HMD’s most affordable flagship till date, the Nokia 8.1 is after making its debut in the UAE and India, now ready to conquer Malaysia. The company the has launched the smartphone at price point of RM1,699 in the country. The smartphone comes in two color options, Blue and Silver and will be up for grab starting January 18.

We have tested Nokia 8.1 for more than 30 days as our daily drivers and the result exceeded our expectations from a device in that price range. You can check out our full 30-days review here.

You can find the full specification of the device below.

Nokia 8.1 Specs

Design:

  • Colors Dark blue, Night red, Magic night silver, Night black
  • Size 154.8×75.76×7.97 (mm)
  • Weight 180 (g)

Network and connectivity:

  • Network speed LTE Cat 6, 2CA, L+L
  • WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  • Bluetooth® 5.0
  • GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+Beidou

Performance:

  • Operating system Android 9 Pie
  • RAM 4GB LPDDR4
  • CPU 2.2 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 710

Storage:

  • Internal memory 64 GB3 eMMC 5.1
  • MicroSD card slot Support for up to 400 GB4 

Audio:

  • Connector 3.5 mm headphone jack
  • Speakers Single speaker with smart amp
  • Three microphones with Nokia OZO Audio

Display:

  • Size and type 6.18 (inch) Full HD+, HDR Video playback support
  • Resolution (2246×1080, 18.7:9), 1:1500 contrast ratio
  • Material Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, laminated & polarized

Camera:

  • Rear lens main lens : 12MP, 1/2.55” Sony IMX 363 sensor, f / 1.8 aperture, 1.4um pixels, dual-core focus, optical image stabilization, Zeiss Optics
  • Sub lens : 13 MP FF
  • Front lens 20MP, dynamic sensor, FF/09 um, f/2.0 large aperture, 1.8μm (4 in 1) large pixel technology
  • Flash Dual color temperature double LED flash
  • OZO Audio capture

Connections and sensors:

  • Cable type USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
  • Sensors Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, E-compass, Gyroscope, Fingerprint Sensor, NFC

Battery life:

  • Battery type Integrated 3500 mAh battery2

Cool features:

  • Face Unlock
  • Qualcomm Quick Charge

Are you planning to get the new Nokia 8.1? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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