Android-powered Nokia 6 marks the brand’s return to smartphones

Chip, 08 January 2017

The Nokia brand is finally back in the smartphone game as today HMD Global, which holds the rights to the name, announced the Android 7.0 Nougat-powered Nokia 6. The bad news is that it’s a mid-range device for the Chinese market, so we’ll have to wait a little longer to get a premium global device.

Atypically for a mid-range device, the Nokia 6 comes with an aluminium unibody carved from a single solid block of 6000 series aluminium. It then undergoes two separate anodizing procedures to acquire a look far above what its price tag suggests.

Nokia 6 is powered by the Snapdragon 430 chipset with an octa-core Cortex-A53, Adreno 505 GPU and an ample 4GB of RAM. It’s built around a 5.5” 1080p screen that has a curved 2.5D Gorilla Glass sheet on top.

Nokia 6

On the camera side, the Nokia 6 offers a 16MP main snapper with PDAF and reasonably bright F/2.0 lens. On the front sits an 8MP camera with the same aperture. The 64GB of storage make sure you’ll have enough room for all your photos, but unfortunately the chipset limits the video recording to 1080p@30fps.

Nokia 6 will debut exclusively through JD.com in China in "early 2017". It will retail for 1,699 CNY or $245.

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Reader comments

AnonD-494171
18 Jan 2017
utm

they are not fooled. they are just loyal, or dont trust the new wave of chinese companies to give them a try. ah well, let them pay double price, while we enjoy the Price wars in competitive market and get the best product! Economics - 101

AnonD-494171
18 Jan 2017
utm

a. smartphone are produced on lands, not on boats, AGAIN, what are you somking? b. dirigibiligi pampalam??? what? c. i would pay, how the company prices it, because i have used both, and found, EVEN better experience for 1/2 the price.