Nokia blasted off at Mobile World Congress launching not one, but five new phones. Perhaps Nokia has tetraphobia – avoiding a number four series because it is considered unlucky in China.
Frivolity aside the announcement is pretty impressive for a company barely a year old that now has nine smartphones and eighteen variants of feature phones.
GadgetGuy recently reviewed the Nokia 8 with Android Oreo and said, “HMD needs to do a little more R&D as the Nokia 8 is very good in parts but is let down in some areas as a flagship.”
The new Nokia 8 Sirocco has addressed many of our suggestions and is now ready to give other flagships a run for the money.
Brief specifications include:
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 6GB/128GB UFS2.1/microSD to 256GB
- 5” QHD, 2560 x 1440, 16:9, P-OLED Gorilla Glass 5, small top and bottom bezel only
- Dual rear cameras: 12MP, 1.4um, f/1.7 and 13MP telephoto, 1.0um, f/2.6 – with 2x Optical Zoom, dual pixel phase detection autofocus and Pro mode camera app
- Three mics with 24-bit and ability to record up to 132dB
- Wi-Fi AC MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0
- 3260mAh battery, Fast (50% in 30m) and Qi wireless charge
- LTE 600/150Mb/s
- Pure Android Oreo 8 and Google Assistant
- A$1,199 in May
What’s missing: 3.5mm audio jack, stereo speaker, still 16:9 screen, IP rating not disclosed
GadgetGuy’s take: The upgraded camera looks excellent
The new Nokia 7 Plus is what Nokia calls a hero phone for everyone. It has gone to 18:9 format screen and retains the Sirocco dual camera setup.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, 4GB/64 eMMC/microSD to 256GB
- 6” QHD, 2160 x 1080, 18:9, IPS LCD, Gorilla Glass 3, small top and bottom bezel only
- Dual rear cameras: 12MP, 1.4um, f/1.7 and 13MP telephoto, 1.0um, f/2.6 – with 2x Optical Zoom, dual pixel phase detection autofocus and Pro mode camera app
- Selfie: 16MP 1.4um
- Three mics with 24-bit and ability to record up to 132dB
- Wi-Fi AC MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 5.0
- 3800mAh battery
- LTE 300/50Mb/s
- Pure Android Oreo 8 and Google Assistant
- A$749 in May
What’s missing: Qi charge (not usual on mid-range), 3.5” audio jack, no stereo speaker, IP rating not disclosed
Nokia says its new Nokia 6 is a phone you can rely on. Sorry, Nokia you need to rely on every phone!
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, 3GB/32 eMMC/microSD to 128GB
- 5” QHD, 1920 x 1080, 16:9, IPS LCD, Gorilla Glass 3, small top and bottom bezel only
- Dual rear cameras: 12MP, 1.4um, f/1.7 and 13MP telephoto, 1.0um, f/2.6 – with 2x Optical Zoom, dual pixel phase detection autofocus and Pro mode camera app
- Selfie: 16MP 1.4um
- Two mics and 3.5mm audio jack
- Wi-Fi N dual band and Bluetooth 5.0
- 3000mAh battery
- LTE 150/50Mb/s
- Pure Android Oreo 8 and Google Assistant
- A$449 in May
What’s missing: Qi charge (not usual on mid-range), no stereo speaker, IP rating not disclosed, still 16:9 format screen.
Nokia 1 is billed as a complete Nokia smartphone experience, accessible to everyone – and we hope so!
It is a first phone, give it to your kids and slip in a pre-paid sim.
- MT6737M Quad Core 1.1GHz, 1GB/8GB eMMC/microSD to 128GB
- 5” FWVGA, 854 x 480, 16:9, IPS
- Rear cameras: 5MP
- Selfie: 2MP
- One mic and 3.5mm audio jack
- Wi-Fi N and Bluetooth 4.2
- 2150mAh removable battery
- LTE Cat 4
- IP52
- Pure Android Oreo 8 (Go Edition)
- A$149 in May. Xpress-on covers extra
The fifth announcement is for the Nokia 8810; another retro icon ‘banana’ phone reloaded to have 4G.
This camera that will boast an answer of 2592 x 1944 pixels resembles cameras which can be usually seen on pricier
phones. We are unsure from the exact time from the arrival with the gadget out there, however the time is just not too far.
The Nokia N8 Silver edition carries a massive memory of 16GB which may even be further expanded with Micro – SD cards which
can be well suited for storing all of those excellent pictures and videos clips.