Nokia 7 Plus: Features in detail; see what makes this smartphone special

Nokia 7 Plus was launched today. HMD Global, the Finnish startup licensed to sell Nokia-branded mobile phones, on Wednesday launched the much-awaited Nokia 7 Plus in India at a price of Rs 25,999. The smartphone will be sold exclusively on Amazon India starting April 30. Preorders for the smartphone can be booked from April 20. To the relief of interested buyers, no flash sales will be conducted for the Nokia 7 Plus. HMD Global also launched a slew of other smartphones too at the Mobile World Congress 2018. These include the first-ever Android Go device, the Nokia 1 and a classic phone, the Nokia 8810 Banana Phone. However, Nokia 7 Plus, indeed, stole the show. 

Here are the detailed features of Nokia 7 Plus:

1) The Nokia 7 Plus runs Android 8.0 Oreo and bears a 6-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) IPS display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, and Corning Gorilla Glass. 

2) Nokia 7 Plus is fuelled by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB expandable storage. 

3) The smartphone’s dual rear camera comprises a 12-megapixel wide-angle primary camera with an f/1.75 aperture, and 1.4-micron pixels, as well as a 13-megapixel camera with an f/2.6 aperture, 1-micron pixels, and 2x optical zoom. 

4) Both the lens use Carl Zeiss optics with the secondary camera doubling as telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom. The Nokia Pro mode is enabled to give users more control while taking photos.

5) The Nokia 7 Plus is equipped with 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, USB Type-C (2.0), a 3.5mm audio jack, and Nokia 7 Plus' 3800mAh battery. The smartphone can deliver a talk time up to 19 hours and a standby time of 723 hours.

6) Sensors on board include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and a rear-facing fingerprint sensor. 

7) The distinct feature in Nokia 7 Plus is a single speaker with a smart amplifier and Nokia spatial audio with 3 mics.

8) The smartphone has an aluminium uni-body, and will be available in two colours: Black/ Copper and White/ Copper.