We all remember Nokia, don’t we? Well, they are back (Sort of). Remember HMD? A Finnish company that bought the rights to develop new Nokia phone? They announced on Sunday that the company will be releasing a stylish, inexpensive phone that will be powered by the Android operating system. However, there is one catch, it will exclusively launch in China for now.

The phone will feature the Snapdragon 430 processor, a 16MP primary camera, 8MP front-facing camera, a 5.5-inch screen and will also sport 4GB of RAM. The body of the phone will be made out of aluminium, a move that was highly unexpected and a rarity in budget phones. The Nokia 6 will be launched in China for 1,700 Yuan which amounts to INR 16, 800.

China is the world’s biggest and fastest-growing market for smartphones and HMD’s move to release the Nokia reboot reaffirms the fact that they aren’t here to play games anymore. The Chinese smartphone market currently has over 550 million users and in order to sell Nokia 6 in a very competitive market, HMD will have to compete with the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, Vivo, Oppo and Huawei.

Many smartphones enthusiasts wanted to see a premium phone by HMD/Nokia. However, with recent mishandling of the brand by Microsoft, it seems like the decision to release a mid-range device is strategic and safe in order to capture the market. Nokia uses to dominate the global phone market before the launch of Apple’s iPhone and Android smartphones. The company relied on Microsoft’s Windows platform in order to compete. However, they failed to captivate users which eventually led Nokia to get acquired by Microsoft for $7.2 billion.

However, it is interesting to see as to what HMD might be able to achieve now that Nokia branded phones will feature Android as the operating system.