Nokia’s comeback, One Hundred Thousand units sold in just 60 seconds
Nokia suddenly emerged with their new smartphone the Nokia 6.After the announcement in 2016, Nokia sold out their first 100,000 units in just 60 seconds on it’s release date 19 January 2017 in China.
The Nokia 6 Android smartphone was listed for flash sale on 18.1.2017 at JD.com in China and over 100,000 thousand people pre-ordered the device in a 60-second window. The registered users had to pay a $9 registration fee which would be deducted from the phone’s final price.
Official Nokia 6 photo released by Nokia
Nokia through its partner HMD seems to be testing the waters before it launches its flagship P1 which is expected to hit the market in end February or early March. Rumors from the past few days say the flagship Nokia P1 will run Qualcomm’s latest processor, Snapdragon 835 and sport a design similar to Sharp’s Aquos Xx3. It could have a 5.3-inch IGZO display, 6GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. Rear camera capacity could reach 24MP and the price might start at $800.
Check out the specifications of The Nokia 6 down below (source: gsmarena.com)
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE |
|---|
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2017, January |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Available. Released 2017, January |
| BODY | Dimensions | 154 x 75.8 x 8.4 mm (6.06 x 2.98 x 0.33 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 169 g (5.96 oz) | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.5 inches (~70.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 | |
| CPU | Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 | |
| GPU | Adreno 505 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 16 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | 1.0 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps | |
| Secondary | 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| – Dolby Atmos sound enhancement – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | |
| Radio | To be confirmed | |
| USB | microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | |
| – Fast battery charging – MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 768 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 18 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 22 h |
| OTHERS | Colors | Black |
|---|
