HMD Global is holding a launch in Dubai in the first week of December, and while the flagship Nokia 9 is imaginably more exciting because of its alleged penta-camera setup, Nokia also plans to launch two other phones at the same event. These would be the global versions of Nokia X7 and the successor to Nokia 2.1 (two-dot-one).

The Nokia 8.1 Plus aka Pheonix aka X7 is powered by Snapdragon 710 with the options of 4 and 6GB of RAM and 64 and 128GB of storage. It features a 12MP+13MP dual camera setup on the back with a 20MP camera on the front. Despite a single camera on the front, the notch on the Nokia 8.1 Plus is observably larger than what can commonly be seen on other phones including Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, 5.1 Plus, and the alleged Nokia 9.