Nokia A1 Plus With Snapdragon 845, Under-Display Fingerprint Sensor Could Debut At IFA 2018
Jun. 28, 2018The only flagship smartphone in HMD Global’s arsenal currently is theNokia 8 Sirocco, which is a premium iteration of last year’sNokia 8. However, if latest reports are to be believed then the Finnish giant leading Nokia’s revival journey is planning to release a brand new flagship, codenamed Nokia A1 Plus, in the coming months.
The fresh leads on Nokia’s next flagship device come from Roland Quandt of WinFuture, who hasgotten his hands on a document with HMD Global’s next plan of action. Roland says that the Finnish giant is working with hardware supplier and manufacturing partner FIH Mobile (Foxconn) to build its forthcoming flagship device.
This flagship phone is being developed under the A1 Plus codename but is also internally referred to as the “A1P or A0P”. This suggests that the device might be closely related to the Nokia 8 Sirocco, which carried the codename A1N.
The report further highlights 2 major details of the upcoming Nokia flagship. First, it goes without saying thatNokia A1 Plus is expected to come with the latest Snapdragon 845, which is also the mobile platform backing the Nokia 8 Sirocco.
Secondly, Nokia may also be looking to follow in the footsteps of popular Chinese giants who haveremoved the physical fingerprint sensor and baked in right under the display. The Nokia A1 Plus could sport an under-display fingerprint sensor, just like theVivo X21that was launched in India earlier last month.
Quandt suggests that HMD faced a few issues to reduce its latency and reliability in the beginning but it may have finally got the hang of it.
