nokia-6 review

     nokia-6 review

We're back at checking out one of the most hyped phones this year - the Nokia 6. This time around though, it's repackaged for worldwide action and, hopefully, not a déjà vu all over again. We'll obviously revisit the old review of the China-bound variant, only here we'll focus on the bits that are different. And those are by no means insignificant, who knew.

Its back is a unibody piece of aluminium; the front Gorilla Glass 3 with 2.5D curved edges. That curve is just there for the look, though. The aluminium parts your hands actually touch feel quite hard and sharp.

The global version also has a more prominent, shinier outline around the camera module. Some regulatory markings sprinkled on the back spoil the global version's looks, while Chinese regulator TENAA has been more laid-back about it, but that hardly passes for a change.

Bizarrely, this scanner performs worse than that of the old Nokia 6. It sits too low for comfort, resulting in you having to reach down with your finger. It makes you wonder whether Nokia’s partnership with Zeiss demands a certain degree of logo prominence. But even then, there’s plenty of blank space on the camera housing between the Zeiss logo and the scanner.

The Nokia 6 does have a night viewing mode, however. Normally, these make a phone display look quite warm, but in the Nokia 6 it’s flat-out orange. The concept here is it reduces the blue light, the band that most affects your sleep patterns should you use the phone before bed.

Of course, the global Nokia 6 comes with a fully functional Google package right out of the box. The Chinese variant only got those with a recent update, but at this point it's not really a decider anymore.read more