Update! MWC 2017 Nokia 6 is set to be available Globally this 2nd Quarter of the Year 2017! By then it will have Google Playstore and Google Assistant plus Monthly Updates! Said to cost 229 Euros for Classic design while a Special Piano Finish Edition will be priced for 299 Euros...
Look what we have here... Nokia 6! Lets have a quick look, shall we?
At last... That Android Dream. Nokia on Android. Nokia 6
Lets unbox this baby. We find ourselves with Nokia signature simplistic packaging with a photo of holding hands - typically depicting their Motto "Connecting People." Opening the Box, we see the unit, manuals including ejector pin, and a box filled with the charger, data cable and headset.
Nokia 6 looks grand and looks like it took design ques from older nokia devices with blockish form of that of lumia 830 but more edgier champers. The back comes with black with protruding camera and led flash. Top houses the headphone jack while on the bottom lies the speaker and microUSB port. Right side, you will find the volume rocker and power / lock button. The sim card / micro sd hybrid slot lies on the left. It construction is flawless accented with antenna. We did a drop test (Video Soon Uploading...) and it survive a 5 ft fall. hahaha
Up front lies a 5.5 inch Full HD IPS Display with 2.5D Curved Corning Gorilla Glass. Not as bright and with Nokia blue iconography seems like it is on the cold side of things.
Powering the device is Snapdragon 430 with Adreno 505 GPU coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB Internal Storage. You can expand storage via hybrid slot although you need to sacrifice dual sim feature. We ran Antutu Benchmark and it delivered nearly 45K mark. Nokia 6 performed very well with no lags and apps launch quickly and properly.
Nokia 6 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with Nokia twist to it. No App drawer here, with round iconography. Settings has been organize with icons and labels but also shows details of particular settings like percentage of battery, amount of memory and storage and the like. I can it find it useful as I can see the settings without going through them one by one. Oh since this is from grey market, sadly no playstore.
It 16MP Rear camera has good dynamic range where you can see details of hightlights and shadows as well as enough sharpness and contrast. Coming from a Lumia user, it is not of pureview or zeiss level but it can deliver good photos. Although as of present time, it has no professional or manual modes. However we tested Manual Compatibility test and it does support so you may install third party apps to unlock its camera potential even more.
Front Camera is decent too. Look here, My Selfie. You could see my white strands of hair meaning to say it can capture details even my pimples. Colors are on point and can capture text properly.
Camera UI is basic. It has only three modes Auto, Touch up,and Panorama. There is HDR and you can set it to HDR Auto, On or Off. Oh by the way, before taking photos be sure set your aspect ratio to 4:3 16MP for rear and 4:3 8MP for front as by default it is set at 16:9 at lesser MP so that you could maximize it camera capabilities.
We have tried out its connectivity and we were impress. Comparedd to any Android we tries, it connects fast whether WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS maybe and USB OTG. It can detect fast as well as reject or unmount faster too. Transfers via wireless are wickedly smooth without hiccups. As expected from Nokia - Connecting people. Wireless casting is also supported.
Oh has complete sets of sensors including gyroscope that will enable you to use Virtual Reality (VR) Apps and Augmented Reality Games (AR).
We have not tried battery as we ran out of time to charge and drain it. So until we get to take home the review unit. Just stand by and we will get back at you to finish this review off.
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Nokia 6 specs:
Android 7.0 Nougat
5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display
2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass
Snapdragon 430 octa-core CPU
Adreno 505 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD up to 128GB
16MP rear camera
f/2.0 Aperture
Dual Tone LED flash
8MP front camera
f/2.0 aperture
4G LTE / HSPA+ / 3G / 2G
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
Fingerprint scanner
3000mAh battery
Supports Fast charging
