Nokia — in its latest iteration as a licensed model of HMD — is a good distance off from its glory days, the years when it not solely set the tempo for innovation within the cell phone market, but additionally led it because the world’s greatest handset maker. At present, the corporate took its newest step in rebuilding itself because it unveiled a slate of Android-powered smartphones — the Nokia 1, the Nokia 6, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia eight Sirocco, with the most affordable of those, the Nokia 1, coming in at a mere $85 — and a brand new feature phone.

The brand new handsets come as the corporate mentioned that it bought 70 million units in 2017 throughout its 11 fashions, 12 months certainly one of its comeback technique. “Being a challenger and smaller participant, market share isn’t a very powerful factor for us to understand proper now,” mentioned Pekka Rantala, EVP and CMO of HMD International mentioned in an interview. “However we bought greater than 70 million Nokia telephones in 2017 – together with all fashions. We’ve got excessive ambitions however this determine was increased for us than we anticipated.”

The corporate presently has over 100 retail companions and the plan is to broaden that to extra this 12 months.

“This time final 12 months, we began our journey with enormous expectations from followers and a large accountability to ship on the legacy of one of the crucial modern manufacturers in our house,” Florian Seiche, CEO of HMD International, mentioned in an announcement. “Since then we’ve reintroduced well-loved icons, cast partnerships with buddies outdated and new and delivered our pure, safe and up-to-date Android expertise throughout our smartphone portfolio. Final 12 months we shipped over 70 million Nokia telephones.”

The smartphones getting lauched right now are notable for a way carefully they’re tied to Google’s Android, with Nokia joining Google’s Android One partnership program as a part of right now’s information — and within the case of the pared-down Nokia 1, utilizing Android Go.

Its distinctive spin, the corporate says, will probably be within the craftsmanship of the itself.

Within the absence of a distinctively totally different working system and any different to what’s already in the marketplace software-wise, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see whether or not this is sufficient to encourage the lots who’re new to Nokia telephones an model loyalists from the outdated days.

The flagship of the vary, the Nokia eight Sirocco, will retail for €749 and can embody Twin-Sight, Zeiss optics, Nokia spatial audio, and a curved glass end round a stainless-steel body, with a measurement of 2mm on the edge, utilizing edge-to-edge pOLED 2K 5.5-inch show. Nokia claims the chrome steel body is 2.5 instances stronger than 6000 collection aluminium. It additionally options wi-fi charging and a approach to log into the telephone utilizing facial recognition.

The Nokia 7 Plus, priced at €399, is being positioned with its digital camera options within the forefront, with a 12MP Zeiss optics — considerably, marking the return of Zeiss to Nokia units after having a long-time collaboration with the model when Nokia was nonetheless making its telephones itself — for its main digital camera and a secondary 13MP digital camera with 2x optical zoom.

The entrance digital camera has adaptive sensor expertise for low-light circumstances, and a brand new function referred to as “professional digital camera” on all Zeiss optics the place you may modify the aperture and different options and see previews earlier than taking the images, together with a brand new think about suite that permits you to embody AR-type lenses in addition to animated characters.

It’s constructed on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Cell Platform with a two-day battery life and is available in Black/Copper and White/Copper.

The Nokia 6, in the meantime, will retail for €279 when it goes on sale in April, and is a brand new model of the telephone it introduced beforehand. The brand new options embody quicker processing energy (60 p.c quicker, HMD says) and a extra sturdy physique, created from a block of 6000 collection aluminum, together with Zeiss optics, USB-C fast-charging and Android Oreo as a part of the Android One program. One other two notable options are wi-fi charging, in addition to the power now to unlock your telephone utilizing your face — two particulars that it appears are actually changing into commonplace in cell units.

It’s constructed on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Cell Platform and is available in Black/Copper, White/Iron and Blue/Gold, with two configurations of 3GB RAM/32GB ROM, and later 4GB RAM/64GB ROM.

Lastly, the Nokia 1 is the corporate’s low-end smartphone, with a really cheap worth of $85 at retail when it goes on sale in April. It’s marketed as “smartphone necessities” — which on this case is Android Oreo Go Edition — the model of Android that’s optimised for telephones with reminiscence of 1GB or much less. On the surface, the telephone comes with a collection of Xpress-on covers to vary the colour to Azure, Gray, Yellow and Pink (a function Nokia has been operating for years now, beginning within the Lumia line).

Specs:

Nokia 1:

• Networks: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA: Band 1, 2, 5, eight, LTE: Band 1, three, 5, 7, eight, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41(Full band 41)
• Community pace: LTE Cat 6, 2CA, 300Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
• OS: Android eight.zero Oreo™
• Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 660 cell platform
• RAM: four GB LPDDR four
• Storage: 64 GB inside memory2 with MicroSD card slot3 (as much as 256 GB help)
• Kind issue: contact monoblock with on-screen keys
• Show: 6” IPS LCD full HD+ (2160 x 1080, 18:9), sculpted Corning® Gorilla® Glass, 403 ppi pixel density, 500 nits, 1:1500 distinction ratio, laminated and polarised
• Digital camera:
• Major digital camera: 12MP, 1.4um f1.75, 2PD, ZEISS with dual-tone flash
• Secondary digital camera: 13MP, 1.0um, F2.6, ZEISS
• Entrance going through digital camera: 16MP FF 1.0um, F2.zero, ZEISS
• Connectivity & Sensors: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, BT 5.zero, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS, NFC, USB type-C (USB 2.zero), OTG, three.5mm AV jack, ambient gentle sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, e-compass, gyroscope, corridor sensor, fingerprint sensor
• Battery: Built-in 3800 mAh battery4 with USB type-C quick charging and 2-day battery life5
• Audio: Single speaker with good amplifier, Nokia spatial audio seize with three mics

