a 12MP f/1.7 rear camera and a 5MP selfie camera equipped with Nokia’s Bothie feature. “For us, feature phone business is a very important business because the opportunity is huge, the industry is large, and the brand is also strong”, Mehta said. However, the company did not reveal more info them. Now, a Finnish site Suomimobiili has leaked out a complete specification sheet of Nokia 9 that lists all the expected features in the upcoming smartphone. The smartphone measures 158.38×75.64×7.99mm and has a 3,800mAh battery with fast charging that HMD Global claims can deliver a standby time of 723 hours and a talk time of up to 19 hours.
Finally, the Nokia 9 will arrive with 5 high-performance microphones, fingerprint scanner, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth V5.0, NFC, GPS + GLONAAS.
Nokia will be unveiling the smartphones at an event in Delhi; however, the company will live stream the event on their Facebook page.
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But the handset is running on Android Oreo Go, which is the version of Android that’s specifically tuned for low-spec smartphones. So enough to keep any serious buyer who likes the Nokia badge, really interested.
