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HMD Global, the Finnish company that licensed the rights to produce Nokia phones, is revealing the company’s first Nokia-branded Android flagship phone today. The new Nokia 8 will be available in early September across Europe, priced at 599 euros ($705). As we saw with the leaks, the Nokia 8 has a 5.3-inch display (2560 x 1440), and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.

The specs are mostly what you’d expect from any top phone this year, but HMD is sticking with capacitive keys and larger display bezels despite an emerging industry trend to slim bezels down and move the fingerprint sensor to the rear. In terms of design, the Nokia 8 is slim at 7.3mm on average across its curved frame, and it places the antennas at the top and bottom with a full aluminum back like we’ve seen from Meizu, Apple, and even OnePlus / Oppo.

Instead of design superiority, HMD is offering some camera tricks. This is the first Nokia-branded Android phone to feature Zeiss optics on the front and rear cameras. Both are 13-megapixel sensors, with a dual-camera array at the rear that also includes a monochrome camera. HMD isn’t customizing the camera software very heavily here, but it has added what it calls a “bothie” mode.

The bothie mode (yes, really) is similar to what we’ve seen Samsung and LG do in the past, and it will activate both the front and rear cameras to capture photos or video. What’s slightly different here is that the Nokia 8 will also broadcast this video (with the front and rear cameras) to Facebook or YouTube natively through the camera interface. Ultimately it’s a camera gimmick, especially with the bothie naming, but it could prove popular for sports scenarios or even people attending and streaming protests.

The Nokia 8 also includes another trick, thanks to the integration of Nokia’s Ozo Audio. Ozo has typically been reserved for Nokia’s futuristic camera for filming virtual reality, but HMD is now bringing the audio portion over to the Nokia 8. In real terms, it means that videos will capture 360-degree audio, allowing for it to be broadcast live on streams. If you’re listening to a Facebook live stream with headphones, you’ll be able to hear the 360 audio.

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Hello #bothie

Will the term catch on as well as the groufie did??

 

[CaviarMeths]

So you can... take a picture of yourself taking a picture of something...?

I feel so old.

 

[sarcastor]

That's a lot of money for a boring looking phone. And not sure what the bothie thingy is useful for

But then maybe I'm just too old.

 

[OneEightZero]

Be careful with this one. This is not a Nokia phone. This is a Nokia branded phone.

Don't expect the quality of a previous Nokia device.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Ultimately it's a camera gimmick, especially with the bothie naming, but it could prove popular for sports scenarios or even people attending and streaming protests.

Now there's more than one

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Right way to stream your Confederate statue protest!

 

[Breakage]

Well it looks like a smartphone...and not a particularly attractive one.

 

[Drazgul]

So you can... take a picture of yourself taking a picture of something...?

I feel so old.

This could revolutionize dick pics.

 

[brotkasten]

Boring colors and no wireless charging. A pretty big screw-up that makes it even more apparent, that the Nokia name was just slapped on. I expected better from HMD.

 

[ponpo]

Well it looks like a smartphone...and not a particularly attractive one.

- every new smartphone, 2016 to ????

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Interesting designs when

 

[GHG]

Now there's more than one

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Right way to stream your Confederate statue protest!

At least we will always get to see things from both sides.

 

[newtypepilot]

wish it has a bigger battery.

 

[NeOak]

Be careful with this one. This is not a Nokia phone. This is a Nokia branded phone.

Don't expect the quality of a previous Nokia device.

HMD is full of ex-Nokia smarthphone division employees.

Boring colors and no wireless charging. A pretty big screw-up that makes it even more apparent, that the Nokia name was just slapped on. I expected better from HMD.

Missing Pureview tech ;-;

 

[Persona7]

So you can... take a picture of yourself taking a picture of something...?

I feel so old.

I think it's used for live streaming. The article mentions that sort of thing already being available on other phones.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

This could revolutionize dick pics.

 

[Quonny]

I can't wait for bothie sticks that rest on your shoulders.

 

[NeOak]

This could revolutionize dick pics.

 

[Famassu]

That's a lot of money for a boring looking phone. And not sure what the bothie thingy is useful for

But then maybe I'm just too old.

Looks exactly like every other smartphone on the market within the last 10 years.

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

If it had a removable battery, I'd be all over this. Looks like the perfect phone. Looks the V30 is going the non-removable route and now I'm without a next gen phone.

 

[nephilimdj]

Itts a terrible time to launch a flagship phone, everyone who isnt Apple or Samsung are fighting for scraps