Nokia announced Mobile Launch Date in India at the MWC 2018

Global announced the launch of five new Nokia mobiles at Barcelona on Sunday - the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the Nokia 7 Plus, the Nokia 6 (2018), and Nokia 1 Android smartphones, as well as the Nokia 8110 4G. While international pricing for the phones has been announced, there has been no word on their India price as well as launch dates. Well, one of that has changed now.

Nokia Mobiles used to be one of the biggest brands in the mobile market (some say the Apple of the early 21st century), they’re yet to wow the world with their devices.  Nokia, though it sold 70 million phones last year, of which the majority were feature phones, needs to sell smartphones to survive.

launch in India will be the Nokia 1, which has an India release date of April. Next up, we will see the launch of one of the variants of the Nokia 6 (2018) - the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage "most likely", according to Mehta - with the other variant launching around end-May/ June.

• Nokia 8110 4G

The only Nokia feature phone to be announced at the MWC 2018, the Nokia 8110 4G is priced at 79 Euros (approximately Rs. 6,285). Termed as “another icon is reborn” after the launch of the Nokia 3310 last year, this phone should be available starting in May.

• Nokia 1

Nokia 1 has been announced at $85 (approximately Rs.5500), which is expected to launch in April 2018. Nokia 1 doesn’t outperform Redmi 5A in any other way. The Xiaomi phone has a faster CPU, more RAM, as well as more storage capacity. It even supports better camera resolution and HD video recording.

• Nokia 6 (2018)

Nokia 6 (2018), thus far only available in China, was also announced at the MWC 2018. Priced at a global average of 279 Euros (Rs. 22,196), its launch is scheduled for April.Nokia 6 (2018) is an improvement over it’s predecessor with the Snapdragon 630 which is apparently 60 percent faster, but is that enough to for Nokia to make its mark in this price segment?

• Nokia 7 Plus

The Nokia 7 Plus was announced at 399 Euro (Rs.31,743) to be launched in April. Equipped with Snapdragon 660 SoC and 4GB RAM, one has to ask the question of whether it’s really going to be enough?The Nokia 7 Plus does have the advantage of sporting a bigger screen as well as expandable memory.

• Nokia 8 Sirocco

The Nokia 8 Sirocco is the flagship phone of the Nokia range at the MWC this year. Priced at 749 Euros (Rs.59,589), 95 percect of the phones surface is vacuum molded Gorilla Glass 5. At 7.5mm thin at the center to less than 2mm around the edges, the phone also supports wireless charging. 

Nokia 6 (2018), Nokia 7 Plus, and Nokia 8 Sirocco. The fourth, is an Android Oreo (Go edition), and Nokia was the first manufacturer to promise monthly security updates as well as to stay pure to Android. So far, so good.

Nokia 8 Now Available in India : Price, Specifications, and More

Nokia 8, the flagship smartphone from Nokia licensee HMD Global, is now available in India via Amazon, coinciding with the start of the online marketplace's Great Indian Festival sale. The smartphone will also be made available to buy via offline retailers across the country from Saturday, with stores such as Croma, Reliance, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika, and BigC, among others. The company at the Nokia 8 India launch late last month had revealed launch offers, including bundled data from Reliance Jio. 

• Nokia 8 specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano) Nokia 8 runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat out-of-the-box, with an update to Android 8.0 Oreo promised. The smartphone bears a 5.3-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) IPS display with 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The smartphone is IP54 rated, which makes it splash proof. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM.

The dual rear camera setup on the Nokia 8 includes two 13-megapixel sensors - one is an RGB sensor and features optical image stabilisation (OIS), while the other is a monochrome sensor. Both have an aperture of f/2.0, 1.12-micron pixel elements, phase detection autofocus, a 76.9-degree wide-angle lens, phase detection autofocus (PDAF), dual-tone LED flash, and an IR range finder.

Nokia 8 bears another 13-megapixel sensor with PDAF, 1.12-micron pixels, an f/2.0 aperture, and an 78.4-degree wide-angle lens. All three cameras come with Carl Zeiss optics. The company is touting the 'bothies' feature with the smartphone, allowing users to take photos or videos using the front and rear cameras simultaneously. 

Nokia 8 is also optimised for one-touch live-streaming via Facebook Live and YouTube Live. Also on board is OZO Audio tech for spatial 360-degree audio recording (using 3 microphones), including an Audio Focus mode.

The Nokia 8 comes with 64GB of inbuilt UFS2.1 storage, expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C (v3.1), and a 3.5mm headphone jack. 

Sensors on board include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, digital compass, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor. Bearing a 3090mAh non-removable battery, the Nokia 8 measures 151.5x73.7x7.9mm, and weighs 160 grams.

• Nokia 8 price in India

The Nokia 8 price in India is Rs. 36,999. Nokia 8 launch offers include up to 100GB of additional Jio data - 10GB extra data a month for up to 10 recharges (Rs. 309 and above) until August 31, 2018. HMD Global at the launch last month also revealed that Nokia 8 customers will get Nokia Mobile Care Concierge Service access in over 50 cities across the country, where they can avail of Nokia Mobile Care services from the convenience of their homes.