Nokia 8 leaks on e-com site, Nokia 3310 may come to India in May - India Today

Nokia's comeback has been the talk of the tech community for weeks and now their upcoming flagship smartphone, the Nokia 8 has been listed on China's major e-commerce portal Jingdong.com.

Back in May 2016, Nokia gave HMD Global, a Finnish company the exclusive global rights to create Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets for the next 10 years. HMD Global followed that up by launching the Nokia 6 in China on January 19.

While the Nokia 8 hasn't been confirmed by Nokia yet, the listing adds further fuel to the fire that the company is set to unveil a flagship smartphone at MWC 2017. As per the listing on JD.com, the Nokia 8 is avalaible for pre-order at a price of 3,188 Yuan  (Roughly Rs 32,000) in two color variants, namely Black and Grey.

Also Read: Nokia 5, 3 and 3310 leaked for MWC 2017 launch, to be cheaper than Nokia 6

The Nokia 8 in detail

Nokia's new flagship handset - the Nokia 8 will be powered by Qualcomm's flagship proicessor, the Snapdragon 835 and come with either 4/6GB of RAM. Additionally, the smartphone is rumoured to come with a Quad HD 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, 64/128GB of internal storage which will be expandable via a microSD card ( of up-to 256GB) and Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.

Design wise, the Nokia 8 is set to come with slim side-bezels and a thin profile. Whether the Nokia 8 brings back Nokia's iconinc Lumia design language or carries forward the Nokia 6's rather generic metal body is a question that can only be answered in a few days time, when the Smartphone gets unveiled at MWC 2017.

On the imaging front, the handset is rumoured to come with a massive 24MP primary camera with Optical Image Stabilisatio nas well as Super Electronic Image Stabilisation and a 12MP front shooter for selfies.

The smartphone is also said to come with Zeiss branded optics as seen on earlier Nokia devices. Taking Nokia's history with imaging into account, the camera is sure to be a highlight of the device.

Nokia 3310 reaching Indian shores soon

An interesting rumour doing the rounds these days is the fact that HMD Global might introduce a 2017 refresh of Nokia's iconic 3310 feature phone. The new Nokia 3310 is set to be priced at EUR 59 (Roughly Rs 4,000).

According to indianexpress.com, the re-incarnated Nokia 3310 will reach Indian shores as early as May. The source called the phone  "mind blowing and very beautiful" and also mentioned that they have changed the design completely with a new oval shape.  The legendary Nokia 3310 will be avaiable in multiple colors at launch and is widely anticipated both by the tech world and die-hard Nokia loyalists.

Also Read: Nokia 3310: Does a feature phone make sense in 2017? Yes it does

 

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