UK's popular retailer Clove was supposed to make HMD Global's much-hyped handsets, the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3310, in June and had already started taking pre-orders. But it has now been abruptly stopped, giving rise to doubts if they will come as scheduled.
Clove has stopped taking pre-orders of the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3310, and resumed pre-registration instead, which means prospective buyers will only get launch alert from the carrier. NokiaPowerUser has reported citing the Clove sales team that the pre-orders attracted very high demand but they were forced to stop it as it was too early.
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So will the handsets be made available on Clove as scheduled? The answer is more on the affirmative side as Clove sales team has said that the pre-orders for the handsets would resume soon.
"We understand your concerns about the pre-order option having been removed from our website. Demand has been very high, but please check back in a few days and you will be able to pre-order again," Clove UK emailed to customers.
Nokia 3310 come to the UK on May 24 for £49.99 but may take some time to reach all the major carriers.
Nokia 3 specifications
Priced at €139 (around $147 / Rs 9824), the device has a 5.0-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a 720x1,280 pixels (294 ppi pixel density), a Mediatek MT6737 processor, an Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, a 2GB RAM, and a 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 128GB via microSD card). It also features an 8MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture, autofocus, LED flash and 1.12 µm pixel size, an 8MP front-snapper with f/2.0 aperture and autofocus, and a 2,650mAh battery.
Nokia 5 specifications
The device comes with a price tag of €189 (around $200 / Rs 13,357) and boasts of a 5.2-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 720x1,280 pixels (282 ppi pixel density), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, and an Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system.
It also comes packed with a 2GB RAM and a 16GB internal memory expandable up to 128GB via microSD card, and houses a 3,000mAh battery. In terms of camera, it has a 13MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, 1/3" sensor size and 1.12 µm pixel size, and an 8MP front-snapper with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12 µm pixel size.
Nokia 3310 specifications
It is a feature phone with a 2.4-inch display and 240x320 pixels (167 ppi pixel density), a 16MB internal memory expandable up to 32GB via microSD card, and a 2MP camera with LED flash (no secondary camera). It has a 1,200mAh battery with stand-by time of up to 744 hours, 22 hours talk time and 51 hours on music play. The handset is priced at €49 (around $52 / Rs 3,500).
