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The Nokia 8 Sirocco is a curved glass Android flagship with no headphone jack
HMD Global, the Finnish company that licensed the rights to produce Nokia phones, first revealed a Nokia-branded Android flagship back in August. At Mobile World Congress today, HMD is launching the Nokia 8 Sirocco, an upgraded variant that comes with some surprising design changes. HMD has opted for glass on 95 percent of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, with a tiny stainless-steel chassis than runs along the sides.
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Do not want.
Curved glass with no headphone jack sounds like it could not be used by craft-fair retailers or others who are using Square, PayAnywhere, etc to accept payments on their phone. Maybe that is not their target audience, but it does sound like their new design lacks some of the functionality that I'd expect if I shelled out $$$ on a phone.
It is a shame how many good, high quality phones anymore I'm not interested in due to the missing headphone jack.