The notch of Nokia 5.1 Plus is slightly bigger than that of Nokia 6.1 Plus. Apart from the notch, there is no border in Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus. HMD Global has placed the Nokia company logo at the bottom of the smartphone. Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus will be available in three colors – Gloss Black, Gloss White and Gloss Midnight Blue. The gloss look is quite attractive but due to the glass back panel, it can get dirty and get fingerprints. Nokia 5.1 and Nokia 6.1 are slightly heavy and sturdy handsets. On the other hand, Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus are quite lightweight smartphones.
Both Nokia handsets are compact and pocket-friendly. Due to the curved edges and aspect ratio, Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus can be easily held in the hand. The back panel of both Nokia handsets looks similar. You will find a dual rear camera setup on the back panel. The fingerprint sensor is present below the rear camera and Nokia is written vertically just below it. At the bottom you will see the Android One logo. A 3.5 mm headphone jack will be found at the top of the phone. After spending some time with the phone, when we tested the fingerprint sensor, we found that it works very fast. Both the smartphones of HMD Global are equipped with face recognition, we will tell you in detail about its features in our full review. In both the handsets, you will find a USB Type-C port and a loudspeaker at the bottom of the phone.
Nokia 6.1 Plus has a 5.8-inch full-HD+ (1080×2280 pixels) display. Nokia 5.1 Plus has a 5.86-inch full-HD+ (720×1520 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display. After using the phone for a while, we found that the viewing angle of the Nokia 6.1 Plus display is quite good, due to which you will be satisfied with it. However, the viewing angle of Nokia 5.1 Plus may disappoint you. After examining the display in detail, we will give you its full review.
Nokia 6.1 Plus has an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor with 4 GB RAM. This processor is used Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 And Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro It has also been launched in India. Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 is priced at Rs 10,999 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro is priced at Rs 14,999. Nokia 5.1 Plus smartphone has an octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor with neural processing unit. Neural processing unit has been used for face detection, better quality of photos and videos. You will get 3 GB RAM in Nokia 5.1 Plus.
Both handsets open first party applications in a short time and we did not face any problem with the camera app. There was some problem while using Nokia 5.1 Plus as it crashed several times in between. HMD Global representative said that the phone is currently running on pre-production software. Nokia 6.1 Plus will have 64 GB inbuilt storage and Nokia 5.1 Plus will have 32 GB storage. If needed, it is possible to use microSD card in both the smartphones. Both handsets have 3060 mAh battery. Both Nokia smartphones support fast charging. Their biggest feature is that both handsets are Android One smartphones. It will give you stock Android experience and along with that you will keep getting Android version for two years and security updates every month for three years. HMD Global has confirmed that both smartphones will soon get Android Pie update.
Nokia 6.1 Plus comes with dual rear camera setup. The primary sensor is 16 megapixels, whose aperture is F / 2.0 and the second sensor is 5 megapixels, whose aperture is F / 2.4. Nokia 5.1 Plus has dual rear camera setup, the primary sensor is 13 megapixels and in jugalbandi there is a 5 megapixel depth sensor, the aperture of both the sensors is F / 2.0. Nokia 6.1 Plus has dual LED flash and Nokia 5.1 Plus has single LED flash. Nokia 6.1 Plus has a 16 megapixel camera on the front panel, whose aperture is F / 2.0. Nokia 5.1 Plus has an 8 megapixel camera on the front panel, whose aperture is F / 2.2. The camera app has many features like Live Bokeh mode, AR stickers, Dual-Sight mode, Beauty mode and Artificial Intelligence Portrait Lighting.
Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus look very good and both run on stock Android. Nokia 6.1 Plus is priced at Rs 15,999 and will be available for sale on Flipkart and Nokia.com from August 30. This thin and compact smartphone will give tough competition to Redmi Note 5 Pro and Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 at this price. HMD Global has not revealed the price of Nokia 5.1 Plus in India. Nokia 5.1 Plus will go on sale by the end of September, this handset Realme 1 And ZenFone Max Pro will compete with the lower version of M1 handset.