MWC 2018: Nokia launched its best Android phone named Nokia sirocco 8

Nokia Sirocco 8:

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Nokia also launched its best Android phone to date. Names Nokia 8 Sirocco. It was launched on Sunday at Nokia's mobile launch event in Barcelona.

It is very much different from Nokia 8 as it is coming with new design elements and a ton of features.

It is also dust and water resistance with IP 67 certification.

It comes with Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box.The phone is powered by Snapdragon 835 processor coupled with 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of non-expandable inbuilt storage.


The smartphone, available in Black color variant only.

Nokia 8 Sirocco comes with Zeiss optics on the redesigned rear dual camera setup and dual-tone LED flash. The phone features a 12-MP wide-angle lens with f/1.75 aperture and 1.4-micron pixels along with a 13-MP telephoto sensor, offering 2x optical zoom at f/2.6 aperture and 1-micron pixels.

The Nokia 8 Sirocco features a 3D curved glass finish and a stainless steel frame which the company claims are 2.5 times stronger than 6000 series aluminum used in Nokia 8.

Sirocco all the sensors like other flagship mobiles i.e., accelerometer, digital compass, barometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor and also a rear fingerprint sensor.

In terms of connectivity, we get 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC GPS/ A-GPS and Wi-Fi 802.11ac.

The Nokia 8 Sirocco comes with non-removable 3,260 mAh battery with Qi Wireless Charging support allowing you to charge 50% battery in 30 minutes.

Nokia 8 Sirocco gets a single speaker, But it comes with amplifier support for boosted sound output.

Interestingly, the smartphones get 3 integrated microphones which allow sound recording at up to 132 decibels with 24-bit audio.

The global price of Nokia 8 Sirocco is EUR 749 (around Rs. 60,000) including all the taxes and subsidies. However, its price in India is yet to be revealed by the company.