Get Ready To Pre-Order Your Nokia 8.3 5G, US Sales Open Tomorrow

The Nokia 8.3 5G was first announced in March and now HMD Global has some great news for Nokia fans in the US. Of class, that's the fact that the phone is finally going to be available for purchase. The news follows initial confirmation that this telephone would be coming stateside, revealed back in July.

As of September 23, buyers in the Usa can pre-guild the Nokia 8.iii 5G from Amazon. And, in the subsequent weeks, the telephone volition also arrive at Best Buy.

In terms of what, exactly, buyers are getting, that's the Nokia 8.3 5G in Polar Night. The colour, inspired past Nokia'south Finnish heritage, is an almost-black deep blue that cuts toward a high-sheen dark teal in images. And Nokia describes the color as being engineered with a "metallization applied science with a signature calorie-free refraction pattern that lets colors alloy to resemble the Northern Lights."

On cost, Nokia 8.iii 5G volition showtime at $699 for an 8GB RAM, 128GB storage configuration.

So when, exactly, volition the Nokia 8.three 5G finally ship?

At present, in that location is a singled-out range of dates, in terms of when the Nokia 8.3 5G will finally ship. Although information technology could first shipping well outside of that range. HMD Global didn't provide exact details, as noted above.

The first engagement in that range centers on the second pre-gild date. Namely, that's the date that pre-orders volition open up up at Best Buy. As noted above, that'south non a certain appointment, set to exist just weeks after pre-orders open on September 23 on Amazon. The second date is the release of the next installment in the James Bail saga, No Time To Die. That's expected to hit its theatrical release on November twenty.

That's because the latest Bond motion-picture show will, according to HMD Globals announcement, put the device in the hands of that moving picture's protagonists.

So it seems probable the phone will launch either around the time of one of those events. Or, more likely, in between those two events. Speculatively, at the very to the lowest degree.

What are buyers getting with this phone?

Nokia 8.iii 5G was initially billed equally the start global 5G flagship when it was announced back in March. Arguably, without a launch in the US, it can't exist a globally-available smartphone. Merely, although that launch was already confirmed as of June, it besides isn't the outset globally available 5G flagship. And arguably isn't even a flagship Android smartphone. But it does come close.

That'due south primarily because Nokia packed the 8.three 5G with a powerful Snapdragon 765G SoC. So it's definitely at the top of the mid-range. Especially with 8GB RAM and 128GB expandable storage up to 400GB. Support for 5G up to a theoretical two.4Gbps and a half dozen.81-inch FHD+ 2,400 10 1080 pixel, twenty:9 ratio PureDisplay screen help that forth also.

Equally do the 64-megapixel quad camera and front-facing 24-megapixel selfie snapper, all packed with ZEISS Eyes. Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v.0, charging at 9V/2A with a 4,500mAh battery, and advanced video and audio features help there too. In that location'southward fifty-fifty a 3.5mm audio jack in identify.