HMD Global revealed that it wants to make its upcoming Nokia 5G smartphone significantly cheaper. The reduced cost of the 5G smartphone compared to the current smartphones would make it more attractive for buyers.
Nokia's phone is set to be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 735 platform, which is currently unreleased - we're expecting new Qualcomm hardware to be announced very late in 2019, which means this is a 2020 phone, according to tech news.
Nokia 5G Smartphone
Juho Sarvikas the Chief Product Officer for HMD Globa, revealed that the upcoming Nokia 5G smartphone will be between $500 and $650 in price; he stated that he could not confirm if the upcoming 5G smartphone was coming to the United States.
On other hand, the range of 5G handsets that have been announced so far have been restricted to the high-end, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, Oppo Reno 5G, LG V50 5G all come in at premium prices, with devices like the Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G and Huawei Mate X 5G pushing that even higher, according to Pocket-lint news.
Nokia 5G
On Mar 2019, Nokia sent out event invitations for a device launch on April 2nd in Taiwan. Nokia X71 really exists and announced globally as 6.2, featuring Snapdragon 660, hole-punch display, 48MP camera sensor, ultra wide-angle camera and price point in line with the 6-Series of devices, this might be a very interesting phone.