Nokia 5.1 With 5.5-inch 2.5D Curved Glass Display, 16MP Camera, 3GB RAM Launched

Along with the Nokia 2.1 and Nokia 3.1, HMD Global also announced the Nokia 5.1 at an event in Moscow. It is the successor of last year’s Nokia 5 device and represents the mid-range smartphone segment. The main highlight of the handset includes a 5.5-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, 3GB RAM, Android Oreo, and 16MP rear camera.

Nokia 5.1 Price and Availability

The Nokia 5.1 price starts from $218 and will be available from July 2018. The handset comes in Copper, Tempered Blue, and Black color options.

Nokia 5.1 Specifications

The Nokia 5.1 features a 5.5-inch 2.5D curved glass display with FHD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels resolution and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It has a unibody design with 6000 series aluminum, and the company says that it is refined through a rigorous 33 stage process of machining, anodizing and polishing.

It is powered by a 2.0GHz octa-core processor which supported by MediaTek Helio P18 (MT6755S) SoC and comes in two memory options: 2GB RAM + 16GB storage and 3GB RAM + 32GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, which can be expanded via microSD card up to 128GB.

On the camera front, the 5.1 bears a 16-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. For selfie, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, and 84.6-degree wide-angle lens to capture a wide group selfies and video calling.

The handset runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box and which is also upgradable to Android P in the near future. It packs a 3000mAh battery and supports dual SIM slot with dual standby. For connectivity includes 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack and it measures 151.1 x 70.73 x 8.27 mm.