HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, made the announcement today that both Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus are coming to to Malaysia! Who did they make the announcement with? The Ambassador of Finland to Malaysia, His Excellency Petri Puhakka.
Quality design, pure Android and high performance – These are the three key characteristics of the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus. We are making a statement of intent in the Malaysian market by committing finesse in our design, build and overall user experience. The latest display innovation is interweaved with our design ethos as we bring about maximum display size without compromising on compactness. The robust Nokia build quality is our utmost priority and it is what the brand prides itself on. Its features such as the all-screen display, upgraded performance and advance AI imaging make these two devices irresistible. We are indeed excited to introduce this new line of smartphones and we are confident that they will be well received in the market.
– Vijay Thangavelu, Country Manager (Malaysia and Myanmar), HMD Global
Nokia 6.1 Plus
The all new Nokia 6.1 retains the same geometry from the Nokia 6.1 that we reviewed here, but instead of using an aluminium unibody, the Nokia 6.1 Plus has a glass sandwich design.
It is also packed with a 5.8-inch screen with 19:9 screen ratio with 1080p resolution and 96% colour gamut. Equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 chipset, it is bound to deliver decent performance while maintaining high level of energy efficiency.
Essentially, we expect similar level of performance with the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M1) that we reviewed here.
The Nokia 6.1 Plus also has a dual rear-facing camera configuration. It has a 16MP f/2.0 PDAF main camera at the back, coupled with another 5MP f/2.4 depth sensor that is used to collect depth data. This depth data is them used to apply bokeh blur effect.
The selfie camera is also equipped with a 16MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture.With both rear and front facing cameras matched in megapixels, Nokia claims that the #Bothie mode (which we first saw in the Nokia 8) can now apply AI enhancements on both cameras simultaneously with masks and filters and stream it live in real time to Facebook and YouTube directly from your camera app, another first made available on a Nokia smartphone.
Nokia 5.1 Plus
Equipped with MediaTek Helio P60 octa-core processor, the Nokia 5.1 Plus is aimed to provide enough power to handle gaming, video or multi-tasking applications with ease. It has a 5.8-inch 720p display to built into a beautiful body as well, as it is made with a die-cast full metal chassis with a polycarbonate frame.
Just like the Nokia 6.1 Plus that we talked about, the Nokia 5.1 Plus also has dual rear-facing cameras where the 13MP/5MP setup can add bokeh effects as well. It even has electronic video stabilization.
Availability
The Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus come in three colour options – Gloss Black, Gloss White and Gloss Midnight Blue. They’re also equipped with Android One, where you’ll get the latest and greatest pure Android experience from Google themselves.
The Nokia 6.1 Plus is available now for RM1,149. You can also get the launch bundle valued at RM300 while stocks last. It includes an action camera, tempered glass screen protector and silicon case.
The Nokia 5.1 Plus, however, will be available later in mid-October. We’ll update this page when we have more information about it.
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