According to previous reports, HMD Global confirmed about hosting a launch event on December 6 in India where we speculated that it would be Nokia 8.1 launch. But Today the firm announced launch event On December 10 at 5:30 PM. Where the firm started sending out press invites for the gathering. The media invite didn’t confirm on the name of the device that will be announced on Dec. 10, but the rumour mill is speculating to that the Nokia 8.1 smartphone be the star of the event.

The long-rumoured Nokia 7.1 which is already in China market was just launched in India. The HMD Global also confirmed its big event on December 5 in Dubai with as many as three new Nokia phones, So as for now the firm is busy in its launch events.

The new Nokia 8.1 is speculated to be the Nokia X7 which was recently launched in China. A recent report had revealed that the Nokia 8.1 may hit the Indian markets with a price tag of Rs. 23,999 (~$345). The smartphone can be purchased in colours like Dark Blue, Night Red, Magic Night Silver and Night Black. There is no information on whether all the variants of the Nokia X7 will be heading to India.

Speaking about specs, The Nokia 8.1 is equipped with a 6.18-inch IPS LCD notched screen that produces a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19:9. It is the first Snapdragon 710 chipset powered handset from the company.

For photos, The handset sports 12-megapixel + 13-megapixel ZEISS dual optics is present on the backside of the phone. It is fitted with a front-facing camera of 20-megapixel.On the software front, The Android One version of Android 8.1 Oreo OS is available preinstalled on the device. The device ticks all the day by packing 3,500mAh battery under the hood.

On Memory configuration, The device at heart coupled by the 4/6GB of RAM, 64/128GB of expandable storage.