This piece of information comes straight from Nokia as a reply to a query on Twitter. Krishna Gutte going by the Twitter handle iamkrishna08 asked Nokia when the Nokia 6 smartphone will launch in India. Nokia replies saying that it will be releasing their products globally in the coming months (May-June). With the month of May ending today, it’s obvious that the smartphones would launch in June. Although a definite time and list of markets weren’t mentioned, there has been confirmation from before that the Nokia smartphones will make it to India by the second half of 2017.
Furthermore, a recent report by NPU had revealed that the Nokia 3, 5 and 6 would launch in India sometime around June 15. Amongst the three, the Nokia 3 is expected to hit stores first followed by the Nokia 5 and 6. It is also reported that HMD Global would be pricing the three Nokia smartphones aggressively to survive the competitive smartphone market in India. The Nokia smartphones are expected to enter India’s most competitive budget and midrange segment and it remains to be seen how the company would fare.
By the looks of it, the Nokia 3, 5 and 6 do pack in strong specifications. The Nokia 3 which would possibly sit in the category under Rs 10,000, features a 5-inch HD display and is powered by a MediaTek quad-core 1.3GHz processor. The smartphone comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. For photography, the Nokia 3 sports an 8-megapixel rear and front-facing camera. The smartphone is fuelled by a 2,650mAh battery and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box.
Second in line is the Nokia 5, flaunting a bigger 5.2-inch HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and 2GB of RAM. More specs include 16GB internal storage, 3,000mAh battery, and Android 7.0 Nougat. On the camera front, the Nokia 5 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
The biggest smartphone out of the three, in terms of size and specifications, the Nokia 6 features a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass protection. Under the hood of the smartphone, runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor. The Nokia 6 comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. In the photography department, the smartphone sports a 16-megapixel rear camera. Up front, the smartphone houses an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. On the software front, the Nokia 6 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, and uses a 3,000mAh battery for power.
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