2018 Nokia 6 becomes an Android One smartphone

When Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6 last year, it was evident that brand’s loyalists would go for it, overlooking its various shortcomings. While the smartphone had a great build quality, it suffered in the performance department due to the presence of an underpowered Snapdragon chipset. At this year’ MWC, the ‘New’ Nokia 6 looks to fix the issue with a powerful processor. But, it has many other things going for it.

The Nokia 6 2018 now utilises a powerful Snapdragon 630 chipset along with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which can be expanded up to 128GB. While that makes it more powerful than the Redmi Note 5 on paper, it has something else that could sway the public opinion of a great all-rounder midrange smartphone in its favour — Android One ROM. All of Nokia’s premium Android smartphones now adhere to the Android One program, which means they will get a bloat-free user interface made by Google. The bloat-free interface also ensures timely software updates.

Moving ahead, the smartphone sports a 5.5-inch 16:9 full HD LCD display protected by Gorilla Glass 3, which may not be as modern as the Redmi Note 5. The Nokia 6 is kept alive by a 3000mAh battery, which indicates that it should be good enough for a day. There's a USB Type-C port for charging the phone. The 16MP single rear camera along with the 8MP front camera gain ZEISS optics as well.

The Nokia 6 has been priced at 279 Euros (Rs 22,000 approx) for the European markets. However, the smartphone could gain better specifications and a reduced price tag for the Indian market. We will have to wait and see how this one fares against the likes of the Redmi Note 5 and Moto G5.

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