Nokia favors a punch hole display, ditches the notch in the new X71!

Smartphone manufacturer has descended the notch train with it's latest launch. Well, they must be following the smartphone fashion that's been brought along by Samsung recently. The company has added a punch-hole display in its new release, the Nokia X71. The phone was unveiled by HMD Global today in Taiwan alongside its flagship, the Nokia 9 PureView. The phone is the first Nokia has released featuring a punch hole display and first to X-series smartphone to launch outside of China. And going by the specs, you get a 6.3 inches FHD+ display with an impressive 93% screen to body ratio. As mentioned earlier, the display has a punch hole housing the 16MP selfie camera. Also read: Nokia Mobiles Price in Nepal While we are at cameras, you get a triple camera set up at the back, with a primary 48MP camera, a secondary 8MP Ultra-Wide angle camera followed by a 5MP depth sensor. The phone is built around Snapdragon 660 processor running on Android 9 Pie. Impressively, it packs 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal expandable storage. Likewise, the battery capacity is 3,500 mAh. On today's date, you get a lot of smartphones with 48 MP cameras and this one seems intended to compete the Redmi Note 7 sliding into the middle of the line price category.

Nokia X71 Specifications:

• Display: 6.3″  IPS LCD (1080 x 2316 pixels) with 93% screen to body ratio
• OS: Android 9.0 Pie (Android One)
• SoC: Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
• Processor: Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
• GPU: Adreno 512
• RAM: 6GB
• Storage: 128GB, expandable up to 256GB via MicroSD card
• Back Camera: 48MP, f/1.8, 8MP ultra-wide- angle lens (13mm), 5MP f/2.2 depth sensor
• Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
• Front Camera: 16MP, f/2.0
• Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 3,500mAh. Type-C, USB On-The-Go
• Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hot Spot, Bluetooth 5.0
• Color: Black

Nokia X71 Price & availability:

The phone has been launched in Taiwan for TWD 11,900 which converts to $385. The sales of this smartphone is said to start from April 30. The device will make its way globally just like the Nokia 8.1 Plus.