Nokia 7 Is Now Official

Nokia 7 China

Pocktable Beauty

After the successful launch of mid range Nokia 3, 5 and 6 and Nokia 8, HMD Global has made an announcement in China today, the Nokia 7. Here are the full specs:

 

Networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900

CDMA: BC0 (1X / EVDO Rev.A

WCDMA: B1, 2, 5, 8

TD-SCDMA: B34, 39

FDD-LTE: B1, 3, 5, 8

TD-LTE: B34, 38, 39, 40, 41

Network speed LTE Cat 6, 2CA, 300Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
OS Android Nougat (Oreo ready)
Chipset Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 630 Mobile Platform
RAM 4 GB LPPDDR4/ 6 GB LPPDDR4

Storage: 64 GB eMMC 5.1 internal memoryii with external MicroSD card slotiii (up to 128 GB support)

Form factor Touch monoblock
Display 5.2” IPS LCD FHD (1920 x 1080), 2.5 D curved Corning® Gorilla®, 423 ppi
Camera Primary camera: 16MP / 1.12um / F1.8, Dual tone flash

Front facing camera: 5MP / 1.4um / F2.0 / 84o FOV

Connectivity & Sensors USB Type C, OTG, 3.5mm AV jack, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer (G-sensor), E-compass, Gyroscope, Fingerprint Sensor, NFC (sharing), Hall sensor, 802.11 a/b/g/n, BT 5, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS
Battery 3,000 mAh batteryiv (9V/2A)
Video MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, MKV, WEBM
Audio MP3, AAC, OGG, WAV, AMR, AMR-WB, FLAC, MID
Dimensions 141.2 x 71.45 x 7.92 mm (camera bump 1.2mm)

In terms of pricing and specs on paper, this phone with 7000 series aluminum chasis is actually categorized between the Nokia 6 and 8 as the premium mid range offering by Nokia. Interestingly, similar to Nokia 8, it supports “Bothie” feature, which lets you simultaneously capture on front and back camera and Nokia OZO audio. The wide angle primary camera captures up to 4K video in 30fps.

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Nokia 7 Bothie Screen
Nokia’s “Bothie Feature” shown-off on Nokia 7. (Photo: HMD Global)

READ: Nokia 8 flagship phone announces: Dual-cameras at the back with Carl Zeiss optics

The phone has a IP54 Splashproof rating and it supports 18W fast charging on its 3,000 mAH battery on a USB Type-C port.

Nokia 7 runs on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box, but HMD Global assures Android Oreo update later this year. It powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 14nm processor pairs with 64GB on-board storage.

Nokia 7 China Color Variant

It goes on sale in two variants exclusively on China on October 24 starts at ¥2,499 (Php 19,300–) for 4GB RAM model and ¥2,699 (Php 20,900–) for 6GB model respectively.

Would you want to see it launch globally? Let us know in the comments section.

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¥1 = Php. 7.75

JR Grate

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is a contributor at Tech Patrol. He started his first career in mobile industry as a community lead and a social media strategist for a local mobile brand.

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