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HMD Global, the Finnishcompany behind the next-generation Nokia smartphones, on September 26 launched the flagship Nokia 8 in India at Rs 36,999. The smartphone will go on sale starting October 14 on Amazon India and at offline retail stores. HMD Global resurrected the Nokia brand by launching the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 -- the the first batch of Nokia-branded smartphone devices to run on the Android ecosystem. However, there was an absence of a flagship product in the range, somewhat restricting the scope. The Nokia 8 is the first premium flagship device from the stable of HMD Global offering top-of-the-line specifications, coupled with exclusive features reminiscent of Nokia’s heyday. The Nokia 8 is powered by Qualcomm’s premium Snapdragon 835 processor, with a 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal memory. There is a dual camera setup on the back that utilises Carl Zeiss optics and OZO audio solution technology, which allows the phone to capture crisp and cle...

HMD Global, the official company behind Nokia-branded mobile phones, is mulling to enter the emerging 4G feature phone segment that has garnered Indian consumer’s interest especially after the launch of Reliance JioPhone. “JioPhone is definitely going to have impact on the segment, and there is no question about it. We are watching how this materialises. If we see a viable business proposition, we will definitely consider it and participate,” said Ajey Mehta, India VP for HMD Global to the Economic Times.  Recently, HMD Global launched a 3G-enabled Nokia 3310 in Australia. The feature phone boasts all the features that were there in the non-3G model plus a few more such as Facebook, Twitter and Skype apps. With data war between the telecos bolstering up and does not seem to cool down anytime soon, the 4G LTE feature phone creates a different preposition for price conscious Indian customers. Apart from Reliance Jio, companies like Lava mobiles and I...