Our quick take

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Nokia 8 Sirocco - 3.5 / 5

It’s all about design

  • Gorilla Glass 5 front and rear Stainless steel core 141 x 72 x 7.5mm IP67 protection

Curved display

  • 5.5-inch inch pOLED, dual curve edges 2650 x 1440 pixels (543ppi)

Hardware and performance

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage 3260mAh battery, Qi wireless charging

Dual cameras

  • Dual Zeiss camera offering wide and telephoto 1.4µm pixels and f/1.7 aperture for low light capture Bothies, bothies, bothies

Android One software

  • Pure Android

  • What is Android One?

To recap

The flagship Nokia is about design: it’s slim, with curved glass edges to its 5.5in screen, and a clean Android One software experience. But it launches on dated hardware and which, along with some connectivity issues, spells issues. It’s got merit, just not quite enough of it.