Nokia 8 With Dual Zeiss 'Bothie' Camera Launched:Will You Get it For $705 (N260,850)?

HMD has just announced their first proper Nokia flagship device at a press event held in London - the Nokia 8.

The Nokia 8 has a 5.3” IPS LCD display on the front with QHD resolution and a blinding 700nits of max brightness. 2.5D Gorilla Glass 5 curves into the phone’s metal shell, which is milled out of 6000 series aluminum. The phone measures 7.9mm at the thickest point and has basic resistance to the elements with an IP54 rating.

Nokia 8 cameras 

The Nokia 8 comes with dual 13-megapixel f/2.0 RGB and monochrome sensors at the back, and while that setup has been seen on several other phones, HMD is betting big on "bothies" - the ability to capture images and videos from front and rear cameras at the same time.

Apart from capturing still images from both sensors at the same time and fusing them into a single picture, the Camera app on the Nokia 8 will let you stream these 'bothies' as full-HD live videos to Facebook and YouTube.

Here are the full specs of Nokia 8 Below;

Networks:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900

WCDMA: 1, 2, 5, 8

TDS-CDMA: 34, 39

LTE:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41

Network speed: LTE Cat. 9, 3CA, 450Mbps DL/50Mbps UL

SIM: Available in single SIM and dual SIM variants

OS: Android Nougat 7.1.1

Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform
o MSM8998 (4* 2.45GHz Qualcomm® Kryo™ + 4* 1.8GHz Kryo)

RAM: 4GB

Storage: 64GB 3 internal memory with external MicroSD card slot (support up to 256 GB)

Form factor: Splashproof IP54 touch monoblock with capacitive system keys

Display: 5.3” IPS LCD QHD 2560 x 1440, 700nts screen brightness, Corning® Gorilla®

Glass 5, 2.5D Glass

Camera with ZEISS optics:

Primary camera: 13MP (Colour + OIS) + 13MP (Mono), 1.12um, f/2.0, 76.9˚, PDAF, IR range finder, dual tone flash

Front facing camera: 13MP PDAF, 1.12um, f/2.0, 78.4˚, display flash

Connectivity & Sensors:

Type C, USB3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps), 3.5mm headphone jack, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, E-compass, Gyroscope, Fingerprint Sensor, Hall sensor, Barometer, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (MIMO), BT 5.0, GPS/AGPS+GLONASS+BDS, NFC, ANT+

Others

Battery: Integrated 3090 mAh battery 4 with Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 compatible (18W, 5V/2.5A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A)

Audio: MP3,M4A, AAC,OGG,WAV,AMR,AWB(AMR-WB),FLAC,MIDI (MID,MIDI,XMF, MXMF,IMY,RTTTL,RTX,OTA)

Video: MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, MKV, WEBM

Dimensions: 151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9mm (camera bump 0.4mm)

Weight: 160g

For the price, it will go for $705 (N260,850)

What do you think about the phone and the price?