HMD Global has announced that the Nokia 6 – its mid-range handset with a Snapdragon 430 processor, 3GB RAM and 32GB storage – will go on sale in the United States in July, priced at $229.
HMD Global – the company developing Nokia-branded handsets, built by Foxconn under license by the Finnish tech giant – unveiled its first new smartphone in January. The Nokia 6 launched first in China, before heading to other markets, including India earlier this month.
Today, HMD announced that the mid-range device will launch in the United States next month. « It brings us great pleasure to introduce a new generation of US fans to Nokia phones, » HMD’s Maurizio Angelone said today, « while offering existing fans the same unparalleled and high quality Nokia phone experience they have come to love over the years. »
Of course, that experience will differ considerably from the most recent Nokia smartphones, which ran Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, whereas the Nokia 6 is an Android device.
Key specs of the Nokia 6 include:
HMD said that the Nokia 6 will be sold exclusively through Amazon in the US, when it launches there in July. Priced at $229, it will be offered in Matte Black and Silver initially, but Copper and Tempered Blue color options will be available « later this summer ».
Bear in mind, however, that the device will not support Verizon and Sprint’s CDMA networks. The company says that T-Mobile’s network will be fully supported; but only « partial » support – excluding bands 29 and 30 – will be available for AT&T’s 4G LTE data services.
The Nokia 6 launched with Android 7.0 Nougat, but HMD released Android 7.1.1 for the device in April. The company has also promised to upgrade the 6, along with its Nokia 3 and 5 smartphone siblings, to Android O when it becomes available later this year.
Source: HMD Global (PR Newswire)
