topic Re: Nokia 8 in Other Devices

Nokia 8

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 08:53:43 GMT

The all new Nokia 8 Goes on sale 13th sept!!

It will be available to buy on September 13 for £499 prepaid, in two colour variants: steel and blue.

Confirmed stockers of the Nokia 8 include: Carphone Warehouse, EE, Virgin, Amazon and John Lewis.

Monthly plans from Carphone Warehouse start at £34 with a £9.99 upfront cost. A free Nokia steel smartwatch worth £119.99 is included. Both colour schemes are available.

EE will be stocking the blue version and prices start at £40.49 per month with a £9.99 upfront cost. Virgin have yet to confirm pricing and colour ways.

Features

The Nokia 8 is encased in a glass body with Gorilla Glass 5 on the 5.3-inch IPS display. Resolution for the screen is quad HD, 1440 x 2560 pixels, and features an always-on mode. Dimensions are 151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm, the device weighs 160g.

Powering the device is the octa-core Snapdragon 835 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. Internal memory stands at 64GB upgradeable up to 25GB via microSD. It will run Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box.

Bothie

Primary snapper is 13 megapixels with a f/2.0 aperture and laser autofocus. The main camera uses lens from optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. The front-facing camera is also 13 megapixels with phase detection autofocus.

Users can snap a picture of themselves and a point of interest simultaneously with a software feature called ‘bothie’.

Other features include: 3,090mAh battery, USB Type-C and front-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:34:12 GMT

As a lover of Nokia phones

Wish I was in a financial situation to buy one ... but ... I 'aint

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:36:46 GMT

looking at the specs it looks quite good, only downside is that they are using a rather out dated android platform, (nuggat) where they could of used a more uptodate version to boost the phones credibility in the market and push it against HTC's and Blackbery's

Re: Nokia 8

jonsie — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:14:37 GMT

Nokia just doesn't do it for me anymore though I would like to try one instore and get a feel for it. At least it's android now so it could be a good seller, many people are still loyal to the brand.

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:55:33 GMT

Eh...outdated? It comes with the latest version of Nougat and will be one of the first devices outside of the original Pixel and Nexus devices to get Oreo. HTC and Blackberry's are on Nougat and will remain so for some time. If you were talking about Marshmallow or Lollipop you'd have a point. But Nougat? Not a valid criticism.

Re: Nokia 8

alan1yandell — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:44:21 GMT

The new Blackberry Krypton which is due out in Oct-Nov will be loaded with Orio OS,and that will have a 4000 mamp battery.Plus the KeyOne will be updated for sure but the Dtek60/50 devices im sure wont be.

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:49:46 GMT

That Blackberry will only have a mid range processor (SD625/626) and will have only a full HD screen. It's only trick is the battery. It is not a competitor at all.

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:41:15 GMT

The big question that hasn't been answered is whether or not o2 will sell any of the new nokias directly, or whether would be customers will move with their feet to the likes of the carphone warehouse

Re: Nokia 8

MI5 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:02:14 GMT

Only @Chris_K can answer that for us?

Re: Nokia 8

Cleoriff — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:24:31 GMT

According to this article it looks as if O2 won't be stocking it ...

The Nokia 8 is available for preorder now from Nokia.com, EE, Carphone Warehouse and Virgin, and will be available to buy in the UK on 13 September from Carphone Warehouse, EE, Virgin, Amazon, John Lewis and a range of high-street and online retailers.

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/nokia/1405731/nokia-8-uk-release-date-price-specs-and-rumours-nokia-s-flagship-13-sept

Though as said, only @Chris_K can confirm.Though they will be a little 'late to the party' as it's been available since September....

Re: Nokia 8

Chris_K — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:50:27 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
The big question that hasn't been answered is whether or not o2 will sell any of the new nokias directly, or whether would be customers will move with their feet to the likes of the carphone warehouse

The Nokia 8 isn’t a device we’re ranging but we do constantly review the devices we stock. We have very recently launched the Nokia 3 and the Nokia 5, both well priced with solid specs for the money. If you're after something a bit beefier though, moving away from Nokia there's also the fantastic OnePlus 5 you may be interested in?

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:04:50 GMT

I was really hoping that O2 would be stocking this one and I've been waiting for it since I firstread about it a few months back as I was due to upgrade this year. I'm not bothered about iPhones and I don't really like Samsungs. I've had Nokias for years (all except my very first mobile and a brief Samsung hiatus) and I was so pleased to read that Nokia were bringing out an Android phone at last. "Great", thought I "I'll be able to get Facebook Messenger on my phone again and not have to wait to get home and log on to read them" (I do sometimes miss messages that are time-critical on Messenger). I'm really disappointed that there's no plans for O2 to stock the Nokia 8. Is there any chance that might change Chris_K?

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:20:57 GMT

Do you really think that people interested in Nokia8 are thinking about Nokia3 or 5 .

I personally will go to any other provider that has Nokia 8 in stok. I switch everytime my contract runs out because none of the providers has any edge in competition, you guys all do the same stuf so if Nokia 8 isn't in your stock I sign with somebody else, simple.

Re: Nokia 8

jonsie — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 15:21:17 GMT

Yes obviously go to a provider who can supply it

Maybe a deal from CPW on any network you choose?

Re: Nokia 8

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:21:41 GMT

Same here. My refresh is now paid, and I have a month left on my airtime. I'm off to Virgin mobile. Seems like O2 aren't listening to what their customers want.