HMD Global today announced the Nokia 3 V, its first
ever device that will be offered by Verizon on post-paid plans. This builds
upon how successful the Nokia 2 V has been on prepaid. The carrier will
exclusively sell the handset in blue from August 23 in select stores and
online. The Nokia 3 V will be yours for just US$ 168 full retail, or 24 monthly
installments of US$ 7.
The device runs Android 9 Pie and HMD Global
guarantees it will receive 18 months of security patches and two OS upgrades.
So for an investment of US$ 168 you won't just be getting Android Q, but also
Android R next year. That's a very interesting proposition in this price range.
Understandably though, the specs are nothing to
write home about. The Nokia 3 V features a 6.26" 720p+ touchscreen, the
Snapdragon 429 SoC at the helm, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a notification
light embedded in the power button. There's a dedicated Google Assistant key
too, including a walkie-talkie mode in which it will listen to you until you
release the button for long sentence queries.
Although HMD Global's press release doesn't mention
other specs, this phone seems to be a rebranded Nokia 3.2. If that is in fact
the case, then expect the Nokia 3 V to sport a 4,000 mAh battery, a microSD
card slot, a 13 MP rear camera, and a 5 MP selfie snapper.
