Nokia 8: An all-aluminum flagship with same-day Android security updates

Mark Walton SPECS AT A GLANCE: NOKIA 8 SCREEN 5.3-inch 2560×1440 IPS OS Android 7.1.1 CPU Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, up to 2.45GHz RAM 4GB GPU Adreno 540 STORAGE 64GB (expandable with microSD card) NETWORKING 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, GLONASS, NFC BANDS GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA: 1, 2, 5, 8 TDS-CDMA: 34, 39 LTE:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, […]

The new Nokia 8 phone lets you take ‘bothies’ along with selfies — here’s what that means

Finnish phone maker HMD Global on Wednesday announced the Nokia 8, its latest smartphone to use the once-dominant Nokia brand, and its first aimed at the more premium side of the market. (In Europe, at least.) The device looks like a fairly typical flagship phone in most respects: It’s got a strong chipset, a sharp […]

Zeiss will help restore ‘Nokia’ phones to their former glory

Nokia’s strong reputation in phone photography stemmed in no small part from its use of Carl Zeiss optics. Whether you had an N95 or a Lumia 1020, you knew the glass wouldn’t let you down. But what’s happening now that HMD Global is the one making Nokia-branded phones? Are they doomed to photographic mediocrity? Apparently, […]

Nokia nabs Samsung North America CEO to lead its consumer-focused Technologies division

Nokia has finally filled the vacant President role for its Nokia Technologies division, nine months after Ramzi Haidamus left the role. The Finnish tech company has appointed Gregory Lee, who has been in various roles at Samsung since 2004 but most recently served as the company’s CEO and president for North America from 2014. Haidamus […]

Nokia launches new digital health products as Withings name fades

Nokia is ready to be a consumer brand again. Of course, to many, it never stopped. Even as its phone business changed hands to Microsoft and then to HMD Global, the Nokia brand never really died. So much so that HMD Global’s latest line of phones still bear the Nokia name, despite having nothing to […]

Nokia unveils first chipset promising multi-terabit routing

Nokia today debuted its FP4 silicon, a new chipset six times faster than currently available processors. With the ability to move 2.4 terabits per second, the company says FP4 is the world’s first multi-terabit network processor silicon capable of delivering terabit IP flows. FP4 will be used to power the Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)-s […]

Gearhead: Digital assistants, Nokia 3310, and superstar Mark Ronson

Enlarge One of the big benefits of the Ars Technica UK office is that it’s right next to Wired UK. It means that, aside from chastising Wired over its 9-out-of-10 LG G6 review, we can work together on projects that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. The first of those projects, Kelly and Rowland’s excellent political podcast UpVote, […]

The new Nokia 3310: What’s changed?

Who knew stringing four numbers together and slapping it on a feature phone could evoke such a strong consumer reaction in 2017? Ever since HMD Global won MWC by announcing the new Nokia 3310, millennials have been frothing at the mouth in anticipation. The hype is somewhat understandable. For many people, the original Nokia 3310 […]

Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want it, you don’t want it

Enlarge (credit: Mark Walton) While this phone is not currently scheduled for release in the US, we thought you would be interested in this review from our colleagues in the UK. SPECS AT A GLANCE: Nokia 3310 SCREEN 2.4-inch QVGA LCD (167ppi) OS Nokia Series 30+ STORAGE 16MB (plus microSD expansion) NETWORKING 2G GSM 900/1800 PORTS […]

Apple and Nokia bury the hatchet

Enlarge / A Nokia store in Helsinki, Finland, in 2013. (credit: Tomi Setala/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A litigation brawl between Nokia and Apple over intellectual property has ended just five months after it started. The companies said today they have settled all outstanding litigation and agreed to a patent license. While exact financial terms are confidential, Apple will […]