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- If you missed the deal last time, you can snatch the phone for even less. It's now dropped to just $116 on Amazon, which is about $63 cheaper than what it's been selling for. Do keep in mind it will not receive Android 10, but given how affordable it is, that shouldn't necessarily be a roadblock.
There are several budget phones around, but it's sometimes more interesting to buy a slightly older mid-range device. Indeed, their prices can drop to appealing lows while having better internals than more recent handsets. If you're looking for a new phone and don't want to break the bank, the Nokia 6 (2017) offers relevant specs and just dropped to $129 on Amazon.The handset features a 5.5" Full HD LCD panel, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 16MP rear shooter, an 8MP front camera, and a 3,000mAh battery. It's powered by a Snapdragon 430 processor and runs Android Pie. The device is sold unlocked and has a dual-SIM tray so you can use two lines simultaneously.
Nokia's first salvo of Android phones debuted at MWC all the way back in 2017, with the company initially committing to two years of updates for its new devices. Well, it's been a bit over two years since those phones were released, and Nokia has decided it doesn't want to give up on them so easily. The Nokia 3, 5, 6, and 8 will continue to get quarterly security updates for an extra year, into 2020.
Samsung's Galaxy S10 announcement yesterday may have covered the phone's general features, but out of necessity, it skipped some details. For example, it turns out Samsung's latest includes Google's Digital Wellbeing for better managing limits on when and how you use your phone. But it isn't the only device picking up the feature, the two-year-old Nokia 6 and 8 have also just snagged it.
Devices running Android One are expected to receive software updates frequently and over an extended timeframe. Among them are Nokia's phones, which started to receive Pie back in September. The brand's update roadmap also confirmed all handsets released after 2017 would follow by the end of Q2. The two-year-old Nokia 6 was due to receive Android 9 Pie in March, but Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer at HMD, tweeted the upgrade is rolling out a few weeks ahead of schedule.
Slowly but surely, HMD Global has been rolling out Android 9 Pie to its Nokia-branded phones. The Nokia 7 Plus, 6.1, 6.1 Plus, 5.1, 5.1 Plus, 8, and 8 Sirocco have all received Pie by now. If your Nokia device still doesn't have Pie, don't fret — HMD has laid out its update timeline for all remaining phones.
In the days leading up to Black Friday, we saw the Nokia 3.1 drop to $140 at Best Buy. But if you missed out on that or just want something a bit higher-end, Nokia's 6 from 2017 is just $149 on Amazon, $80 off MSRP.Back in September, the 2017 Nokia 6 hit a low of $180, but today's deal is even better. In case you're not familiar with the phone, the Nokia 6 (2017) has a 5.5" 1080p LCD, a Snapdragon 430, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 16MP main camera, an 8MP selfie cam, and a 3,000mAh battery. It received Android 8.1 Oreo earlier this year, and it's a dual-SIM, GSM unlocked device.
Prices for the original Nokia 6 have been falling steadily over the past few months. Back in May, the phone was just $199 from Newegg, and now it's available for $180 from B&H. That's not a bad price for one of last year's best budget phones.
Android Enterprise Recommended program adds new models from Huawei, Motorola, BlackBerry, and others
Back in February, Google announced the Android Enterprise Recommended program, which defines which phones are ideal for business use. Devices in the program have to follow a set of guidelines from Google, such as rolling out security updates within 90 days of release. The company announced today that a handful of more devices have been added to the program, including the Moto G6, Huawei P20/P20 Pro, and Sony Xperia XZ2.
The new Nokia 6 is now available in the United States, which means you can get the original for pretty great prices. A few months ago, the 2017 Nokia 6 dropped to $199 from Daily Steals. If you missed out on that sale, you can once again buy it for $199 - this time from Newegg.
HMD Global has announced that the new Nokia 6.1 is available in the U.S. starting on May 6. Yes, you read that name correctly; instead of going with the more traditional "Nokia 6 2018" (as it was formerly known), HMD opted for the point release moniker. Despite this oddity, this phone packs a great value, coming at $269 for some nice specs.Be sure to check out our hands-on of the phone back at MWC, but here's a quick refresher. It features a 5.5" FHD IPS LCD, a Snapdragon 630 SoC, 32GB of storage (expandable via microSD), 3GB of RAM, Zeiss-optimized 16MP rear/8MP front cameras, (a partnership similar to Huawei and Leica), USB-C fast charging, face unlock, and Oreo thanks to Android One. It also sports a solid 6000-series aluminium body and pretty spectacular design. HMD also points out that the Nokia 6.1 comes with "Nokia spatial audio," which supposedly allows for dynamic surround sound capture during video recording.
