Smartisan Nut R1 with 6.17-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, up to 1TB storage announced


Smartisan has announced Nut R1, the company latest flagship smartphone in China, which is the first smartphone in the world to come with 1TB storage. It has a 6.17-inch Full HD+ display with 18:7:9 aspect ratio and 84% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM and runs on Android-based Smartisan OS 6. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with OIS along with a 20-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information for portrait shots, both with Sony sensors and a 24-megapixel front camera with face unlock that can detect 1024 facial points.

It has a AI-based virtual ultrasound proximity sensor from Elliptic Labs instead of a standard proximity sensor. It has a fingerprint sensor on the glass back that can unlock the phone in 0.17 seconds and packs a 3600mAh battery with suppport for Qualcomm QuickCharge 4+ fast charging as well 10W Qi wireless charging.

It has also introduced Nut TNT Workstation that lets you connect the phone to the screen over USB Type-C and use it as a PC. It has a 27-inch (3840 x 2160 pixels) IPS 10-point multi-touch screen with 300 cd/m2 brightness and 100% sRGB, has Three speakers (2 full-range speakers, 1 low-frequency speaker), Smart Amplifier, microphone,  5MP camera with 1.4 μm large pixel size, f/2.0 aperture for video chats and a lot of connectivity options including display port,  HDMI, 2x USB Type-C, 4 x Full-sized USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Smartisan Nut R1 specifications

  • 6.17-inch ( 2240 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD 2.5D curved glass display with 18:7:9 aspect ratio, 1500:1 Contrast ratio, 96% NTSC color gamut, DCI-P3 color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass protection
  • 2.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
  • 6GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB storage, 8GB RAM with 128GB / 1TB internal storage
  • Smartisan OS 6 based on Android
  • Dual SIM
  • 12MP primary camera with dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX363 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 1.4 μm, 4-axis OIS, secondary 20MP rear camera with Sony IMX350 sensor, 1μm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture
  • 24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • USB Type-C Audio, Stereo speakers
  • Dimensions: 153.3×74.5×7.7mm; Weight: 153g
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
  • 3600mAh battery with Qualcomm QuickCharge 4+ fast charging, 10W Qi wireless charging

The phone is already available for order in China. Check out the pricing below.

  • Smartisan Nut R1 in Carbon black  – 6GB RAM with 64GB storage – 3499 yuan (US$ 548 / Rs. 37,220 approx.)
  • Smartisan Nut R1 in Carbon black  and Pure White- 6GB RAM with 128GB storage – 3999 yuan (US$ 627 / Rs. 42,547 approx.)
  • Smartisan Nut R1 in Carbon black  and Pure White – 8GB RAM with 128GB storage –  4499 yuan (US$ 705 / Rs. 47,865 approx.)
  • Smartisan Nut R1 in Carbon black – 8GB RAM with 1TB storage – 8,848 yuan (US$ 1387 / Rs. 94,110 approx.)
  • Smartisan Nut TNT workstation – 9,999 yuan  (US$ 1568 / Rs. 1,06,340 approx.)

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