Nokia 8 review: HMD Global’s first flagship wants to go for the kill Nokia 8's price in India is Rs 36,999 and this is an Amazon exclusive phone for online. Here's our review of Nokia 8 flagship from HMD Global.
Nokia 8 review: The first flagship from HMD Global and here’s how it fares in our performance tests. What is a flagship? In the world of smartphones this can be the philosophical question to which none have found the answer. There’s Apple ’s iPhone, which everyone loves to hate but somehow it keeps selling. Samsung has its Galaxy S and the Note series where the display keeps getting bigger and better. Now Google has Pixel 2, where it tells us that the premium Android phone does not need dual-rear cameras. In this world of confused flagships, HMD Global is entering the market with Nokia 8. This mobile phone is their first flagship for 2017, and Nokia 8 ticks some boxes that we have come to expect in flagships. Dual rear camera? Check. New feature in the camera app? Check, thanks to ‘Bothie.’ 2K display ? Check. So does Nokia 8 really perform well as a premium smartphone? Does it have the ‘superior’ Nokia experience that was once so revered...