Finally, Nokia officially made the Nokia 6 (2018) official by launching it in China. We all can recall that Nokia launched the original Nokia 6 in 2017 precisely in January and that was their first take into Android Market and it was a BOMB! It is also known as Nokia 6.1 (2018)!
This is the Nokia 6.1 Android Smartphone, it is a taste arousing device with impressive specifications and features. The HMD Global is definitely making a serious huge change in the Nokia company.
The first Nokia 6 Sold Out in a Blink of eye approximately 60secs in China Store! This was a clear instinct that Nokia comeback was life threatening business for Apple and Samsung alongside with many others.
Well, the Nokia 6 2018 isn’t the only phone we are looking at in 2018, in relations to other Nokia phones, we might be having the Nokia 9 and Nokia E71 (2018) in an early launch!
So Nokia are back with a newer version of the phone. The phone was spotted on Chinese certification authority TENAA’s online database on December 12, with an ultra-tall, (near) bezel-less QHD display (16:9) and a Snapdragon 630 processor.
Based on a similar aluminum unibody design, the most obvious changes on this second-gen Nokia 6 are the added colors on the chamfer, with the black version featuring copper highlights and the white version with rose gold.
The Nokia 6 (2018) is powered by Android 8.0 Oreo and also arrive with a with 4GB of RAM as standard (up from 3GB on the Nokia 6), 32GB of expandable internal storage and a dedicated dual-SIM slot.
Nokia 6.1 (2018) – Key Specs
*. 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 800 MHz, 2 GHz, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41 (2500-2690 MHZ), Band 1, *. Band 3, 1.9 GHz, I, II / V / VIII
*. Colors: White, Black, Blue
*. 148.8 × 75.8 × 8.15 (mm)
*. 172 (g)
*. 32GB/64GB
*. 4GB RAM
*. SD Card support up to 128GB
*. GSM, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, LTE FDD, WCDMA, CDMA2000
*. 5.5 (inches), 1080p LCD display
*. 3000mAH Battery, Quick-Charge 4.0
*. Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 Processor (4 * 2.2Ghz + 4 * 1.9GHz)
*. Android 7.1.1
*. 16MP rear camera, CMOS sensor
*. 8MP FFC
*. Headphone jack available
*. On-screen touch navigation buttons
*. Fingerprint sensor on the back
*. Dual-Sight aka Bothie feature
*. OZO Audio
There are options for 32GB or 64GB of storage, which is expandable via microSD up to 128GB. Nokia says the USB-C charger also delivers up to 50 percent power in 30 minutes.
And for the front home button, so sorry, that button on the Nokia 6 has been shifted around to the back of the device, now a common move for phones expanding into the bezel-less and edge-to-edge market.
The fingerprint scanner has been moved from beneath the front screen to the back of the phone. And yes, the Dual-Sight mode aka “bothie” mode introduced by the Nokia 8 is also supported here.
For now, the 2018 Nokia 6 is only launching in China. Preorders are live now, and the device ships January 10. The new Nokia 6 is currently available for preorder for ¥1,499 in China (about $230) for the 32GB model.
In Nigeria, you can get it within the price range of N85k – N90k. It is available in authorized offline and online stores.
