"theverge" : The first Nokia flagship Android phone is launching on August 16th

The phone maker has started sending media invites to an event in London on August 16th, just days after a Nokia lumia 8 handset leaked. HMD is preparing to unveil its flagship Nokia-branded android phone next month. The new Nokia 8 is expected to be unveiled on August 16th, and it will mark the first time a Nokia-branded Android device ships with Carl Zeiss optics. The Nokia 8 is rumored to include a dual-camera system with 13-megapixel sensors and Carl Zeiss optics. HMD's launch event will take place in London at 7:30PM local time on August 16th (2:30PM ET / 11:30AM PT).


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Here's a sneak peek at Nokia's first high-end Android phone

The fine print on the phone render above marks its model as HMD TA-1012, which has corresponding benchmarks. Sources told them the phone would retail for just under 600 euros, and noted it would likely be available to purchase on July 31st. German site WinFuture referred to the Nokia lumia 8 with a different model number, TA-1004, but otherwise confirmed those details. Reportedly, the phone will be powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor and sport dual rear-facing cameras. This is the Nokia 8 https://t.co/YUUbFOgbBX pic.twitter.com/xrHBRx4H8I — Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 17, 2017The Nokia 8 first appeared by accident when a company photographer erroneously uploaded a short video containing it and another as-yet unannounced smartphone (possibly the Nokia 9).

BlackBerry expected to launch its first QWERTY keyboard Android phone KEYone in India

According to a report on tech website digit.in, Blackberry is going to host an event with its India partner Optiemus Infracom, where it can unveil the BlackBerry KEYone for Indian markets. The Canadian phone maker's latest offering expected to to be launched on August 1, BlackBerry KEYone, is another one of its effort to keep up with the competition. The phone's speciality is its four-row BlackBerry keyboard with touch support. The KEYone packs a 3 GB RAM, 32 GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 256 GB via microSD card and a 3505 mAh battery. Moneycontrol NewsIt seems BlackBerry is still not ready to leave the competitive smartphone market anytime soon.


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