Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

At an event in New Delhi, HMD Global, the Home of Nokia phones unveiled the budget Nokia 3.1 Plus smartphone. Unlike the Nokia 5.1 Plus and Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphones, the Nokia 3.1 Plus is a smartphone aimed at offline audience. Wth the Nokia 3.1 Plus, the Finnish upstart company is looking to crack the offline market which is heavily competitive right now with phones such as the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Vivo Y81. The 3.1 Plus has the Helio P22 chipset underneath which also powers the Redmi 6 and Nokia 5.1. The newly launched device comes in two storage configurations- one with 2GB of RAM with 16GB of storage and the other one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.

Nokia 3.1 Plus: Specifications and Features
Moving onto the detailed specifications of the Nokia 3.1 Plus, it offers a 6-inch HD+ display on the front with 18:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D curved glass on top. The smartphone works with the help of MediaTek Helio P22, which is paired with 2GB/3GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB of internal storage. There’s a dedicated microSD card as well for storage expansion up to 400GB.
The Nokia 3.1 Plus is also an Android One smartphone and it comes with Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. Notably, it’s the second Android One smartphone after the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 5.1 to be priced under Rs 15,000, and we all know about HMD’s track record of rolling out regular software updates. The phone offers connectivity options such as 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS and Micro USB port.
The phone boasts of the plastic body and weighs 180 grams which is largely due to the 3500mAh battery inside. Thanks to the affordable price tag, the Nokia 3.1 Plus lacks fast charging support too.







