India Launch Dates for Nokia's MWC Smartphone Line-up Revealed

HMD global showed off 5 new Nokia-branded devices, four smartphones and 1 nostalgia-ridden feature phone, at the MWC 2018 conference in Barcelona. The Finnish giant did tell us the global launch dates (speculated) and pricing of each device on stage, however, you must be anxious to know when they're headed to India. Well, at least I am.

In conversation with Gadgets360 at MWC, HMD Global'due south India VP Ajey Mehta has shed light on the launch schedule of the Nokia-branded phones in the Indian market. Equally from the launch dates, it looks like you lot're in for a real treat each month, starting April.

The first smartphone to land in India, equally we expected, will be the Android Oreo (Go edition) powered Nokia 1. HMD Global is well-versed of the needs of the nation, which has one of the fastest growing Internet user base. Nokia ane is powered past a ane.1GHz MT6737M quad-core processor, coupled with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage.

This will be followed past the New Nokia 6 model, which was released at the beginning of the year. HMD Global will kick-start its auction with but the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant, peradventure alongside the Nokia 1 itself. The loftier-end variant will driblet later in May or June.

Effectually that time, that the company is also expected to bring two of their most-predictable Nokia devices to Bharat. The Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco, both are office of the Android I Program and will exist released together. These ii boast 1 of the most aesthetic designs, forth with stock Android.

The last in line to step pes in Bharat volition be the most-hyped and middle-grabbing device from the bunch. Yes, I'one thousand talking near a refreshed variant of the Nokia 8110 4G device, which features a slide-out a curved blueprint. It will launch former in Q3 2018, i.e between July and September. It volition be available in a banana yellow color and that might be the one I become just for the fun of information technology.

HMD Global has received a wave of adulation for both its movement towards Android One and the stunning lineup of Nokia-branded devices it brought to the table. Are you also looking forward to the launch of these phones in India? If so, which one would you pick and why?