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

Chinese smartphone brands are doing an exceptional job in India. Vendors such as Xiaomi, Lenovo, Coolpad are having a dream run with their smartphones selling in millions. Coolpad is one among the successful Chinese brands in the past with its Note series of devices.

Coolpad recently launched the Cool Play 6 (first impressions) gaming smartphone in India at Rs. 14,999. On the other hand, we have the HMD Global’s Nokia 6 smartphone priced at the same Rs. 14,999. The Cool Play 6 has better specifications on paper, while the Nokia 6 has a better design. Let’s find out which one you should choose.
Design and Display
There’s no fact denying that Nokia 6 is currently the best looking mid-range smartphone available for purchase. The device looks stellar, and when compared it with Cool Play 6, it is miles ahead. The Cool Play 6 just looks like any other mid-range smartphone available right now.

Both the Nokia 6 and Cool Play 6 sports metal unibody design. The Cool Play 6 is on a heavier side, because of the large 4000mAh battery, whereas the Nokia 6 has a 3000mAh battery, which makes the device light in hands.
Coming to the display, both the smartphones flaunt 5.5-inch Full HD panels, but the Nokia 6’s display is slightly better in colour reproduction. Both the devices offer decent sunlight legibility.

In the design aspect, the Nokia 6 is a winner, while the display is kind of same on both the smartphones.
Hardware
This is where things go wrong with the Nokia 6 because it packs entry-level hardware- Snapdragon 430 chipset, paired with just 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. On the flip side, the Cool Play 6 offers two times better hardware- Snapdragon 653 SoC, working in tandem with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.