Nokia kicked off 2018 by announcing a revamped version of the Nokia 6, which is creatively called the Nokia 6 (2018). Last we heard, the new Nokia 6 was supposed to launch in the US this May, but there are listings up today on Amazon and Walmart for the US version of the phone. It can be yours for about $270.The Nokia 6 (2018) is a mid-range phone, but it's a step up from last year's version. Rather than the underpowered Snapdragon 430, the new Nokia 6 has a Snapdragon 630. You also get a 5.5-inch 1080p LCD, an aluminum frame, 32GB of storage, 3GB of RAM, and a 16MP camera. The fingerprint sensor has moved to the back this year, and it uses on-screen navigation buttons. This phone runs Android 8.1, and it's an Android One device in accordance with Nokia/HMD's new policy. That should mean fast, clean software and shorter waits for updates.The Amazon listing is a third-party seller, but the device is a US variant. The Walmart page is not a third-party. Both are priced around $270 (a little more on Walmart right now). Interestingly, the two retail listings so far both call this phone the Nokia 6.1. We've reached out to HMD to find out if this is the real name in the US, as well as what other retailers will sell the phone.Source: Amazon, WalmartThanks: Paul Martin
HMD Global has a stellar track record of releasing timely Android firmware updates and its good form continues today. Nokia 3 owners can expect Android 8.0 Oreo to start rolling out to their devices shortly. At the same time, a new page has appeared on the Nokia website providing kernel source code for the Nokia 1 and 6.
HMD Global is fast gaining the reputation as the best Android phone-maker around when it comes to fast OS updates. Its Nokia-branded phones have been updated ahead of the pack more often than not in recent months, and with the news that all future devices will run pure versions of Android (One or Go), the Finnish company has made a strong commitment to continue that good work. We're now hearing that Android 8.1 Oreo is beginning to roll out to the Nokia 5 and the 2017 Nokia 6.
Nokia has been making a pretty substantial comeback in the past year or so. The company just announced four new phones at MWC, and it turns out they, along with all future Nokia phones, will be Android One devices. Despite the first-gen Nokia 6 making it stateside via retailers like Amazon and Best Buy, it was initially unclear whether any of the MWC-announced phones would. We now have confirmation from Juho Sarvikas, HMD's chief product officer.
The Nokia phone brand has been on quite a journey since its heyday in the late nineties and early two-thousands (or aughts, as David would have me write it). After Nokia's smartphone business was sold to Microsoft and became the Windows Phone flagbearer while that was still a thing, the baton has now been passed to HMD Global. HMD has been releasing Android phones under the Nokia name for just over a year now, and it's fair to say the brand is stronger than it has been for a very long time.
HMD Global had a good first year making Nokia-branded phones. In 2017, the Finnish company sold 70 million devices across its portfolio of six different Android smartphones and other low-cost feature phones such as the throwback Nokia 3310. HMD is confident of an even better 2018, starting with the launch of four new (well, mostly new) Android phones at MWC in Barcelona.
HMD/Nokia are on a roll lately. The official Oreo update came to the Nokia 7 and Nokia 6 (2018) a few weeks ago and the Nokia 8 has even started beta testing Oreo 8.1, but the company is still firing on all cylinders and hasn't forgotten its older or lower range devices. Both the Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 are starting to get the official Oreo 8.0 update now.
After being leaked by a Chinese retailer just yesterday, the second generation Nokia 6 is now official. Thanks to a page on Nokia's China website, we can confirm a lot of the details we learned yesterday. The 2018 version is in many ways an iterative update, but it also makes some improvements, not least upgrading to a mid-range Snapdragon 630 chipset instead of the lower-end 430 that came with last year's model.
It's been about a year since we first heard about the new Nokia phones, including the Nokia 6. Although it took a bit longer for the phone to hit stateside, it rounded out HMD Global's new Android portfolio reasonably well. What few disadvantages we might have seen appear to be fixed in the 2018 version, which just leaked in a detailed product listing by Chinese retailer Suning.
The Nokia 6 is a pretty solid deal under normal circumstances, but today it can be better still. This phone usually retails for $230 unlocked, but Daily Steals has this phone for $30 less with our coupon code. In addition, you get an external battery for more juice on the go.