After weeks of suspense, HMD Global Oy has finally announced the arrival of the global variant of the Nokia X6, but with a small twist. The company will use a different moniker – Nokia 6.1 Plus Android One – for the device.
The new Nokia 6.1 Plus will be available first in Hong Kong for 2,288 HKD (about $ 292 / $ 250 / Rs 20,072) on July 24 in blue and white color options. It will also be released in Taiwan in the coming weeks.
Nokia 6.1 Plus features:
Nokia 6.1 Plus & Exterior Look and Internal Hardware are similar to the Nokia X6, but differ in a key aspect; Software. The first is an Android phone affiliated with Google, while the latter is a model exclusive to China with some preloaded applications and a custom interface.
It is said that it has a 5.8-inch Full HD screen with an iPhone X notch on top, which houses a 16MP front camera with facial recognition feature. At the back, it is equipped with a metal shell, a dual camera and a vertically aligned fingerprint sensor.
Inside, Nokia 6.1 Plus should house an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, 4GB / 6GB RAM, 32GB / 64GB storage, a 3060mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Bluetooth v5.0 and others standard connectivity features.
Nokia X6 global variant launched as Nokia 6.1 Plus Android One in Hong Kong Nokia Hong Kong website (screen capture)
The highlight of the camera is his photography equipment. It is equipped with a dual 16MP + 5MP camera with an artificial intelligence feature (AI) and a dual-tone LED flash. He is able to recognize the type of scene. It is able to detect 13 different possible scenarios such as pets, flowers, human face, landscape, snow conditions, night, food and more. For example, if you point the camera at a garden, you will intuitively know that you are taking a picture of a flower and adjust the focus and other camera settings to get the best picture possible.
photo on the outside, it automatically sets the camera mode on landscape and covers a wider area in the single frame.
Even the 16-megapixel front camera offers AI-selfie with background blur function and fun stickers to share them on social networks
HMD Global Oy, since he's announced Nokia's first products in India in 2017, it was very vocal about how much the sub-continent is important to the company. He has released all the global phones in India and the Finnish firm has even hosted a worldwide event to unveil the cheap Nokia 2 (first generation) Android phone in the country, as well.
Nokia X6 soon arrives on the Indian market Nokia site (screen-grab)
So, we will not qualify Wacky if we say that Nokia 6.1 Plus will come to India, but in a few weeks. Rumor has it that HMD Global Oy plans to bring the aforementioned product as early as next month.
Key Features of Nokia X6 aka Nokia 6.1 Plus Android One:
Model
Nokia X6 aka Nokia 6.1 Plus Android One
Display
Full HD + screen (2280x1080p) of 5.8 inches with aspect ratio 19: 9 with protection Corning Gorilla Glbad 3
OS
Android 8.1 Oreo (confirmed to get Android P later this year) [19659025] Processor
Camera [19659034] Main: 16MP RGB sensor (F2.0 aperture and 1.0μm pixel size) + 5MP monochrome sensor (F2.2 aperture and 1.2μm pixel size) with dual LED flash, AI portrait and scene recognition
: 16MP sensor with f / 2.0 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, AI selfies with rear-blur an, stickers and unlocking face. [19659038] Battery
3,060mAh (3,000mAh) with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 (0% to 50% charge within 30 minutes after charging)
Network
4G-LTE with VoLTE (Voice-over -LTE) [19659025] Modules
Fingerprint Sensor, Front Unlock, Hybrid Dual SIM Card Slots (nano + nano or microSD), Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi (802.11b / g / n / ac; dual band: 2.4GHz & 5GHz), USB type C port, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack,
Dimensions
47.2 x 70.98 x 7.99 ~ 8.59mm
Weight
151g
Colors
Black, Blue and Silver
Price (in Hong Kong)
4 GB of RAM + 64 GB of storage: HKD 2,288 (about $ 292/250 € / Rs 20,072) [19659048] Stay tuned. Follow us on @IBTimesIN_Tech on Twitter and Google News for the latest Nokia product updates from HMD Global Oy.
