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Nokia announces the Nokia 8.1 — Snapdragon 710, ZEISS Optics and Bothie for less than RM2000?
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Nokia announces the Nokia 8.1 — Snapdragon 710, ZEISS Optics and Bothie for less than RM2000?

by Vyncent ChanDecember 6, 2018
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The Nokia 8.1 is finally official, and it Nokia’s latest value flagship. Coming in at a price of 399 euros (~RM1885), it is pretty affordable, but is it a flagship? Maybe not. It does come with all the features you would expect from a Nokia flagship though. Such as Bothie.

Remember Bothie? It debuted with the Nokia 8, where you can make use of the rear camera and front camera simultaneously in video calls. I can’t imagine that it took off, but it is back. This time, you will be taking advantage of the industry-leading 12MP sensor behind ZEISS Optics, which is coupled with a 13MP sensor, and the 20MP selfie camera. The 20MP front facing camera features a 4-in-1 supersampling technology too to improve performance in low light. And oh, there is OIS in the primary 12MP rear camera.

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The display is also pretty interesting, with Nokia putting in their all into the 6.18″ FHD+ PureDisplay which comes with HDR10 support. There is also a pretty cool 96% color gamut coverage — they didn’t mention which gamut though — and a 1:1500 contrast ratio. The only thing marring the PureDisplay, a notch. It totally takes away from the purity of it all.

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Now I did mention that it comes with all the features you would expect from a Nokia flagship. But it doesn’t come with the hardware of a flagship. It is only powered by a Snapdragon 710, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. That’s pretty mid-range hardware there. Making matters worse is that the storage is of the eMMC 5.1 variety. Even budget mid-range devices have UFS 2.1 nowadays! The battery is decent at 3500 mAh, and it comes with 18W fast charging. It runs Android 9 Pie out of the box too, so you can squeeze more battery life out of the Nokia 8.1 with the optimizations brought about by the latest Android version.

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All of that is put into a chassis with a glass back and a dual-tone anodized metal frame, which will be finished in Blue/Silver, Steel/Copper and Iron/Steel. Nokia goes on to detail how precise their machining work is to deliver a seamless experience, but it is, in all reality, just a premium mid-range, rather than a value flagship. It hits European retail channels mid-December, but when or whether it ever will arrive in Malaysia is still unknown.

Do you think Nokia is right in calling this a value flagship? Or do you agree with us, with this being a premium mid-range device rather than a flagship?

Pokdepinion: Well, all the leaks were true!

About The Author
Vyncent Chan
Technology enthusiast, casual gamer, pharmacy graduate. Strongly opposes proprietary standards and always on the look out for incredible bang-for-buck.

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