HMD Global has announced the Nokia XR21 , the late in the famous brand ’s ruggedised smartphone fashion model .
The Nokia XR21 follows directly on from theNokia XR20 , which was one of our pet broken phones of last year . It was for certain the most approachable , with its clean design and mass - marketplace price point .
This yr ’s model has an even tidier design that looks , at least at first coup d’oeil , rather like a normal non - rugged phone – albeit with a chunkier shell . Make no misunderstanding , though , this one is indeed ‘ life story - trial impression ’ , with a 100 % recycled Al chassis built to a MIL - STD-810H measure .
Indeed , HMD Global has made the Nokia XR21 even tough than before , with the power to defy the press of a 100 - bar piss jet . It ’s also drop proof ( up to 1.8 m ) , dust proof and rainproof ( IP69 K , up from IP68 ) . There ’s flagship - point Gorilla Glass Victus around front .
HMD is so convinced over the toughness of its Modern equipment , it ’s supplied a three - year warrant , as well as a one - year screen surrogate warranty ( in the EU , Australia , and New Zealand at least ) .
you’re able to plain expend the Nokia XR21 with blind drunk hands and with gloves on , and there are Quick Access buttons that will set in motion your favourite apps in topnotch quick time .
The Nokia XR21 is evidently build to last , so it ’s good to see that four long time of monthly security updates and three Android O rise have been prognosticate . With that enunciate , it send with Android 12 , so it ’s already play collar - up .
Interestingly , the Nokia XR21 has a more or less little 6.49 - in display compared to its 6.67 - inch precursor . It ’s still an FHD+ LCD gore , but this year you get the benefits of a 120Hz refresh rate .
HMD has ameliorate thing on the public presentation front too , step up from an entry - level Snapdragon 480 to a mid - range Snapdragon 695 .
thing have exchange on the photographic camera front too , with a 64MP main detector and an 8MP extremist - panoptic . The X20 has a 48MP main and a 13MP radical - wide .
Two - day battery life is promised from the Nokia XR21 ’s 4,800mAh stamp battery , which will maintain over 80 % of its capacity after 800 charging cycles . That ’s 60 % more than the XR20 , apparently .
Here in the UK , the Nokia XR21 ships in a undivided Midnight Black variantfrom today , while there ’ll be a Pine Green mannequin launch in June . It cost £ 499.99 for 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage , which is a £ 50 bump from the tantamount manikin of the Nokia XR20 .
you’re able to also spread the cost by pick the phone up on Circular , which is HMD Global ’s smartphone subscription service , which costs £ 22 per month with a £ 30 set up fee .
