Smartisan has launched a new Pure White colour variant of the Nut R1 with 512GB storage and a decent price tag. The Smartisan Nut R1 is the company’s 2018 flagship which was announced in May. The smartphone was spectacular for other reasons aside from its stunning design. The device comes as the company’s first model with 1TB of internal storage and indeed the first smartphone to have such huge storage capacity. It initially comes in Black colour only but a Pure White variant available in 6GB + 128GB and 8GB + 128GB was announced last month. Perhaps buoyed by the popularity of the new colour variant, Smartisan now decided to add a variant with 512GB UFS 2.1 flash memory. 

The new variant comes with 8GB LPDDR4X memory and apart from the RAM and storage, the model is basically similar to the regular Nut R1. The device is entirely coated in white with the red accent on the black variant absent. The variant is priced at 4,999 yuan ($726) which is similar to the 8GB RAM + 512GB Black coloured variant.

As a reminder, the Smartisan Nut R1 comes with an expansive 6.17-inch pressure sensitive display with a 2242 x 1080 resolution and an 18.7:9 aspect ratio. The display is protected by a Gorilla Glass 3 protection and equally has 1500:1 contrast ratio, and a 96% color gamut (DCI-P3). The device packs an ultra-thin body and as a result, there is no 3.5mm audio jack but it ships with a 3.5mm to USB-C adapter inside the retail box. It features a dual camera setup comprising a 12MP Sony IMX363 sensor and a second 20MP Sony IMX350 lens. While at the front, there is a 24MP camera. The Nut R1 is powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset and has a host of network bands including LTE Band 20 which positions it for sales overseas. Keeping the lights on is a 3600mAh battery.

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Smartisan Nut R1, the flagship smartphone from Hammer Technology, was launched in China a couple of months ago. The smartphone was announced in two color options — Carbon Black and Pure White. Although the smartphone is available for purchase in China for quite some time, there’s a supply shortage for the Pure White color variant.

While the Carbon Black color version of the Smartisan Nut R1 was available, the Pure White version recently went on sale in China through JD.com but was sold out pretty quickly. Now, the company has officially revealed that the Smartisan Nut R1 Pure White model will be available for purchase from tomorrow.

The Pure White model of the smartphone will be available in two variants — 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM with 128GB onboard storage. While the 6GB RAM model costs 3,999 Yuan (approx. $604), the 8GB RAM model is priced at 4,499 Yuan, roughly $680.

The smartphone comes with a 6.17-inch Full-HD+ pressure sensitive display with a screen resolution of 2242 x 1080 pixels and an 18.7:9 screen aspect ratio. It is covered with Gorilla Glass 3, has 1500:1 contrast ratio, and a 96% color gamut (DCI-P3). Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 845 processor clocked at 2.8GHz paired with an Adreno 630 GPU.

It features a dual camera setup on the back side, consisting of a 12MP Sony IMX363 primary sensor with a f/1.8 aperture, 1.4 μm pixel size, 4-axis OIS, and dual PD extreme focus. The secondary camera is a 20MP Sony IMX350 sensor with a f/1.75 aperture, 1μm pixel size, and 6P lens. On the front side, it comes equipped with a 24MP sensor with a f/2.0 aperture ArcSoft ray algorithm and AI real-time beauty mode.

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Connectivity options on the device include Dual SIM, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band Wi-Fi, NFC+eSE, and has a USB-C port with Display Port 1.4. It runs Smartisan OS 6 which is based on the Android operating system. The device is powered by a 3,600mAh battery with Quick Charge 4+ and also supports Power Delivery 3.0 and 10W wireless charging.

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Smartisan is all set to announce its flagship of this year, the Smartisan Nut R1, at 7.30PM Beijing time today. We will be covering the event in an hour, but before that, the phone seems to have passed through the TENAA certification agency. The company was successful in keeping the phone off the internet all this while, but now that it’s on TENAA, we have got to know a lot about its design.

Smartisan may not be a brand that’s as popular as Xiaomi or Huawei, but it does have a loyal set of fan following in China, thanks to its different approach to smartphones. The company is known to make beautiful designs, and that trend will likely continue with the new R1.

On the front, the phone seems to have a hidden ear piece design, kind of what we saw on the Smartisan Nut 3 earlier this year. What’s interesting is that we can’t spot the camera sensor up front. It could be placed on its chin at the bottom.

Coming to the back, the Smartisan Nut R1 will feature dual cameras and a dual LED flash. There’s a huge Smartisan logo at the back that’s likely to act as a fingerprint sensor too. On the right, you have the standard volume buttons and a power button. But what’s really interesting is the additional button on the left. It’s round and kind of huge as compared to the overall form factor of the phone, which indicates that it’s meant for some specific and important purpose. Maybe it’s a dedicated assistant button, similar to what we saw on the LG G7 with a Google Assistant button. It may also be for some dedicated AI feature, but we can’t be sure of that at the moment.

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What we do know is that the Smartisan Nut R1 will feature Snapdragon 845, IMX363 CMOS sensor (one of the sensors from the dual camera setup), and wireless charging.

We don’t have to wait for too long to get all the official details about the new flagship. Event kicks off in about an hour, so make sure to check back on gizmochina for the launch article. It should be an exciting product that you may never get to purchase.

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