HMD Global, the Finnish-based company that owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on mobile phones, has announced its first smartphone dubbed the “Nokia 6”. The Nokia 6 is targeted for Chinese users in early 2017 and comes with a price tag of 1,699 yuan ($246).
HMD explains the company’s decision for launching its first Nokia-branded smartphone in China by saying;
“The decision by HMD to launch its first Android smartphone into China is a reflection of the desire to meet the real world needs of consumers in different markets around the world… it is a strategically important market,”.
HMD also talked about how the Nokia 6 is made at the Foxconn factories:
It takes 55 minutes to machine a single Nokia 6 from a solid block of 6000 series aluminium. It then receives two separate anodising processes, taking over ten hours to complete, with each phone being polished no less than five times. The end result is an aluminium unibody with the highest level of visual and structural quality.
Nokia’s teaser page gives us some details on the upcoming Nokia phone along with a promotional footage of the Nokia 6, giving us the first sneak peak of what HMD Global has been working on since they acquired the exclusive brand licensing rights from Nokia.
The Nokia 6 will come with Android 7.0 Nougat, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, along with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of onboard storage, a 16 MP rear camera and an 8 MP front-facing camera. The audio will come from dual amplifiers that the company says will “deliver a 6 dB louder sound than a regular amp”. The phone will also feature support for Dolby Atmos.
Update:
Check out a short video showing the Nokia 6 in its awesomeness
