Nokia 2.1 and 3.1 is coming to the Philippines!

HMD Global sends out invites for the upcoming launch of the Nokia 2.1 and 3.1 in the Philippines. Those two are the latest budget smartphones of the company.

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Related: Nokia 2.1 and 3.1 launched in the Philippines, priced at PHP 5,900 and 9,990 respectively

The Nokia 2.1 is the upgrade of the Nokia 2 last year. It now goes with a Nordic design with rounded accent, scratch resistance, bigger screen, speedier specs, better multimedia features, and Oreo (Go edition) OS which is upgradable to Android P.

In particular, it boasts a 5.5-inch HD 1280 x 720 resolution screen which is better for multimedia purposes.

Under the hood, it is now powered by the Qualcomm's 64-bit Snapdragon 425 quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz with Adreno 308 GPU.

It is paired with 1GB RAM, 8GB expandable storage up to 128GB via microSD card slot, and 4,000mAh battery.

On the camera part, it has an 8MP AF main camera with single LED flash and a 5MP selfie snapper.

It even has a dual front firing stereo speakers. As expected, it has WiFi, 4G LTE Cat 4, GPS, and dual SIM slots. It'll come in blue copper, blue silver, and grey silver color options.

This phone boots with Android Oreo (Go edition) out of the box.

On the other hand, the Nokia 3.1 is the speedier device powered by Android One. It is equipped with a dual anodized diamond cut body, polycarbonate back, and compact design.

The Nokia 3.1 has a 5.2-inch 2.5D IPS screen with HD+ 1440 x 720 resolution and 18:9 screen aspect ratio.

Inside, it is powered by MediaTek's 64-bit MT6750 octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, Mali-T860 MP2 GPU.

It will come with either 2GB or 3GB RAM, 16GB or 32GB expandable storage up to 128GB via microSD card, 2,990mAh battery.

On the camera part, it has a 13MP f/2.0 main camera with AF and single LED flash at the back and an 8MP f/2.0 84.6-degree wide-angle front camera sensor.

It also has WiFi 802.11b/g/n, 4G LTE Cat 4, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, GPS, and GLONASS. It also has proximity, light, accelerometer, and gyroscope sensors.

The phone boots with pure Android 8.0 Oreo OS under the Android One program. It will be updated to Android P as well.

The phone  measures at 146.25 x 68.65 x 8.7 mm and weighs at 138.3 grams.

It'll come in blue copper, black chrome, and white iron colors.

Both phones will be available in the Philippines on August 15!

Stay tuned for the price and more details!