HIGHLIGHTS
1.
Nokia 6 is the first Nokia-branded Android smartphone
2.
The Nokia 6 smartphone will be available only in China
3.
More Nokia-branded smartphones will launch in other markets
Soon
Some may say it's five years too late, but
the first Nokia-branded Android phone - if you discount the ill-fated Nokia X series - has finally been launched. The
rather unimaginatively named Nokia
6 has been introduced by HMD
Global, the new custodians of the
Nokia brand
Without any fanfare, HMD Global announced the launch of Nokia 6 via a
release on its website, well ahead of therumoured MWC debut. The Nokia 6 runs
Android 7.0 Nougat and it sports a 5.5-inch full-HD display wrapped in 2.5D
Gorilla Glass. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC
alongside 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The Nokia 6 is a dual SIM
smartphone that is backed by a 3000mAh non-removable battery.
The unibody Nokia 6 is built using 6000
series aluminium and its home button has an embedded fingerprint scanner. It
packs a f/2.0 16-megapixel rear camera with phase detection auto focus and
dual-tone flash, as well as an 8-megapixel f/2.0 front camera for selfies. The
smartphone also includes Dolby Atmos tech and ‘dual amplifiers' for louder
sound.
Nokia 6 full specifications
There's no word yet on what software
features, if any, the Nokia 6 will offer in an attempt to stand out from the
rest of the Android crowd, though HMD Global had previously hinted its Nokia-branded Android phones will offer a near stock
experience.
Nokia 6 price in India and release date
Unfortunately for Nokia fans in India, the
Nokia 6 is a China-exclusive smartphone that will be available only via JD.com
at 1699 CNY (roughly Rs. 16,750) in "in early 2017". The company says it has no plans to launch the
Nokia 6 in other markets though it confirmed that the "Nokia 6 marks the
first step for the Nokia brand into Android smartphones with more to come
in H1 2017."
