HMD Global officially launched the Nokia 8 Sirocco smartphone at the MWC 2018 event in Barcelona. It is an Android One smartphone, therefore with a pure Android-based user experience – always up to date – which also guarantees optimized battery consumption and the presence of a limited number of pre-installed apps in order to minimize the occupied storage space. HMD Global itself has announced that it will become the first global partner able to offer a complete smartphone portfolio in the Android One program, including the Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6 and Nokia 1 models.
Nokia 8 Sirocco Features
Nokia 8 Sirocco integrates the enhanced Dual-Sight, Zeiss optics and high-quality acoustics through Nokia spatial audio. The smartphone offers a curved glass housing and dual diamond-polished stainless steel, 2.5 times stronger than the 6000 series aluminum and capable of giving optimal grip.
The display is one of the most interesting news of Nokia 8 Sirocco: it is a 5.5-inch curved edge-to-edge pOLED 2K panel with particularly thin edges, protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 3D. As for the optics, the smartphone integrates a dual rear camera with Zeiss optics: the main camera is an ultra-sensitive wide angle that allows you to take quality photos even in poor light conditions, while the secondary 13MP sensor has a 2x optical zoom. With the Pro Camera mode, it is also possible to manually set all the parameters for greater control of the shot.
Nokia 8 Sirocco Price and Availability
The Nokia 8 Sirocco price has been set at EUR 749 – approximately $920, excluding taxes and subsidies, what HMD Global is calling the global average retail price. The smartphone will go on sale in early April in a Black color only.
Nokia 8 Sirocco Specifications
- Dimensions of 140.93 x 72.97 x 7.5 mm
- pOLED Display of 5.5 inches with sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels
- Dual Rear Camera: 12MP camera with 2L7 wide-angle lens, 1.4um pixel size, f/1.7 aperture + 13MP secondary camera with 3M3 Telephoto lens, 1.0um pixel size, f/2.6 aperture, dual-tone flash, 2x optical zoom
- Front Camera of 5 megapixels with 1.4um pixel size
- Android 8.0 Oreo
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Chip
- Adreno 540 GPU
- 6GB of DDR4X RAM
- Internal memory of 128GB
- Expandable memory up to 256GB
- Fingerprint sensor, Barometer
- IP67 rating: Water and Dust Resistant
- Connectivity of 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (MIMO), GPS, GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 1
- Battery capacity of 3260mAh with Qi Wireless Charging
- Dual SIM