Nokia was once the leading smartphone manufacturer in the world. However, with the arrival of iOS and Android-enabled smartphones, the landscape of industry changed. Nokia’s smartphone and services division was sold to Microsoft in 2014. Later in 2016, HMD Global, a Finnish company purchased a part of Microsoft’s feature phone business and thus obtained the license to produce smartphones under the Nokia brand again. It then launched its flagship device, Nokia 8, in August 2017.
Nokia 8 Price and Launch
Nokia 8 has the specifications that make it at par with the big boys of the smartphone market. It will be made available across the globe in September priced around EUR 599. It will reach Indian shores in October.
Nokia 8 Design and Body
The smartphone is made of 6000 series aluminium and is 4.6 mm thick at the edges, and 7.9mm in height. Nokia 8 will be available in four colour variants – Glossy Polished Copper, Polished Blue, Matte Tempered Blue, and Steel. The smartphone comes with an IP54 rating making it splash-resistant. It has an inbuilt heat management system consisting of a pipe running from the upper right corner to the lower left. This makes the liquid to evaporate at the middle, and condense on the edges. A graphite shield enables the heat to be transferred to the aluminium unibody and its eventual dissipation to the air.
Nokia 8 Specifications
The Nokia 8 comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC having four 2.45GHz Kyro cores and four 1.8GHz Kyro cores. It has a 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory. Whether or not it carries a hybrid-SIM slot, will depend on the market in which it is released. The device comes with an expandable memory slot of upto 256 GB and a 3,090mAh battery. With a 5.3 inch 2K LCD display with Gorilla glass, Nokia 8 comes with a 3.5 mm jack and USB 3.1 type C connectivity.
A representative of HMD Global confirmed that the company is in advanced stage of testing the Android O build for this device and currently it will come with Android 7.1.1 out of the box. It has a 13MP camera at both ends with features, such as Auto Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Mode, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Digital Zoom, and Video Recording available to the user.
Nokia 8 Special Features
The phone comes with Bothie, which allows the user to use both the front facing and rear end cameras together using Nokia’s Dual Sight technology. This video or picture can be shared live on YouTube or Facebook as well. It also has spatial audio technology in it which allows the phone to play sound in multiple directions imitating the source of the sound-capture.
