After a long wait, HMD Global, the Nokia phone brand licensee, has unveiled the Nokia 8110 4G ‘Banana’ phone in India, alongside the Nokia 3.1 Plus.
Launched initially at the company’s event at Mobile World Congress this year, this feature phone is a modern take on the original Nokia 8110 and features the same legendary slider mechanism.
Meant to be seen as a companion handset, the Nokia 8110 4G runs KaiOS that is also present on the Jio Phone.
Also read – Nokia 3.1 Plus launched with bigger screen and battery
Users can now access WhatsApp, YouTube, and a few other Google apps on KaiOS. Interestingly, the phone comes with a revamped Snake game. It comes with “slide to answer” and “slide to cancel” functionality.
Nokia 8110 4G Banana Phone specifications
The dual-SIM (Micro+Nano) Nokia 8110 4G is a smart feature phone that runs on KaiOS, and sports a 2.45-inch QVGA (240×320 pixels) curved screen display.
The handset is powered by a 1.1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 SoC, paired with 512MB of LPDDR3 RAM and 4GB of inbuilt storage. There is no microSD card slot for storage expansion.
The Nokia 8110 4G gets a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is none on the front. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE with hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio, a Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone offers IP52 drip protection.
There is a 1,500mAh battery under the hood of the Nokia 8110 4G feature phone, which claims to deliver up to 9.32 hours of talktime on VoLTE, and 25 days of 4G LTE standby time.
Nokia 8110 4G price in India has been set at INR 5,999(NRs.9,600) and will be sold in Banana Yellow and Traditional Black colour options.
Nokia 8110 4G Full Specification
—SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 MSM8905
—CPU: ARM Cortex-A7, 1100 MHz, Cores: 2
—GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 304
—RAM: 512 MB, 384 MHz
—Storage: 4 GB
—Display: 2.45 in, TFT, 240 x 320 pixels, 18 bit
—Battery: 1500 mAh, Li-Ion
—OS: Kai OS
—Camera: 1600 x 1200 pixels
—SIM card: Micro-SIM, Nano-SIM
—Wi-Fi: b, g, n, Wi-Fi Hotspot
—USB: 2.0, Micro USB
—Bluetooth: 4.1
—Positioning: GPS, A-GPS
—Dimensions: 49.3 x 133.45 x 14.9 mm
—Weight: 117 g
