The current Nokia flagship has today taken a price drop with the handset dropping down under $700.
Spotted by keen-eyed Ausdroid reader, Chris, the phone has dropped to $699 for both the Steel and Polished Blue models at Harvey Norman and JB HiFi, with MobileCiti also dropping the price to $689 with Free shipping if you’re after the steel coloured model. The sale represents a $200 price drop from its usual retail price of $899.
The Nokia 8 launched in August this year, bringing flagship specs including the much vaunted Snapdragon 835 SoC, 4GB RAM and 64GB of on-board storage to Australia at a time when similar flagships were priced above $1,000. A dual 13MP rear camera setup produced some pretty decent results when Jason reviewed the phone back in September.
Full Specs include:
| Key Specifications: | Nokia 8 |
|---|---|
| Release date | — |
| Screen size | 5.3-inch |
| Screen technology | IPS LCD |
| Resolution | 2,960 x 1,440 |
| PPI | 554 |
| Rear camera | 13MP+13MP |
| Front camera | 13MP |
| Chipset | Snapdragon 835 |
| Core config | Octa-Core up to 2.45GHz |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Storage | 64GB |
| MicroSD | Yes, up to 256GB |
| Battery | 3,090 mAh |
| Battery removable | — |
| Connector | USB-C |
| Headphone Port | Yes |
| Headphone Location | — |
| Speaker Configuration | — |
| NFC | Yes |
| Android OS | Android 7.1.1 |
| Vendor skin | — |
| Dimensions | 151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9mm |
| Weight | 160g |
| Colours |
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Manufacturer HMD Global has taken pride in delivering their Nokia handsets with stock Android, making it easier to update the software – which means it’s no surprise that Oreo is already rolling out to the handset.
With the drop in price to under $700, we see this phone making its way into a few Christmas stockings this year.
Small screen, large bezels and poor battery life are the main reasons that I crossed this off my list when I was in the market.
Also screen isn’t great.
It looks like a good buy , and complete with headphone jack and sd card , and $ 300 cheaper than the pixel 2 , Google needs to look at their prices .
Only thing holding this phone back is screen size if it was closer to 6″screen these thing would be flying off the shelves,also the company handling service&repairs( nokia care point sydney)has closed its doors,so as far as i know there is no official service centre