Nokia’s next smartphones have release dates and pricing
The first wave of Nokia smartphones since the company’s re-emergence will go
on-sale in the UK later this month.
The firm, now in partnership with
Finnish start-up HMD Global which licenses the brand for phones and tablets,
announced three new mid-range phones – the Nokia 3, 5 and 6 earlier this year.
Nokia and HMD have now revealed that
Nokia 3 will go on sale on July 12, followed by the Nokia 6 on August 2 and
finally the 5 on August 16.
The long-standing technology giant
made its mobile phone comeback in the UK earlier this year when it launched a
re-vamped version of the 3310, first released in 2000.
All three new devices are designed
to sit in the mid-range smartphone market – below the flagship handsets of this
world such as the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8 – but Nokia has its sights on
capturing the younger market with the competitive pricing of its new line-up.
The first of the new devices to go
on-sale – the Nokia 3 – will cost £120, a modest price for a phone that comes
with an eight megapixel rear camera and five-inch Gorilla Glass covered
display.
The Nokia 6, which will go on-sale
at the beginning of August, has the highest specs of the three devices,
including a 5.5-inch full HD screen, a 16 megapixel camera and Dolby
Atmos
sound technology built-in, which improves sound clarity and offers deeper bass.
The 6 first went on-sale in China at
the beginning of 2017.
The last of the new trio to launch
in the UK will be the £180 Nokia 5, on August 16. As the name suggest it sits
between the 3 and 6 in terms of specifications and includes a 5.2-inch display
and a 13 megapixel camera.
The tech firm is banking on its
reputation from the mobile phone era of the early 2000s helping establish links
with the younger generation of smartphone users of today, with HMD chief
marketing officer Pekka Rantala suggesting the brand “trust” Nokia offers can
not be found elsewhere.
All three phones run on the most recent
version of Android – 7.0 Nougat.
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