Articles tagged "HMD"

Update: Nokia has reached out with a statement in response to this post: There is no purposeful delay. As soon as the upgrade to Android Pie is ready and we can be sure that it delivers the best experience for our fans, we will begin the update...

HMD Global has been on somewhat of an announcement spree lately, unveiling the Nokia 7.1, Nokia 3.1 Plus and, most recently, the Nokia X7 (7.1 Plus) in a matter of weeks since the beginning of October. Now an intriguing GeekBench listing appears to...

HMD Global is the current owner of the Nokia smartphone brand and as such knows how to pull fans’ strings with plenty of nostalgia-induced products. First, it was the Nokia 3310 (2017), followed by the Nokia 8 Sirocco and the banana-shaped Nokia...

HMD had announced last week the Nokia 3.1 will go on sale in the US on July 2. Well, the day has arrived and inline with what was promised, the device is now available to purchase in the region. Retailer Best Buy has the handset in stock, and is...

So far, HMD has confirmed multiple times that all its Nokia branded smartphones will get the Android P update. In fact, the company recently launched a Beta program in China for the owners of Nokia 6.1, Nokia 7, Nokia 7 plus and Nokia 8...

UPDATE: According to Juho Sarvikas, HMD Global's Chief Product Officer, the mention of Nokia 6.1 Plus was nothing but a typo, which will be rectified. In fact, the ARCore documentation was supposed to refer to the Nokia 6.1 (sans Plus), which is...

A couple of weeks back, we told you that Amazon has started accepting pre-orders for the Nokia 3.1 in the US, and shipments will begin July 2 onwards. Now, HMD has officially confirmed the July 2 launch for the device in the US. In a press...

Looks like Google has added another smartphone to its ARCore supported devices list. We're talking about HMD's Nokia 7 Plus, which was released in March this year. The device now appears in the list of supported devices if you try installing the...

The Nokia 5.1 was made official by HMD at its Moscow event late last month. As for availability, the company had said the phone will go on sale globally from July. Well, pre-orders for the device are live now. As was the case with Nokia 3.1,...

A Nokia smartphone carrying a model number of TA-1109 - which already went by CCC in China - has now received Bluetooth certification. While the certification doesn't reveal much about the device, it does show that it's powered by a Mediatek...

If you are a Nokia 7 Plus user running Android P beta on your unit, you are strongly advised against installing the latest June security update (if you haven't already). Reason being, those who did are reporting serious issues post...

The notch-totting Nokia X6 debuted last month official and is currently only available in China. It has now started receiving a new update with build number of 229D.B01 that lets you hide the notch. Other changes include portrait...

The newly-unveiled Nokia 5.1 has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US. In total, four models have received green light from the agency, including TA-1088, TA-1081, TA-1075, and TA-1061. While the TA-1088 and...

The Nokia 6.1 variant with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage is now available in Europe. Specifically, Germany is the market where the model is now on sale, with retailer ComStern offering it for €302, which translates into around $355 currently. The...

The newly-unveiled Nokia 3.1 is now available for purchase with Russia and Jordan the first markets to get the device. In Russia - where the phone was already available for pre-order - the phone's price tag is RUB 11,990($190). Available color...

The Nokia 8110 4G - which has already launched in Singapore and is on pre-order in Europe - is now also also available in a couple of more markets: UAE and Saudi Arabia. The device carries price tag of AED 259 ($70) and SAR 259 ($70) in these...

Three new Nokia phone were unveiled in Moscow earlier this week - the Nokia 5.1, 3.1, and 2.1. While the first and the last will go on sale in July, the Nokia 3.1 will be released next month in June. And now, it's coming to light that pre-orders...

HMD Global unveiled three new devices, upgrading its entry-level and mid-range portfolio. The Nokia 2.1 is the company's first phone with Android Oreo Go Edition, the Nokia 3.1 comes as a follow-up of the most successful HMD smartphone in 2017,...

Even though Qualcomm chips have been widely used for VR and AR devices over the past couple of years, none of its hardware is exclusively designed for augmented and virtual reality headsets. With their latest XR1 chipset, the company is looking to...

A trio of new Nokia phones debuted last night - the Nokia 5.1, 3.1, and 2.1. The official pricing quoted at the event was €189/$219, €139/$159, and €99/$115, respectively, but these things tend to vary from market to market. What we have now is...