HMD Global has today announced the successor of last years Nokia 6. The Nokia 6 (2018) variant will start retailing in China from 10th January onwards and may very well be made available in India pretty soon.
The Nokia 6 (2018) comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display that comes with Gorilla Glass protection. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 processor coupled with Adreno 508 GPU.
On the optics part, the Nokia 6 (2018) comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel front-facing shooter for selfies. The phone comes with Dual-Sight technology that allows users to click a picture/videos from both the rear and front camera at the same time, which Nokia calls “Bothie“.
The phone runs on near stock Android Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) and is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) and has a 3000mAh battery with fast charging that can charge the phone up to 50% in 30 minutes.
Nokia 6 (2018) specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 Processor with Adreno 508 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB / 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, 1.0um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture
- 8MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type-C
- 3000mAh built-in battery with fast charging
Nokia 6 (2018) Price and Availability
The Nokia 6 (2018) will be available in 2 color variants i.e. Black and Silver. The price of Nokia 6 (2018) is 1499 CNY/ USD 230 for the 32GB variant and 1699 yuan or US$ 262 for the 64GB variant. While the Nokia 6 (2018) price in India is not announced right now but we can assume that it will be priced around Rs. 14,000 for the 32GB variant and the 64GB Variant will be priced around Rs.16,000. The phone is now for pre-order from Suning and will start retailing from January 10th in China.
