tech2 News Staff

HMD Global, Nokia’s parent company sent out official formal invites last week for the launch of Nokia 3, 5 and 6 smartphones in the Indian market. The launch is scheduled for 13 June 2017 and while the pricing was rumored to be between 9,000 to 15,000 a new leak suggests a slight surge in the prices of the upcoming phones.

According to BSU the Nokia 3, 5 and 6 will be priced at Rs 9,990, Rs 12,990 and Rs 15,990 respectively. The website also noted that the phone will be launched on 13 June and buyers can pre-order the phones from the same day. Pre-ordering will be available on online retail stores like Amazon India and Flipkart. The smartphone are expected to ship from 20 June. The specification of the phones remains the same. As reported by Techradar the phones released will also get the next Android O update once the new version is launched in the market.

A spokesperson from HMD Global said, "The smartphones will get the Android O update once the new release is available from Google for their OEM partners, the same way HMD Global is committed to the monthly Android security updates".

The smartphones are made by the independent Finnish company HMD Global, which has licensed the rights to use the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, for a period of ten years.