Nokia 7 gets 50 thousand registrations in just two days: What makes this phone appealing?

HMD Global announced its new mid-range smartphone Nokia 7 just a few days back. Despite having a number of smartphones like the Nokia 3, 4 and 5 in its portfolio, reports coming out of China state that Nokia 7 has surprisingly managed to attract many consumers in the country.

As a matter of fact, after being launched for less than two days the handset has officially crossed 50,000 registrations. The numbers are quite good considering that Nokia has a lot of big competitors like Huawei, Xiaomi, and others in the region. But again Nokia has a long history with consumers and the company has managed to create strong brand trust among the consumers.

In any case, Nokia 7 sale will start from October 24th and will be available in two variants which includes 4GB+64GB and 6GB+64GB variants. The two models are priced at 2,499 Yuan (roughly Rs. 24,520) and 2,699 Yuan (roughly Rs. 26,480) respectively.

If you are interested in the device, then here is what it offers.

Nokia 7 comes with a 5.2-inch IPS display with screen resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. The display also has a 2.5D Corning Gorilla glass on top. At the back, Nokia has used the third generation Corning Gorilla glass with a 7000 series aluminum frame thus making this smartphone sturdy and strong.

Under the hood, this smartphone is powered by a new octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor built with the 14nm technology and clocked at 1.8GHz. The handset offers either 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The handset is backed by a 3000 mAh battery and it runs on stock Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

On the camera front, the Nokia 7 sports a Zeiss lens which comes with a 16-megapixel sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 80-degree wide-angle lens which supports 30fps 4K video and dual-tone flash. At the front, there's a 5-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture and it also supports positive and negative dual vision shooting.

The handset comes with connectivity features like USB Type-C port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and NFC. At the back, the handset sports fingerprint scanner and it also supports OZO panoramic audio capture technology, to help you better capture live sound. The device measures 141.2x71.4x7.9mm.