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Nokia Returns to Smartphone Market with Nokia 6

By Avery Pacheco, 21/01/2017, updated on 14/01/2022

Nokia will return to smartphone market. As described, "Nokia is back." HMD Global, the Finish company that reserves the rights to use brand Nokia on mobile phone, finally announced that its first smartphone via its official website.

Nokia 6

Key Specifications of Nokia 6: Display: 5.5inch 1080p Hibrid In-cell LCD display, covered by Corning Gorilla 2.5D Glass.CPU: Snapdragon 430.4GB RAM + 64GB ROM, supporting expanding memory card.Camera: 8MP font camera + 16MP rear camera. F/2.0 aperture.Support fingerprint recognition and payment.Dual SIM. Supports most carriers.Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat.3000 mAh non-removable battery.

Specifications

Nokia 6

Launch

Announced

2017, January

Status

Available.  Released 2017, January

Body

Dimensions

154 x 75.8 x 8.4  mm (6.06 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)

Weight

169 g (5.96 oz)

SIM

Dual SIM  (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Type

IPS LCD  capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size

5.5 inches  (~70.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

1080 x 1920  pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch

Yes

Protection

Corning Gorilla  Glass 3

Platform

OS

Android OS, v7.0  (Nougat)

Memory

Card slot

microSD, up to  256 GB

Internal

64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Camera

Primary

16 MP, f/2.0,  phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash

Features

1.0 µm pixel  size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR

Video

1080p@30fps

Secondary

8 MP, f/2.0,  1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p

Features

Sensors

Fingerprint  (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Messaging

SMS(threaded  view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

Browser

HTML5

Others

- Fast battery  charging

- MP4/H.264  player

-MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC  player

- Photo/video  editor

- Document  viewer

From specifications above, we can find that the phone comes with the latest Android 7.0 system. RAM and ROM of this device is enough. And the phone is equipped with middle-end configurations. The pity is the CPU. Maybe a stronger CPU is expected.

Nokia 6 Display

The surface of this phone is in frosted glass style. And according to HMD Global, Nokia 6 comes with a metal uni-body design and builts with 6000 series Aluminium. It also comes with a 5.5 inch FullHD display along with 2.5D curved glass on top. This phone, the phone is equipped with a home button, which has an integrated fingerprint scanner as well as volume rocker along with power/unlock button on right side of the body. At the bottom, Nokia 6 couples with USB port Type-C as well as two-grille speakers. It also has 3.5 mm jack on top for audio output.

As the we have mentioned above, Nokia 6 sports a 16 megapixel camera sensor on the back along with phase detection auto focus and 8 megapixel front-facing camera sensor. The phone is said to have an exclusive camera UI. Nokia 6 is also equipped with Dolby Atmos support along with 'dual amplifiers' to improve the sound experience on the phone.