All eyes are on HMD Global's new budget smartphones Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6 as the release date of the handsets in India has drawn near. The latest reports suggest that the devices will be launched in Nokia's home country Finland at least a week before they come to India.
The Finnish company has announced on Twitter that Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6 would be launched globally before the end of June, but didn't reveal the exact date. However, it has sent out press invites for an event scheduled on June 13, giving a clear hint that the much-anticipated handsets could be launched in India on the day, and perhaps in several other countries too.
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Now, NokiaPowerUser has claimed that HMD Global would be launched in Finland on Tuesday, June 6, before releasing in the Philippines on June 8 and Vietnam on June 10. However, the pricing of the devices in these countries is not known yet.
It is confirmed that the upcoming Nokia handsets, which run on Android Nougat, will get Google's just announced operating system Android O.
Nokia 3
Priced at €139 (around $147 / Rs 9824), the device features a 5.0-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 720x1,280 pixels (294 ppi pixel density), a Mediatek MT6737 processor, a 2GB RAM, and a 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 128GB via microSD card). It also mounts an 8MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture, autofocus, LED flash and 1.12 µm pixel size and an 8MP front snapper with f/2.0 aperture and autofocus, and houses a 2,650mAh battery.
Nokia 5
The device comes with a price tag of €189 (around $200 / Rs 13,357) and features 5.2-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 720x1,280 pixels (282 ppi pixel density). Under the hood, it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, an Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system, a 2GB RAM and a 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 128GB via microSD card), 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, an 8MP front snapper with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12 µm pixel size, and a 3,000mAh battery.
Nokia 6
The device comes in two variants – a generic version priced at €229 (around $243 / Rs 16,183), and the Arte Black version at €299 (around $317 / Rs 21,131). It has a 5.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 1,080x1,920 pixels (403 ppi pixel density), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, an Android Nougat operating system, a 3/GB/4GB RAM, and a 32GB/64GB internal memory (expandable up to 128GB via microSD card).
It also features a 16MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash and 1.0 µm pixel size, an 8MP front snapper with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12 µm pixel size, and a 3,000mAh battery fast battery charging technology.
