Nokia 6.1 (3 GB)
Full Specifications, Price, Review & Should you Buy?
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₹ 15,999
• Score: 77
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- 5.5 inches, Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) display
- 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 processor
- 3 GB RAM, 32 GB Internal Storage, microSD up to 128 GB
- 16 MP Rear camera with Zeiss optics, 8 MP Front camera
- Android 8.0 Oreo, Android One, 3000 mAh battery, Fast Charging
- Fingerprint Scanner, Dual Hybrid SIM, 4G VoLTE, USB Type-C, NFC
Strength
- Android One with Stock Android and fast updates
- Excellent, beautiful premium design
- Good display quality
- Good performance
- Good front & rear cameras
- Good battery backup + Fast charging
- Reliable phone with good user experience
- Brand value of Nokia
Weakness
- Overpriced, should have costed 2-3K less
- No narrow bezel 18:9 display
- No dual cameras
- Average low light camera performance
Should You Buy?
Overall, the new Nokia 6 (2018) is a good smartphone with balanced all-round features, umm, which are still not enough! It comes in a very beautiful premium design with excellent build quality. It also delivers very good performance and decent cameras. However, the best thing about the Nokia 6 (2018) is that it comes under Android One program with latest Android and guaranteed updates. The Nokia 6 (2018), despite being good, misses out on an 18:9 display & dual cameras, which are the trending features now coming with every good budget smartphone, and their absence is strongly felt! So, only if you want a clean, stock Android experience or the brand value of Nokia, it can be a good buy.
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| Phone Name(s) | Nokia 6.1, Nokia 6 (2018) |
| Manufacturer | Nokia |
| Announced | February 2018 |
| Released | April 2018 |
| Build | Metal unibody design |
| Colors |
Black / Copper
White / Iron
Blue / Gold
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| Dimensions | 148.8 x 75.8 x 8.15mm |
| Weight | 172 grams |
| Buttons | On-screen navigation buttons, Power button, Volume rocker |
| Screen Size | 5.5 inches |
| Display Type | IPS LCD |
| Resolution | Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) |
| Pixel Density | 403 pixels per inch (PPI) |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 aspect ratio |
| Display Area | 73.2% screen-to-body ratio |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Touchscreen | Yes, Capacitive, Multitouch |
| Processor | 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor |
| RAM | 3 GB LPDDR 4 |
| GPU | Adreno 508 |
| Internal | 32 GB |
| External | microSD up to 128 GB |
| USB OTG | Yes |
| OS |
Android 8.0 Oreo |  |
| User Interface | Stock Android UI |
| Features | Comes under ‘Android One’ program by Google with very fast and promised updates for 2 years |
| Rear Camera | 16 MP camera with Dual-tone LED flash |
| Details | Carl Zeiss optics, f/2.0 aperture, 1.0µm pixel size, PDAF |
| Video Recording | 1080p @30fps |
| Front Camera | 8 MP |
| Details | f/2.0 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size, Fixed Focus, 84˚ wide-angle lens |
| Video Recording | 1080p @30fps |
| SIM | Dual SIM (hybrid slots) |
| SIM Size | Nano SIM |
| Capacity | 3000 mAh Li-Ion battery |
| Fast Charging | Yes |
| Wireless Charging | No |
| Removable Battery | No |
| Talk Time | 16 hours |
| Stand-by Time | 507 hours |
| Security | Fingerprint Scanner |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, E-compass, Gyroscope, Hall sensor |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v5.0, A2DP, LE |
| Location | GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| USB Type | USB Type-C (2.0) |
| FM Radio | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared | No |
| Speakers | Single speaker with smart AMP |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack | Yes |
| Microphone | Two microphones with Nokia OZO Audio |
| Cellular Networks | 2G, 3G, 4G / VoLTE |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 850/ 900/ 1900/ 2100 |
| 4G Bands | FDD LTE 1(2100)/ 3(1800)/ 5(850)/ 7(2600)/ 8(900)/ 20(800)/ 28(700); TDD LTE 38(2600)/ 40(2300)/ 41(2500) |
| Speed | LTE Cat. 4, 150 Mbps DL/50 Mbps UL |
| Head | - |
| Body | - |
| Notification LED | Yes |
| Water Resistance | No |
| What's in the box? | Phone, Nokia USB-C Charger, Charging/data cable, Quick guide, SIM door key |
Nokia recently launched a 4 GB RAM variant of its last year’s Nokia 6, and within no time they have launched its successor in India, known as the Nokia 6 (2018). The new Nokia 6 (2018) brings some significant improvements over the last gen Nokia 6, most importantly in terms of performance. It now runs on a more powerful 2.2 GHz Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor paired with 3 /4 GB RAM and Adreno 508 GPU, and delivers very good performance for gaming, multitasking and day to day usage.
However, one area where the new Nokia 6 should have been upgraded, is the display. The old Nokia 6 came with a 16:9 aspect ratio display but, the current trend among the budget smartphones is the bezel-less 18:9 aspect ratio display and sadly, the Nokia 6 (2018) misses out on it. Though the 5.5 inches Full HD display is good in quality but, to make its mark in the budget smartphone segment, it was must for the new Nokia 6 to get an 18:9 aspect ratio display like the new Nokia 7 Plus, which was launched alongside it.
Coming to the design of the smartphone, it still gets that sturdy build quality as it comes in a metal unibody design, built out of a single piece of series 6000 aluminium. The build quality is premium and it also comes with beautiful copper color linings on the camera module, fingerprint scanner and the edges, which makes it look very beautiful and different at the same time. Probably the best thing about the Nokia 6 (2018) is its software, as it runs on the latest Android 8.0 Oreo with Stock Android and comes under ‘Android One’ program by Google with very fast and promised updates for 2 years.
Being an Android One smartphone, it also gets the benefit of free unlimited high-quality photo storage with Google Photos, the popular gallery app from Google. When it comes to the optics, the Nokia 6 (2018) again features a single 16 MP rear camera with Zeiss optics having PDAF, 1.0um, f/2.0 aperture and dual-tone LED flash. The picture quality is excellent in daylight conditions but in low light it’s average with noise and low light. On the front, there is an 8 MP selfie shooter which clicks good selfies.
The feature-packed camera app comes with features like a full pro mode, bothie mode (lets you click photos simultaneously from both the cameras in the same frame), PIP mode and software-based Bokeh effects in portrait mode for both the front as well as rear cameras. The fingerprint scanner is fast and easy to reach. It gets 32 /64 GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 128 GB via microSD card. The dual sim Nokia 6 (2018) comes with a hybrid slot. It comes with a non-removable 3000 mAh Li-Ion battery with support for fast charging and delivers very good battery backup. It also comes with NFC and USB Type-C for connectivity.
Nokia 6.1 Black / Copper:
Nokia 6.1 White / Iron:
Nokia 6.1 Blue / Gold:
- Heavy Users
- Normal Day to Day Users
- Heavy Gamers
- Moderate Gamers
- Camera Lovers
- Selfie Lovers
- Multimedia Consumption
