{"id":282910,"date":"2017-01-08T12:51:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T12:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282910"},"modified":"2017-01-08T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T12:51:32","slug":"first-nokia-branded-smartphone-to-be-released-exclusively-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282910","title":{"rendered":"First Nokia-branded smartphone to be released exclusively in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Nokia-branded smartphone is to be released exclusively in China.<\/p>\n

The device will be marketed in partnership with the local internet retail giant JD.com.<\/p>\n

The team behind the Nokia 6 phone said it believed the handset’s “premium design” would appeal to the local market.<\/p>\n

The announcement coincided with the final day of the CES tech show in Las Vegas, where other new mobile phones and gadgets have been launched.<\/p>\n

Nokia no longer manufactures phones that carry its name but has instead licensed its brand to another Finnish company, HMD Global.<\/p>\n

Until now, the only phones that had been released under the deal had been more basic “feature phone” models.<\/p>\n

\"NokiaImage copyright<\/span>HMD GLOBAL<\/span><\/span>
HMD Global may wait to unveil details of Android smartphones for other markets until next month in Barcelona<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Android device had been highly anticipated and marks Nokia’s return to the smartphone market after a series of Windows Phone models. Microsoft briefly used the brand for about a year after buying Nokia’s mobile devices unit in 2014.<\/p>\n

Nokia once dominated the mobile phone market but struggled after the launch of the iPhone a decade ago, and the subsequent release of Google’s Android operating system.<\/p>\n

HMD Global had previously indicated it would release several Nokia-branded Android phones in 2017.<\/p>\n

It is expected to provide details of at least some of the other launches at another trade show – Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress – in February.<\/p>\n

“The decision by HMD to launch its first Android smartphone into China is a reflection of the desire to meet the real world needs of consumers in different markets around the world,” the firm said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“With over 552 million smartphone users in China in 2016, a figure that is predicted to grow to more than 593 million users by 2017, it is a strategically important market where premium design and quality is highly valued by consumers.”<\/p>\n

\"NokiaImage copyright<\/span>HMD GLOBAL<\/span><\/span>
HMD Gobal sells feature phones, including the Nokia 150, in other parts of the world<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nokia 6 phone runs Android 7.0 – the latest version, also known as Nougat – and features:<\/p>\n

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  • a 5.5in 1080p “full high definition” screen<\/li>\n
  • a 16 megapixel rear camera<\/li>\n
  • four gigabyte of RAM memory and 64GB of storage<\/li>\n
  • two amplifiers supported by Dolby Atmos audio processing, which HMD says creates audio that “seems to flow all around users”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The specifications are mid-range, and so is the price: 1,699 yuan ($245; \u00a3200).<\/p>\n

    That makes it slightly more expensive than Huawei’s Honor 6X but cheaper than Xiaomi’s Mi 5s.<\/p>\n

    –<\/p>\n

    Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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