HMD Global Set to Unveil Nokia X

Mobile phone manufacturers, HMD Global, the company responsible for the new generation Nokia phones is set to officially unveil its first device in the upcoming X-Series smartphones. The first in the series to be known as Nokia X has also been rumoured to be called the Nokia X6 possibly to avoid confusing customers with the Nokia X Dual Sim phone which was released in 2014 by Nokia Corporation.

After confirming the launch date of the company's first smartphone with a display notch late last month, HMD Global is now said to have revealed that the event will be held in Beijing, China on May 16 at 2pm (local time). Additionally, a new poster has been teased by an electronics retailer in the country, Suning.com that shows the Nokia X from its back.

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Based on the teaser from the poster, the device is expected to come in a glass and aluminium body with a vertical dual rear camera setup, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, and, of course, a notch at the front. A slight bottom chin with Nokia branding is also visible.

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As rumoured, the Nokia X is expected to run Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box, and sport a 5.8-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. The phone might be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 or a MediaTek Helio P60 SoC, coupled with 4GB/ 6GB of RAM and 64GB/ 128GB inbuilt storage. There is expected be a dual rear camera setup with a 12-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens.

HMD Global is a Finnish company that bought a part of Microsoft's feature phone business in 2016 and has a licensing agreement that allows it to make smartphones under the Nokia brand.