Nokia's flagship smartphone to be announced on Aug. 16

Nokia 8 is coming soon.
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Stan Schroeder
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The widely leaked Nokia 8 is arriving a bit later than expected.

While some rumors pointed to an end-of-July release, HMD Global (the owner of Nokia brand) has started pinging media outlets about an August 16 event in London.

Nokia confirmed the event with Mashable but did not share any info about the new phone. We've seen the device in a number of leaked photos, though, including00

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The Nokia 8 is generally perceived to be the first "true" flagship of the new, new Nokia, which so far only released low- and mid-tier Android devices and feature phones. It is rumored to have a 5.3-inch screen, a Snapdragon 835 chipset with 4/6GB of RAM, dual 13-megapixel cameras with Zeiss branding and Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

We'll be following the launch event in August so stay tuned for more news.

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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