HMD Global, the small Finnish company responsible for bringing Nokia back into the smartphone game is all set to launch a new smartphone in India today. All rumors point towards the smartphone in question being the Nokia 2 which will slot below the Nokia 3 in the company's Android smartphone line-up. The launch event is being held at a metro station reaffirms the claim that Nokia is launching a budget smartphone aimed at the masses.

The Nokia 2 will be available for sale starting mid-November and will come in three color variants - Black, Copper Black and White. The Nokia smartphone has been launched at a global price of Eur 99 (~Rs 7,500). With this launch, Nokia increases its total offerings in India to 5, with the other four smartphones being the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6 and Nokia 8.

In terms of specifications, the Nokia 2 features a 5-inch HD display housed in an Aluminium body and protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The Nokia 2 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 processor, coupled with a 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage, which is further expandable up to 128GB using a microSD. The smartphone runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and will receive the Android Oreo update soon. Along with this, HMD Global also promises to release security patches and other such updates to the smartphone periodically.

The optics of the Nokia 2 comprise of an 8-megapixel primary camera at the back and a 5-megapixel secondary camera at the front. It will run on a 4100 mAh battery, which, as per claims made by Nokia, can last more than 2 days on an average use of the smartphone. Connectivity options on the Nokia 2 include 4G VoLTE, dual-SIM support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS.