After announcing budget and mid-range smartphones like Nokia 3, 5 and 6. Nokia has finally unveiled their flagship smartphone for 2017, the Nokia 8. The feature rich smartphone is priced at €599 (approximately INR 45,000) and will be available in Polished Blue, Polished Copper, Tempered Blue and Steel colors starting from September.
The Nokia 8 comes with a 5.3-inch display with Quad HD resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection up front. Under the hood, it is powered by the latest Snapdragon 835 processor which is clocked at 2.45Ghz and is coupled with Adreno 540 GPU. It is equipped with 4GB of RAM and comes in only one variant of 64GB with microSD card support up to 256GB. The device runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with no bloatware and Nokia has also promised that it will be one of the first smartphones to get the Next Android O update. Also, Nokia will provide the monthly Android security patches on time. 
Further, in the camera department, there is a dual 13MP setup at the rear, one being the RGB sensor and the other one is a Monochrome sensor. The primary sensor is equipped with OIS and as reported earlier these are the Zeiss optics. The rear camera comes with 1.12um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, 76.9-degree wide-angle lens, PDAF and dual tone LED flash. The front camera houses a 13MP with ZEISS optics, PDAF, 1.12um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, screen flash and 78.4-degree lens.
The device comes with a dual-sight technology, which Nokia calls as Bothie. It allows Nokia 8 to capture and do Live broadcast on Facebook and YouTube from both the front and rear camera simultaneously.
The smartphone is backed by a 3090mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 support and comes with USB Type-C port. The fingerprint scanner is placed on the front, which also doubles up as the home button. Other features of the device are OZO Audio, Nokia 8 combines three microphones to capture audio with immersive 360° spatial surround sound. Nokia 8 is the first smartphone to feature Nokia OZO Audio. OZO spatial 360° audio brings a fully immersive audio experience to videos. 
Nokia 8
- 5.3-inch Quad HD display, Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- 2.45Ghz Snapdragon 835 processor
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB internal storage, microSD card support up to 256GB
- Dual 13MP camera(RGB+Mono),1.12um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, 76.9-degree wide-angle lens, OIS PDAF, 4K video recording and dual tone LED flash
- 13 MP front camera with PDAF, 1.12um pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, screen flash, Bothie and 78.4-degree lens.
- Android 7.1.1 Nougat
- 3090mAh battery, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 support
- Front fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C, NFC, Bluetooth 5.0
- 3 microphones, Nokia OZO 360° spatial surround sound
- Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, E-compass, Gyroscope, Fingerprint Sensor, Hall sensor, Barometer
- Dimensions: 151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9mm
- Weight: 160g
Finally, Nokia has launched a Flagship that falls in competition the with the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, Google and more. On the specs sheet, Nokia 8 looks very impressive and ticks all the boxes. The Nokia 8 should come to India soon, stay tuned for more updates on that. Follow us on Twitter for more news and updates.
