After many years off the market, the much loved Finnish brand has risen from the dead with its first new Android phone. Their new phone has to be among one of the most anticipated phones in the world in 2017. Nowhere is this more true than in Asian countries, where Nokia was one of the most respected and well-known brands in the country.

The return of Nokia

The Nokia 6 will also launch worldwide very soon, although official dates have yet to be announced. Die-hard Nokia fans who have wanted to relive their days of owning and using Nokia have already been buying the new Nokia 6 from Chinese websites and importing it to other countries. Case makers are also eager to cash in on the demand frenzy for phones by launching designer covers and covers for the Nokia 6. So, interestingly enough, while you still can’t buy a 6, you can go online and help yourself to literally hundreds of Nokia 6 cases. You can even create and purchase a custom Nokia 6 case if you want and have it delivered to your doorstep when the phone is available.

What to expect from the 6th?

First of all, you should know that the 6 is not really a Nokia, at least not the one you remember. Nokia is no longer a Finnish phone manufacturer. That company is, if you’ll excuse me for the horrible pun, ‘done’. The venerable brand is now owned by a Chinese conglomerate called HMD. HMD owns the right to use the company’s brand to make and sell smartphones and that is exactly what it has done here. That is not to say that the Nokia 6 is a fake. There has never been a Nokia-branded Android phone, so the 6 is the first of its kind, and since the HMD is the rightful owner of the marquee, the Nokia 6 is as legit as it sounds.

A real Nokia?

Only time will tell if the 6 lives up to the incredible reputation Nokia has as a phone brand, if not as a smartphone maker. However, the first impressions are very promising. The 6 has a beautiful and simple design that looks very up to date. Some would say it’s not exactly distinctive, but the amount of leeway for smartphone design has actually dropped to next to nothing in 2007. The 6 is made from premium materials like aluminum and Corning’s toughened Gorilla Glass, which should mean that a Nokia 6 case should be an option rather than a necessity. Also on the inside, the 6 is very competitive for a mid-range Android device in 2017. It remains to be seen if the 6 can do the job of starting to rebuild the Nokia brand to what it once was.