HMD Global has been releasing mediocre Nokia-branded Android smartphones for quite a while now. It could be one of the reasons why their market share has dropped by a high margin. But the company is persistent in releasing new products, which can be considered positive. That said, a few days back, a report revealed that the firm will be releasing more 5G handsets in 2021. One of those devices has been now spotted on Geekbench.

A Nokia smartphone codenamed ‘HMD Global Quicksilver’ has been benchmarked on Geekbench. According to the listing, this phone will run Android 11 and will be powered by the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G SoC paired with 6GB RAM.

Unfortunately, nothing else is known about this handset as we are hearing about it for the first time. Apart from the above-mentioned specs, all we can say right now is that this device can score around 468 points and 1457 points in Geekbench’s single-core and multi-core tests respectively.

That said, the marketing name of this phone is a mystery. But we think it could be the recently leaked Nokia 6.3/6.4/6.5. Anyway, whatever it may be, we expect to learn more about this smartphone before its official announcement in the coming days.

So far, we only have two Snapdragon 480 devices in the form of vivo Y31s and OPPO A93 5G. Hence, this Nokia handset has a chance of becoming the third product with this new budget 5G chipset from Qualcomm.

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As of now, HMD Global only sells a single 5G smartphone in the form of Nokia 8.3 5G, which is also known as Nokia 8 V 5G UW with mmWave support in the US. This count may soon increase to five by the end of 2021 as the company is reported to release four 5G smartphones this year.

The information regarding the arrival of 4 new Nokia-branded 5G smartphones comes from the sources of NokiaPowerUser. According to the publication, these devices will not be launched together. Instead, two of them will debut in the first half of 2021, followed by the other two in the second half.

As of now, the exact names of these handsets are not known. But NPU speculates them to be the successors of Nokia 5.4, Nokia 7.3, Nokia 8.3, and Nokia 9 PureView. Hence, they could end up as the following models.

• Nokia 5.5 5G
• Nokia 7.4 5G
• Nokia 8.4 5G
• Nokia 9.x PureView

Also, the publication says that Nokia 7.4 5G should be one of the two smartphones releasing in the first half of the year. And also suggests it to be powered by the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC. But interestingly, it does talk about the recently leaked Nokia 6.3/6.4, which we think is a strong contender to launch early as its design is already out. 

Hence, consider this alleged list of upcoming Nokia 5G handsets with a pinch of salt except for the fact that we could expect 4 new Nokia 5G smartphones in 2021.

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The Nokia 6.3 didn’t launch last year as expected but if it is launching this year, is it coming as the Nokia 6.3 or Nokia 6.4? Or maybe even Nokia 6.5, seeing as we already got some “dot 4” models last year and we expect their successors to launch with “dot 5” suffixes this year. We are sure you agree that HMD Global definitely needs to rethink its naming scheme, but that is by the way.

A leak has surfaced that gives us our first look at the next-gen Nokia 6 model, which we hope for the sake of clarity, gets launched as the Nokia 6 (2021). The source of the leak is Steve Hemmerstoffer a.k.a. OnLeaks, and he has provided us with renders of the upcoming mid-range phone which were first posted on Voice.

The new Nokia 6, like the Nokia 6.2 before it, will have a waterdrop notch. We are sure that must be disappointing for those who expect a punch-hole display like that of the Nokia 5.4 and Nokia 3.4. The screen is said to be bigger than that of its predecessor at 6.45-inches and we expect it should have an FHD+ resolution too.

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There are four cameras on the back that sit in a circular housing with a pill-shaped LED flash underneath it. The camera specifications were not stated but a leak from last year says the phone will have ZEISS lenses.

Unlike the Nokia 6.2, the Nokia 6.4 doesn’t have its fingerprint scanner on the back. HMD Global has decided to shift it to the right side of the frame where it sits below the volume rocker. There is an audio jack at the top of the phone and the single button on the left is for the Google Assistant.

The Nokia 6.3/Nokia 6.4 is said to measure 164.99 x 7.68 x 9.2 millimeters (10.1mm with the camera bump) and should launch no later than April. Previous reports say it will launch with a Snapdragon 700 series processor but HMD Global may surprise us and ship it with the new Snapdragon 480 chipset that has a 5G modem.

The Finnish company is one of those that have signed up for the new chipset and seeing as the Nokia 5.4 launched just a few weeks ago, we don’t expect a successor anytime soon. The Nokia 3 series will also most likely remain a 4G line which leaves the Nokia 6.3/6.4 as the phone that may launch with the Snapdragon 480 5G processor.

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