Nokia 8 old is gold

HMD Global, the Finnish start-up responsible for bringing Nokia back, has announced the official roll out of Android Oreo for its flagship phone, aka the Nokia 8. The Nokia 6, which is also in line to get Oreo will start getting the update soon, HMD added.

Since all Nokia phones in 2017 run a near stock version of Android, Oreo on-board the Nokia 8 (and other Nokia phones) will also have no third-party skinning and will bring in all the key highlights of Oreo, including, picture-in-picture, Android Instant Apps, faster load times, better RAM and battery management and redesigned set of emojis with more than 60 of them being brand new. Most importantly, the Nokia 8 will still be clutter and bloat-free even post the Oreo update, much like it came out-of-the-box.  

Nokia 8 specs and features

The Nokia 8 comes with subtle curves that seamlessly wrap around the front. The front, meanwhile, is chamfered -- and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection -- to enhance grip and ergonomics.

The Nokia 8, much like the Nokia 6, is an all-metal smartphone carved out of 6000 series aluminum and has a physical home button on the front that also houses a fingerprint scanner, and is flanked by touch-based capacitive keys which are backlit. The power button and the volume rocker lie on the right, while the SIM card slot rests on the left. It comes with USB Type C port for charging and data syncing. The Nokia 8, in addition, comes with IP54 certification which makes it splash-proof (but not water-proof). It comes with an always-on display -- Glance Screen -- as well.

The phone comes with a 5.3-inch quad-HD IPS display with 700 nits of brightness, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor clubbed with 4GB of RAM under the hood, and 64GB of internal storage which is further expandable by up to 256GB via a hybrid micro-SD card slot. The phone is backed by a 3,090mAh battery and supports Qualcomm's Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging.It also has three microphones that allow for 360 degree spatial audio capture while recording videos.

On the camera front, the Nokia 8 comes with a dual camera system on the rear -- 13MP RGB+13MP Monochrome sensor -- assisted with Optical Image Stabilisation, laser and phase detection autofocus along with a dual-LED flash. The dual camera system has been fine-tuned by Carl Zeiss. The front camera -- which is the same 13MP as the primary sensor on-board the rear -- has been given a similar treatment. This is to allow for Dual-Sight, a feature that lets a user to simultaneously use both the rear and front cameras to take stills/record videos. Think of it as picture-in-picture. If that wasn't enough, the phone also allows for live broadcast of videos shot using Dual-Sight on to social media platforms like Facebook

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