HMD Global introduced two Android One smartphone at MWC 2018; one is a new variant of the Nokia 8; Nokia 8 Sirocco and the other is Nokia 7 Plus. Starting with Nokia 8 Sirocco, apart from the design, the core specification of the smartphone remains same.
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And on the other hand, Nokia 7 Plus has a unibody metal design made of 6000 series aluminum, comes with a 6-inch 18:9 FHD+ display and is powered by Snapdragon 660 processor and has dual rear sensors with ZEISS optics.
Nokia 8 Sirocco And Nokia 7 Plus
The Nokia 8 Sirocco has a fine new addition on board, like the glass body for wireless charging, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, which ease up the hassle of unlocking the smartphone and more but do note the core specification of the smartphone remains same.
The Nokia 7 Plus on the other side, comes as a camera-centric device sporting dual rear sensors with ZEISS optics, which combines with an ultra-sensitive 12-megapixel wide-angle primary camera for both low-light and extra bright conditions and a secondary 13-megapixel camera for 2x optical zoom.
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Nokia 8 Sirocco Specifications
- 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) pOLED display, sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, 700 nits brightness
- Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU
- 6GB DDR4X RAM, 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage + expandable via microSD (up to 256GB)
- 12 MP primary rear camera with 2L7 wide-angle lens, 1.4um pixel size, f/1.7 aperture + 13 MP secondary camera with 3M3 Telephoto lens, 1.0um pixel size, f/2.6 aperture, dual-tone flash, 2x optical zoom
- 5MP front-facing camera with 1.4um pixel size
- Android 8.0 Oreo
- 3260mAh battery with fast charging, Qi Wireless Charging
- Splashproof (IP54)
- Dual SIM, Fingerprint sensor, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Three microphones with Nokia OZO Audio
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (MIMO), Bluetooth 5, GPS/ GLONASS, USB-C 3.1 Gen 1, NFC
- Dimensions: 140.93 x 72.97 x 7.5 mm
Nokia 7 Plus Specifications
- 6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 512 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 64GB (eMMC 5.1) storage+ expandable via microSD (up to 256GB)
- 12MP rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1.4µm pixel size with ZEISS optics, 13 MP secondary camera with 1.0µm pixel size, f/2.6 aperture with ZEISS optics, dual-tone LED flash
- 16MP front-facing camera with ZEISS optics
- Android 8.0 Oreo, upgradable to Android 8.1
- 3800mAh battery with fast charging
- Dual SIM, Fingerprint sensor, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Three microphones with Nokia OZO Audio
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
- Dimensions: 158.38 x 75.64 x 9.55 mm
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The Nokia 8 Sirocco comes in Black, while the Nokia 7 Plus comes in Black / Copper and White / Copper colors and is priced at EUR 749 (roughly USD 920 or INR 59,533) and EUR 399 (roughly USD 490 / INR 31,740) respectively. It will be available in April. Stay tuned.
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