Nokia 7 Plus Specifications, Features, Price and Release Date

Nokia has four new phones to unveil at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018. They are the Android Oreo (Go Edition) Nokia 1, Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, and the already announced Nokia 6 (2018). In this post we shall be looking at the Nokia 7 Plus, giving full details of its specifications, features and price as well as the release date so that you can know when the phone will be available for purchase.

Nokia 7 Plus Features

The Nokia 7 Plus is the first smartphone from HMD-owned Nokia that will be powered by Snapdragon 660 and feature a 18:9 display. It has a 6 inch (with 2160 x 1080p resolution) IPS LCD display which is polarized and laminated. The display promises a 500 nits of nrightness and 1500:1 contrast.

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Looking at the design, the Nokia 7 Plus is built from a single block of aluminum which then receives 6 layers of paint for ceramic-like finish. This gives a phone with soft-touch, grip friendly finish and hidden antenna lines. The phone will be available in either Black or White with Copper accented frame, camera, Nokia logo and buttons. The selfie camera is a 5MP snapper having the same large pixels as the main camera. All three cameras have the Zeiss branding.

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Like I have stated before, the Nokia 7 Plus has the Snapdragon 660 chipset andit is coupled with a 4GB of RAM to give an enhanced performance.

Nokia 7 Plus Specifications

NETWORK
Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
	CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA – China
3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO – China
4G bands	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) – Global
	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) – China
Speed	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes

 

LAUNCH
Announced	2018, February
Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, April

 

BODY
Dimensions	158.4 x 75.6 x 8 mm (6.24 x 2.98 x 0.31 in)
Weight	–
Build	Front glass, aluminum body (6000 series) with copper edges
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

 

DISPLAY
Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.0 inches, 92.4 cm2 (~77.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)
Multitouch	Yes
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

 

PLATFORM
OS	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset	Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660
CPU	Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
GPU	Adreno 512

 

MEMORY
Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal	64 GB, 4 GB RAM

 

CAMERA
Primary	Dual: 12 MP (f/1.75, 1.4 µm) + 12 MP (f/2.6, 1.0 µm), gyro EIS, dual pixel phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash
Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video	2160p@30fps
Secondary	16 MP (f/2.0, 1.0 µm), Carl Zeiss optics, 1080p

 

SOUND
Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
	– Nokia OZO audio with 3 mics – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

 

COMMS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC	Yes
Radio	FM radio
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

 

FEATURES
Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser	HTML5
	– Fast battery charging (18W, 9V/2A) – MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer

 

BATTERY
	Non-removable Li-Ion 3800 mAh battery
Stand-by	Up to 723 h (3G)
Talk time	Up to 19 h (3G)
Music play	Up to 126 h

 

MISC
Colors	Black/Copper, White/Copper
Price	About 400 EUR

Nokia 7 Plus Release Date

The Nokia 7 Plus release date is expected to come up within the month of April 2018. We will keep you in touch once the device is available in the market.

Nokia 7 Plus Price

The Nokia 7 Plus will be available in both single and dual SIM variants, and the price is expected to start from €399, and it will be available this April for purchase.