All the three Nokia devices were first showcased at the MWC 2018 event in Barcelona and come with Google’s Android One program.
A resurgent Nokia is holding an event at 12 pm today in Delhi and it is highly likely that we shall see the launch of Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus and the Nokia 6 (2018). The event will be live-streamed on Nokia Mobile’s India Facebook page.
To recall, all three smartphones are Android One smartphones, meaning that they will come with near stock Android features. The devices were first showcased at the MWC 2018 event in Barcelona and we had a chance to get hands-on with the devices. You can check out our first impression videos of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 6 (2018).
The Nokia 8 Sirocco is inspired by the fancy Nokia 8800 Sirocco, which was released more than a decade ago in 2006. The new Nokia 8 Sirocco carries forward the main elements of the 8800 with a body that is now made of steel (instead of steel armour).
The device has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. It also has a 12 MP (wide) + 13 MP (telephoto) camera accompanied by a dual-tone flash. The front-facing unit gets a downgrade with a 5 MP unit as opposed to the 13 MP PDAF unit on the older Nokia 8.
Nokia 7 Plus, is the plus-sized variant of the standard Nokia 7 model launched last year. Nokia has used the strong and sturdy 6000 series aluminium to construct the device. Inside, you get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC paired with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage that is expandable up to 256 GB using a micro SD card.
The 2018 version of the Nokia 6 seems to have fixed the most glaring issue of an underpowered 400-series Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm to replace it with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 630 SoC. HMD Global has added a Carl Zeiss -branded single lens camera on the back of the device. Other minor changes include a reversible Type-C connector and Bluetooth v5.0 in place of microUSB port and Bluetooth v4.1.
