“The Nokia 8 Sirocco comes with a bezel-less design and is powered by last year’s Snapdragon 835 chip”
HMD Global has had a busy day, with the company unveiling a bunch of phones at its pre-MWC press conference. The company announced the Nokia 1, new Nokia 6 (2018), Nokia 7 Plus as well as the Nokia 8110 feature phone. In addition, the brand has unveiled an upgrade to its current flagship, the Nokia 8 (review), in the form of the Nokia 8 Sirocco.
Design-wise, the Nokia 8 Sirocco features a bezel-less all-glass design and features dual-curved edges on the front, similar to what we’ve seen on flagship smartphones from Samsung. Owing to its sleek bezels on the top and the bottom of the display, the fingerprint sensor has been repositioned towards the back of the device, below the smartphone’s camera module. The device will also get face unlock via an OTA update in Q2 2018. Unlike its predecessor, the Nokia 8 Sirocco doesn’t feature a headphone jack, albeit comes with IP67 certification as well as support for wireless charging. For display, the smartphone gets a 5.5-inch QHD pOLED display which boasts an aspect ratio of 18:9.
Much like its predecessor, the Nokia 8 Sirocco is also powered by the Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor, however, the handset now ships with 6GB of RAM as opposed to 4GB on the Nokia 8. For storage, the Nokia 8 Sirocco offers users 128GB of memory.
In the camera department, the Nokia 8 features a pair of 12MP and 13MP sensors with f/1.7 and f/2.4 aperture respectively. The primary 12MP sensor on the smartphone is a wide-angle sensor whereas the assisting 13MP shooter is a telephoto sensor. For selfies, the Nokia 8 Sirocco ships with a 5MP front-facing camera which also has a wide-angle 84-degree lens.
The Nokia 8 Sirocco is fueled by a 3,260mAh battery and as we mentioned previously, the smartphone is compliant with Qi wireless charging standards as well. The handset boots Android Oreo from the get-go and part of Google’s Android One programme.
As far as the pricing is concerned, the Nokia 8 Sirocco carries a price tag of €749 (~Rs 59,589). The device will go on sale in India in April or May of this year.
