Earlier this week, HMD announced the new Nokia 5.1 Android smartphone. The Nokia 5.1 is a successor to the earlier released Nokia 5 and will be released by July. Also, this device falls into the mid-range category because of its low budget pricing. Meanwhile, this device has some few high-end features under its hood.
The new Nokia 5.1 features a 5.5-inch, 18:9 display with full HD+ resolution, an octa-core chipset, 2GB or 3GB of RAM, and 16GB or 32GB of inbuilt storage. In addition, there’s a microSD slot, a 16MP rear camera, an 8MP wide-angle front camera, Android 8.1 Oreo + Android one, and a 2,960mAh battery.
Let me go ahead and review this device.
Design and Display
The Nokia 5.1 has its body wrapped in a premium metallic unibody. With a front glass and an aluminium body.
The Nokia 5.1 has dimensions of 151.1 x 70.7 x 8.2 mm (5.95 x 2.78 x 0.32 in). With a weight of 170g.
This device also has a 5.5-inch IPS Capacitive Touch-screen, with 16M colours. With a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels, it has an 18:9 aspect ratio (~439 ppi density).
This Smartphone comes as a Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) model. And also has its screen protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass material.
There’s a Fingerprint Scanner located at the front of the phone, and it comes in three colour variants: Copper, Tempered Blue, and Black.
Hardware and Software
The Nokia 5.1 comes with Android 8.0 (oreo) + Android One operating system.
The Nokia 5.1 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P18 chipset with a 64-bit processor. Furthermore, it also comes with an Octa-core processor clocked at 2.0 GHz.
This device also offers 2/3Gb of RAM and 16/32Gb of inbuilt memory. Which can be expanded to 256Gb using a microSD card.
Other sensors on this device are Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass sensors.
Camera and Battery
The Nokia 5.1 features a 16 MP (f/2.0, 27mm, 1.0µm) camera. With phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash.
Upfront, there’s also an 8 MP (f/2.0, 1.12µm), 1080p camera. This camera takes pretty good selfies that will wow your imagination.
As for the battery life, there’s a Non-removable Li-Ion 2970 mAh battery.
Price
The Nokia 5.1 Android smartphone sells for about 200 EUR. Which is equivalent to N83,993.
Full Specifications
Here are the full specifications of the Nokia 5.1.
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
|---|
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2018, May |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, July |
| BODY | Dimensions | 151.1 x 70.7 x 8.2 mm (5.95 x 2.78 x 0.32 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | – | |
| Build | Front glass, aluminum body (6000 series) | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.5 inches, 78.1 cm2 (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~439 ppi density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 8.0 (Oreo); Android One |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio P18 | |
| CPU | Octa-core 2.0 GHz |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 32 GB, 3 RAM or 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 16 MP, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | [email protected] | |
| Secondary | 8 MP |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 4.2, A2DP, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | FM radio | |
| USB | micro USB 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| – MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 2970 mAh battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Talk time | Up to 19 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 53 h |
| MISC | Colors | Copper, Tempered Blue, Black |
|---|---|---|
| Price | About N83,993 |
