Nokia 8 arrives in India, will go on sale October 14 for Rs. 36,999

The Nokia 8 flagship has officially arrived in India, with a reasonable price tag, cheaper than other markets. It has been priced at Rs. 36,999 and will be available for purchase starting October 14 from Amazon India online as well as offline retail stores.

The Nokia 8 does not boast any special features, but packs the basic top-end flagship hardware you find in OnePlus 5. It will also be direct competitor to the flagship killer, because it packs similar specs.

Design-wise Nokia 8 sports a Series 6000 aluminum unibody with mirror finish and has IP54 splash resistance rating. Color options include Blue, Steel and Polished Copper. The home button below the display houses the fingerprint sensor, and is flanked by old-school capacitive back and menu buttons on either sides. The device runs pure stock Android Nougat, and will be upgraded to Android Oreo in the future.

In terms of specifications, the Nokia 8 comes with 5.3-inch QHD LCD display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection, and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU and 4GB RAM. On-board storage is 64GB, and is expandable via microSD card.

For photography, the Nokia 8 flaunts dual 13MP cameras (Color + Monochrome sensor) at its rear, with Carl Zeiss optics. It offers OIS (optical image stabilization) and 4K video recording). For selfies you get a 13MP shooter at the front that is capable of recording 4K videos.  The phone's camera app comes with a feature called "Dual-Sight" mode (boathie), that lets you use both front and back cameras simultaneously for split-screen photos and video. This feature also lets you stream directly to Facebook and YouTube Live as well in real-time.

Connectivity duties of Nokia 8 is handled by dual-SIM slots (hybrid), 4G LTE, VoLTE, WiFi 802.l1ac, Bluetooth 5.0, USB Type-C port, 3.5mm audio jack and GPS. A 3090mAh battery backed by Qualcomm's Quick Charge 3.0 runs the show. It also include Nokia OZO surround sound for 3D audio capture

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