Dimensions: 158.38 x 75.64 x 7.99 mm (9.55 mm with digital camera bump)

Nokia 6:

• Networks: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA: Band 1, 2, 5, eight, LTE: Band 1, three, 5, 7, eight, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 (Full band 41)
• Community pace: LTE Cat. four, 150Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
• OS: Android eight.zero Oreo™
• Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 630 cell platform
• RAM/Storage variants: three GB LPDDR four RAM with 32 GB inside person memory2 or four GB LPDDR four RAM with 64 GB inside person memory2 each variants accessible with MicroSD card slot3 (as much as 128 GB help)
• Kind issue: Contact monoblock with on-screen keys
• Show: 5.5” IPS LCD full HD (1920 x 1080, 16:9), sculpted Corning® Gorilla® Glass, 403 ppi pixel density, 450 nits, laminated, 1500:1 distinction ratio
• Major digital camera: 16MP PDAF / 1.0um / F2.zero, dual-tone flash, ZEISS optics
• Entrance going through digital camera: 8MP FF, 1.12um / F2.zero / FOV 84˚
• Connectivity & sensors: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, BT 5.zero, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS, FM/RDS, USB type-C (USB 2.zero), OTG, three.5mm, ambient gentle sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, e-compass, gyroscope, corridor sensor, fingerprint sensor, NFC
• Battery: Built-in 3000mAh battery4
• Audio: Single speaker with good amplifier, Nokia spatial audio seize with 2 mics
• Dimensions: 148.eight×75.eight×eight.15 mm (eight.6 mm with digital camera bump)
• Nano SIM

Nokia 7 Plus:

• Networks: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA: Band 1, 2, 5, eight, LTE: Band 1, three, 5, 7, eight, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41(Full band 41)
• Community pace: LTE Cat 6, 2CA, 300Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
• OS: Android eight.zero Oreo™
• Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 660 cell platform
• RAM: four GB LPDDR four
• Storage: 64 GB inside memory2 with MicroSD card slot3 (as much as 256 GB help)
• Kind issue: contact monoblock with on-screen keys
• Show: 6” IPS LCD full HD+ (2160 x 1080, 18:9), sculpted Corning® Gorilla® Glass, 403 ppi pixel density, 500 nits, 1:1500 distinction ratio, laminated and polarised
• Major digital camera: 12MP, 1.4um f1.75, 2PD, ZEISS with dual-tone flash
• Secondary digital camera: 13MP, 1.0um, F2.6, ZEISS
• Entrance going through digital camera: 16MP FF 1.0um, F2.zero, ZEISS
• Connectivity/sensors: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, BT 5.zero, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS, NFC, USB type-C (USB 2.zero), OTG, three.5mm AV jack, ambient gentle sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, e-compass, gyroscope, corridor sensor, fingerprint sensor
• Battery: Built-in 3800mAh battery4 with USB type-C quick charging and 2-day battery life5
• Audio: Single speaker with good amplifier, Nokia spatial audio seize with three mics
• Dimensions: 158.38×75.64×7.99 mm (9.55 mm with digital camera bump)
• Nano SIM

Nokia eight Sirocco:

• Networks: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900, CDMA One: BC (800), CDMA 2000:  BC0 (800). WCDMA, 1,2,5,eight, TDS CDMA 34,39 FDD-LTE: 1, 2, three, four, 5, 7, eight, 20, 28 TDD-LTE: 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
• Community pace: LTE Cat 12 600Mbps DL Cat13 150Mbps(64QAM) UL
• OS: Android Oreo™
• CPU: Qualcomm™ Snapdragon® 835 Cell Platform
• RAM: 6 GB LPPDDR 4X
• Storage: 128G GB USF2.1 inside person memory2
• Kind issue: Contact monoblock with capacitive system keys
• Show: 5.5” QHD pOLED, 3D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5
• Major digital camera: 12MP huge, 2L7, 1.4um, 2PD, f/1.75, FOV 78”
• Secondary digital camera: 13MP tele, 3M3, 1.0um, f/2.6, FOV 47.three”, dual-tone flash
• Entrance-facing digital camera: 5MP, 4E8, 1.4um, F/2.zero, FF, show flash
• Connectivity/sensors: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (MIMO), BT 5.zero, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS, NFC,ANT+, fingerprint sensor, ALS/PS, g-sensor, e-compass, gyro, corridor sensor, barometer
• Battery: built-in 3260mAh battery3
• Audio: three AOP mics, good amp on single speaker
• Charging: QC four suitable, Qi wi-fi charging compliance
• Dimensions: 140.93×72.97×7.5 mm
• Nano SIM

Availability

Nokia eight Sirocco will probably be accessible from early April for a worldwide common retail worth of €749.

Nokia 7 Plus will probably be accessible from early April for a worldwide common retail worth of €399.

New Nokia 6 will probably be accessible from Could for a worldwide common retail worth of €279.

Nokia 1 will probably be accessible from early April for a worldwide common retail worth of $85. Xpress-on covers, bought individually, can be found from $7.99 in Azure, Gray, Yellow and Pink.

Nokia 8110 will probably be accessible from Could for a worldwide common retail worth of €79.