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Nokia's Comeback Gets Its Start In China

Jan 9, 2017, 8:19 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jan 9, 2017, 8:39 AM

Updated: corrected HMD Global's lineage

HMD Global this week announced the Nokia 6, the first smartphone to fall under the company's plan to resurrect the Nokia brand. HMD Global is a Finland-based business with the sole license to design smartphones using the Nokia brand. Foxconn is HMD Global's exclusive manufacturer. The Nokia 6 is milled from a single block of aluminum and then anodized 2 times over 10 hours to ensure a smooth finish. The device has a 5.5-inch full HD screen with 2.5D Gorilla Glass. The Nokia 6 is powered by a Snapdragon 430 processor with 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, and Qualcomm's X6 LTE modem. HMD says the main camera has a 16-megapixel sensor at f/2.0 with automatic scene detection and phase-detection autofocus, while the selfie camera has an 8-megapixel sensor. Dual amplifiers provide plenty of audio power and Dolby Atmos software helps shape the sound. The Nokia 6 will ship with Android 7 Nougat. Pricing is going to be set around $245. The device will ship during the early months of 2017. HMD Global did not say what LTE bands the phone supports, but it will only be sold in a China.

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Nokia 6

5.5" display FHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 430 processor 3 GB RAM
3,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Fingerprint Reader

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acdc1a

Jan 9, 2017, 11:19 AM

SD 400 Series?

Everything except that chipset sounds great for the money.

Charles Bigelow

Exactly. An SD 650 chipset would have been nice.
Also Foxconn(Apple) manufacturing them is a slap in the face to the Nokia name as well.
When Finland was making Nokia, they were the best phones par none for the money as well. Unbreakable, reliable, ...
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