Finnish company HMD Global, on August 16, 2017, unveiled the Nokia 8, the first Nokia-branded smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system.
After so many rumors, the Nokia 8 smartphone is finally here and was unveiled by HMD Global earlier today at a live event held in London, UK. The smartphone comes with all the latest features that one would expect from a flagship device, but it comes with a pretty high price tag.
According to HMD Global, the Nokia 8 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core processor (4×2.45 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) and an Adreno 540 GPU and features a 5.3-inch display with a resolution of 1440×2560.
In terms of design, the Nokia 8 smartphone is quite slim, measuring 151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm and weighing 160 grams. It has an aluminum frame with a curved bezel design with a front-mounted fingerprint sensor and comes in colors like blue, steel, and polished copper with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.
There is also a Polished Blue version of the Nokia 8 with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. The smartphone features a dual 13 MP camera on the rear with laser autofocus and phase detection, image stabilization, Carl Zeiss optics, and 2160p @ 30fps or 1080p @ 30fps video recording. On the front, there is a 13 MP camera.
microSD support is also available if you want to expand the internal storage, and it supports microSD cards up to 256GB.
Finally, the Nokia 8 features a non-removable Li-Ion 3090mAh battery and is priced at €599. It will be available in stores and online from HMD Global early next month in various parts of Europe. The Nokia 8 comes with Google's Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) mobile operating system out of the box, but will be upgradable to Android 8.0.
