Finnish tech giant HMD Global has launched its budget smartphone – the Nokia C20 Plus in India. The Indian launch comes barely two months after the smartphone was launched in China.

The Nokia C20 Plus is an updated version of the entry-level Nokia C20 that was announced in April in global markets. As expected, the smartphone features a polycarbonate body and sports a 6.5-inch LCD screen with HD+ resolution of 1600 × 720 pixels and a 20:9 aspect ratio. The device is powered by a Unisoc SC9863A SoC paired with 2GB/3GB of RAM while there is 32GB storage on both RAM versions. The storage is expandable up to 256GB via microSD card. The Nokia C20 Plus runs on Android 11 Go Edition and HMD says it will get up to two years of security updates.

For optics, the C20 Plus features a dual-camera setup at the back consisting of an 8MP main shooter and a 2MP depth sensor. There is equally a 5MP selfie camera at the front. Under the hood, there is a decent 4950mAh built-in battery. Other features onboard the phone includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS, and a micro USB port.

Talking of the pricing and availability, the Nokia C20 Plus starts at Rs. 8999 (~$121) for the 2GB RAM with 32GB storage version and the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version costs Rs. 9999 (~$135). The device comes in Ocean Blue and Graphite Black colors and will be available across leading offline retail stores, e-commerce platforms, and Nokia.com

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HMD Global announced earlier this month that it would be updating the C-series with the launch of the Nokia C20 Plus set for June 11. Ahead of the launch, the smartphone is now available to pre-order in China via Jingdong (JD.com).

The pre-order page doesn’t contain the price tag but it teases the device as coming with large fonts as well as large volume icons, suggesting the device is targeted at elderly users. The page also reveals a few key specifications of the device as well as the renders of the mobile phone.  Some of the specs of the Nokia C20 Plus had earlier appeared online thanks to an earlier GeekBench listing.

The C20 Plus is expected to arrive with a 4950mAh built-in battery and will run on the Android 11 Go edition designed for entry-level smartphones. Nokia promotes the device not to come with pure Android devoid of interfering adverts. The phone will also support one-key activation of the health code function.

The processor is not known, but the GeekBench listing shows the Nokia C20 Plus is powered by a Unisoc chipset that has four cores clocking at 1.20GHz and the other four cores running at 1.60GHz. This is believed to be the entry-level Unisoc SC9863A chip.

The renders of the Nokia C20 Plus show that it will utilize a plastic back panel. The phone will also pack a dual-camera setup at the rear housed in a circular module. We don’t know the price of the C20 Plus yet but the series is an entry-level one so the price will likely be pocket-friendly.

In addition to the mobile phone, Nokia will also release a brand new true wireless Bluetooth headset-BH-205 on June 11. The details of the earbuds are not known at this time but it is touted to feature a long-lasting battery life of 36 hours.

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