Well, that didn't take long. Hours after the new Nokia 6 was leaked, HMD Global has made the device official.

The Nokia 6 (2018) may look similar to last year's model, but there are a few changes worth knowing about. The first is that the new Nokia 6 has ditched the capacitive buttons found on last year's version, meaning that you're getting on-screen navigation buttons here.

The second big change is the fingerprint reader. With the capacitive buttons gone, that means that the front fingerprint reader has been moved. It's now a rear fingerprint reader, placed directly below the rear camera setup.

Also of note is that the Nokia 6 (2018) packs an upgraded processor over its predecessor. While last year's Nokia 6 had a Snapdragon 430 chipset, the new Nokia 6 is rocking a Snapdragon 630 processor.

Other features of the Nokia 6 (2018) include a 5.5-inch 1920x1080 display, 4GB of RAM, 32/64GB of storage, and a microSD slot for adding more storage. There's a 3,000mAh battery powering the whole package and a USB-C port for recharging that battery. And yes, there's a 3.5mm headphone jack on there, too.

The rear camera of the new Nokia 6 features a 16-megapixel sensor with an f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash, while the front camera is an 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture and wide angle lens. Also included is a dual-view mode that'll let you use the front and rear cameras simultaneously when capturing photos and videos.

On the software side, the Nokia 6 (2018) runs Android 7.1.1, but it's upgradeable to Android 8.0 Oreo.

The new Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 10th. Pricing will start at CNY1499 ($231 USD) for the 4GB/32GB model and go up to CNY1699 ($262 USD) for the 4GB/64GB model. There's no word on when or if the Nokia 6 will expand to other markets.

This updated Nokia 6 looks like a solid Android offering. It retained the aluminum unibody design of its predecessor while upgrading the RAM and processor, and it's got a price tag that's pretty nice for what you're getting. Hopefully we'll see two things for this new Nokia 6 in the near future: an Oreo update and wider availability.