HMD Global has announced the all-new Nokia 6 (2018) in Chinese province couple of weeks ago. The smartphone is merely a revamped version of Nokia 6 launched last year, with some tweaks on hardware specs and performance base. The device has improved a lot and carries a decent hardware specification onboard, justifies to the price tag. So it is really worth going for this new midranger by Nokia’s new Finnish owner HMD Global. The overall design of the design has not changed much yet; they tried beautifying the entire look from the rear. The smartphone is expected to launch in India by March 2018.
COncerning the hardware specifications, the Nokia 6 (2018) cheers an average smartphone consumer who likes to buy mid-range smartphones with the better build quality and name on it. The smartphone comes with an IPS LCD panel sized at 5.5-inches. The Nokia 6 2018 is powered with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 630 octa-core Chipset clocked at 2.2GHz, paired with 4GB of RAM. The internal built-in storage space is limited to 32GB/64GB but can be expanded up to 256GB via dedicated SD Card slot. The smartphone runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat on-board, out of the retail box. Bu, the users, have already begun receiving Android 8.0 Oreo update for the smartphone from the first boot itself.
The primary Camera sensor sports a 16MP with f/2.0 aperture. The front-facing camera is hopped-up with an 8MP sensor with the same range of aperture. Both are capable of shooting videos at 1080p (Full HD) resolution at 30 FPS.
The standard USB port is replaced with the USB Type-C, boosted with a 3,000mAh battery pack under the hood. But unfortunately, the company hasn’t included an option for fast charging which is quite disappointing. On the connectivity side, the Nokia 6 (2018) adds Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS with GLONASS and BDS, FM Radio and a normal 3.5mm headphone jack. The smartphone is officially priced at CNY 1,499 for 32GB and CNY 1,699 CNY for 64GB variants in China.