{"id":192968,"date":"2017-08-16T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=192968"},"modified":"2017-08-16T22:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:40:14","slug":"nokia-launches-latest-android-flagship-smartphone-the-nokia-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/192968\/nokia-launches-latest-android-flagship-smartphone-the-nokia-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia launches latest Android flagship smartphone &#8211; the Nokia 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia has unveiled its Android flagship smartphone, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokia.com\/en_int\/phones\/nokia-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nokia 8<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/08\/16\/nokia-8-hands-on\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Engadget was given early access<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to the device before its official launch, and stated that it is set to take on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and new iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>The phone is made by HMD Global, which has already released the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/217086-nokia-is-back-baby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Nokia 8 features a 5.3-inch 2,560 x 1,440 LCD display, an aluminium body \u2013 which is 4.6mm thick at the edges and 7.3mm \u201d on average\u201d \u2013 and is available in four colours:\u00a0Polished Blue, Polished Copper, Tempered Blue, and Steel.<\/p>\n<p>The device is set to go on sale for \u20ac599 in September, and will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon\u00a0835 processor which is attached to a copper cooling pipe that runs across the phone.<\/p>\n<p>The Nokia 8 also packs high-end cameras, with a dual rear unit which comprises\u00a0one 13MP monochrome camera and one 13MP colour camera.<\/p>\n<p>The front camera is also 13MP, with all the units equipped with\u00a0an f2.0 Zeiss lens.<\/p>\n<p>Users are able to use all three cameras at once, stated the report, and\u00a0display and record from the front and rear cameras at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Nokia has also added a livestream button which lets user instantly stream to social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Nokia 8 further features three embedded microphones and OZO Audio, which allows for the recording of\u00a0360-degree spatial surround sound.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/224840-nokia-launches-its-iphone-competitor-nokia-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and has been republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/192392\/mustek-appointed-apple-reseller-for-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mustek appointed as Apple reseller for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nokia 8 features a 5.3-inch 2,560 x 1,440 LCD display, an aluminium body and two high-end cameras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":192970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[187],"class_list":["post-192968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-nokia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192968"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192982,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192968\/revisions\/192982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}