The comeback smartphone of Nokia just landed on my hands earlier thanks to the guys behind Hellotronics who brought the Nokia 6 on Lazada Philippines so here is my hands-on it inside their office.
Here is the front and back views of the box.
The box also comes with SIM ejector pin, earphones, micro USB to USB port and travel charger which it has 5V 2A output
Front: 5.5 inch Full HD display, 8 MP front camera, fingerprint reader/home button at the front
Back: 16 MP AF main camera with flash, Nokia branding, noise cancelling microphone
Internals: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, non-removable back cover
The left panel has hybrid SIM tray (1 nano SIM + 1 micro SD or 2 nano SIMs) while at the right, you can see the volume rocker and power/unlock button
The top has 3.5 mm. audio jack while at the bottom has OTG capable micro USB port, single speaker and pin hole mic
These are what to expect on the main page and pulldown menu of Nokia 6. The circular app icons are visible here and all of the must haves that I need are there including the hotspot icon.
The phone and messaging apps of Nokia 6. In addition in terms of connectivity area, Bluetooth sharing is fast on this phone and it has 4G only option which is a thumbs up to me just like in phones of Infinix. I noticed that there is no Google Play Store inside so we had to do some sideloading for some test.
On benchmarks, it has 7 working sensors including gyroscope. The Antutu app gave us at 44,959 and it has 5 point multi touch.
The camera app on Nokia 6 reminds me a bit of Google Camera with some modifications. The bad news is there is no pro mode on both cameras (but Haykal of Geekschicksten gave me a tip that the Camera FV will do a turnaround for the pro mode that you need). Both cameras can do HDR and can shoot at 4:3 aspect ratio
And the camera samples. Both cameras are at f/2,0 aperture
Nokia 6 16 MP rear camera sample
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Nokia 6 8 MP front camera sample
Observations:
The front itself of the Nokia 6 is so beautiful as well as the display. The back has a bit if rubberish and matte finish but I noticed that it is prone even to those simple office dust. If you are not mindful on the pro mode, it is very good for a midrange phone in terms of camera output and it is also fast in terms of image processing time.
Nokia 6 is selling by Hellotronics on Lazada Philippines in black color for Php 18, 590
