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Nokia announced the new Nokia X series smartphone Nokia X5 after launching the Nokia X6 smartphone which was the first Nokia X series device from the company. The Nokia X5 comes with a dual rear camera and runs on the latest Android 8.1 stock Android version out of the box.
Nokia X5 Price
It is priced at 999 yuan (around $148) for the 3GB RAM with 32GB inbuilt storage and the 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage variant is priced at 1399 yuan (around $208). It will be available in China starting from July 19th via Suning, JD.com, Lynx and the official Nokia China online store as well. It comes with Black, White and Blue colour options and comes with Dual 4G support.
Nokia X5 Specs
The Nokia X5 features a glass back and a curved glass display with an 84% screen-to-body ratio. It features a 5.86-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass 19:9 aspect ratio display with 720×1520 pixels resolution and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. It comes with multip variants with one having 3GB of RAM with 32GB internal storage and the other variant having 4GB with 64GB internal storage which is further expandable up to 256GB with microSD card slot.
It runs on the Android 8.1 (Oreo) OS out of the box is also upgradable to Android P OS and comes with hybrid Dual SIMs (nano + nano / microSD). It features a dual rear camera with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF and a secondary 5-megapixel rear camera as well. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture and an 80.4-degree wide-angle lens. It is backed up by a 3060mAh battery and comes with multiple connectivity options like dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB Type-C, 3.5mm audio jack and also has FM Radio support.
It has a fingerprint sensor on the rear side. It measures 149.51 x 71.98 x 8.096 mm and weighs 160 grams. The company will soon launch it with the name Nokia 5.1 Plus as they recently launched the Nokia X6 as Nokia 6.1 Plus in global markets.
Nokia X5 Teasers
Nokia was all set to launch the new Nokia X series device Nokia X5 in an official event in China as the company started sending the official invites for the launch event taking place in China. The Nokia X5 comes with a similar design to the Nokia X5 but has very thin bezels from the Nokia X6.
The device has already received the TENAA approval in China with model number TA-1109 which has confirmed the key specifications of the device along with the design as well. It comes with a bigger notch than that of the Nokia X6 and has a similar dual rear camera setup to the Nokia X6. The Nokia X5 is expected to be available with Black, Blue and White colour options as per Nokia Mobile.
Nokia X5 at TENAA
At TENAA, the Nokia X5 was spotted with a 5.86-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass 19:9 aspect ratio 720×1520 pixels resolution display. It comes powered by the 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon processor and has 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage and 4GB / 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage variants with all the variants supporting expandable storage up to 128GB with microSD card. It runs on the latest Android 8.1 (Oreo) OS out of the box as per the TENAA listing and we can expect it to receive Android P as well before the other Nokia devices.
It comes with the support of Dual SIMs and has a rounded fingerprint scanner on the rear side of the phone. It features a dual rear camera with a 13-megapixel camera with LED Flash, PDAF along with a secondary rear camera. It also features an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It is backed up by a 3000mAh battery and supports connectivity options such as 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack and will also have FM Radio support. It measures 149.51×71.98×8mm and weighs 160 grams.
