After being announced back in May alongside the budget Nokia 2.1 which is also launching in Australia next week, the Nokia 5.1 will be joining it on the same day for $329 from Harvey Norman.
The Nokia 5.1 is a stylish looking mid-range phone with a beautiful signature unibody design machined from a single block of 6000 series aluminium with a fingerprint sensor on the rear and a large 5.5″ FullHD+ resolution 18:9 aspect ratio display on the front. The Nokia 5.1 has power in spades with a Quad-core MediaTek Helio P18 processor and 2GB of RAM with 16GB of on-board storage that can be expanded with a microSD card up to 256GB.
The 16MP rear camera comes with phase detection, while the 8MP font-facing camera has a wide-angle field of view to make sure you capture those wide-angle selfies.
| Key Specifications: | Nokia 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Release date | Expected July 2018 |
| Screen size | 5.5-inch |
| Screen technology | IPS LCD |
| Resolution | 2'160 x 1'080 |
| PPI | 439 |
| Rear camera | 16MP |
| Front camera | 8MP |
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio P18 |
| Core config | Quad-Core 2.0GHz |
| RAM | 3GB/2GB |
| Storage | 32GB/16GB |
| MicroSD | Yes, up to 256GB |
| Battery | 2,970 mAh |
| Battery removable | Yes |
| Connector | MicroUSB 2.0 |
| Headphone Port | Yes |
| Headphone Location | — |
| Speaker Configuration | — |
| NFC | Yes |
| Android OS | Android One 8.0 (Oreo) |
| Vendor skin | — |
| Dimensions | 151.1 x 70.7 x 8.2 mm |
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Notably, Nokia has moved almost their entire range to Android One, with the phone launching with Android 8.1 but will receive three years of monthly security patches and two years of OS updates.
The Nokia 5.1 will be available exclusively from Harvey Norman from September 4th for $329 in Black.
Yup no NFC no way
No NFC? If so, no go!
Feels like Nokia has missed the window for this phone…..Really keen for an aussie version of the Nokia X6 Plus…..with NFC 😉