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The Nokia 6 will be available in early July:
HMD Global — the Finnish company that owns the rights to manufacture Nokia-branded smartphones — announced earlier this year that it would be releasing new midrange Nokia Android phones in the United States. We now have more information on the first Nokia phone to hit Stateside: the Nokia 6, which will be available in early July for $229.
The Nokia 6 is the largest of the three Android phones HMD Global announced at Mobile World Congress, featuring a 5.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage (expandable by microSD). On the software side of things, the 6 runs Android Nougat in its purest, unadulterated form — that means no bundled apps or overlaid skins. Plus, while the specs are decidedly average, the Nokia 6 does stand out with a metal unibody design built out of a single block of aluminum, which adds a premium touch to the otherwise midrange device.
Amazon is subsidizing the Nokia 6 by slapping ads on the lock screen.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday June 29 2017, @02:40AM
I don't have so much first hand experience with all these goddamn phone manufacturers, but I get the impression that even the Chinese brands are upping their quality while keeping prices low. And certainly there is a lot of "choice":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_phone_makers_by_country [wikipedia.org]
Can Nokia offer something in an Android smartphone that you can't find in a Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE, Lenovo, OnePlus, or HTC phone? Keep in mind that quality can go from abysmal to great in a year or two and there is no shortage of phone reviewers out there.
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