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Nokia 8 hopes to beat Apple and Samsung with 'bothie', a new version of the selfie Nokia has launched the most important new handset in its attempts to revitalise the once world-beating brand for the modern smartphone era dominated by  Samsung , Apple and China’s Huawei. The Nokia 8 marks the culmination of efforts to bring the Finnish telecoms brand back to the mainstream handset market, which kicked off six months ago with the nostalgia-inducing remake of the classic  Nokia  3310 feature phone. The Android flagship smartphone, designed to compete with the likes of the  iPhone 7  and  Samsung’s Galaxy S8 , features a polished aluminium body, Carl Zeiss cameras, spatial audio pulled from Nokia’s high-end 360-degree camera and a high-resolution 5.3-inch screen. Nokia handsets are being revived by HMD Global, a private equity-backed firm led by former employees of the Finnish company.  The company is pushing what it calls the “bothie” ...