Nokia 8.1 launch imminent according to a new teaser

Nokia India has teased the launch of a new Indian smartphone. The official Twitter handle of the company has tweeted a video of a phone in silhouette with a notched display.

Additionally, the Nokia 8.1 was also spotted on Geekbench and the listing suggested that the new device could run on Android 9 Pie, Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC, coupled with 4GB RAM.

Nokia hasn’t launched a flagship phone after the Nokia 8 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco, therefore this change in the naming convention – renaming the Nokia X7 as the Nokia 8.1 – could categorize it as an upper mid-range smartphone, paving way for the rumored flagship Nokia 9 PureView.

Images of the Nokia 9 PureView were recently leaked: the cover features seven cut-outs for the camera setup, five for the lenses and the other two for LED Flash and possibly an IR focusing apparatus. The elongated cut-out on one of the cameras could mean that there is also a microphone.

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