The Nokia 6 is a

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-branded mid-range smartphone running on Android. It is the first smartphone from the Finnish company

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, created through the partial divestment of Nokia's devices division; the first Nokia-branded smartphone since the Lumia 638; and the first Nokia-branded Android smartphone since the short-lived Nokia X2 in 2014. The phone was first announced for sale in

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on January 8, 2017, with a global version announced the following month. The successor to the Nokia 6, the

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, was announced on January 5, 2018 in China and on February 25, 2018 for other parts of the world.

Specifications

Hardware

The Nokia 6 features a 16:9 5.5-inch

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display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and has a

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port. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with autofocus. The phone has either a single SIM slot or a hybrid SIM slot which can hold a

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card and either a

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card or another SIM card.

Software

The Nokia 6 2017 version originally shipped with an unmodified version of Android 7.1.1 Nougat as opposed to modified versions which are used by most manufacturers; an update to Android 7.1.2 Nougat came out in October 2017. In late January 2018, the stable version of Android 8.0 Oreo was released for the Nokia 6. By March 28, 2018, the Android 8.1.0 Oreo Update came out with the March Security Patch. On February 21, 2019, the Nokia 6 received the

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update.

Release

The Nokia 6 was first released in China on January 20, 2017, shortly after its announcement. Demand was high, and it was sold out within minutes after receiving over a million registrations. On February 26, 2017, at Mobile World Congress 2017, it was announced that Nokia 6 will be available globally. It was released in other Asian markets including

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in May 30, 2017, and has been rolled out in

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starting June 2017.

Reception

The Nokia 6 generally received positive reviews. John McCann of

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praised the phone’s camera, performance and affordability while criticising the “slow-to-charge” and uncomfortable design.

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praised the phone’s “solid battery life” and metal shell, while criticising the camera’s performance in low lighting and mixed lighting.

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* {{Authority control 6 Mobile phones introduced in 2017 Discontinued smartphones