The Nokia 43-inch TV has been confirmed on Nokia's official website. The Nokia India website reads, “The new 43 inch Nokia Smart TV with Sound by JBL is coming soon.” There is no release date or launch window or expected price available and we don't know if the launch of the TV will be delayed amidst the 21-day lockdown that India is facing. Nonetheless, information circulating the internet suggests that the TV will be priced at about Rs 30,999. Flipkart recently tweeted, “Introducing the @nokia #SmartTV with Sound By JBL, coming soon in a new dimension. Watch this space for updates.” At the time it was speculated that the new dimension would be a 43-inch TV and it turns out that was true.
Nokia launched the 55-inch Android Smart TV back in December 2019 and it was quite feature-rich when it launched. Even though details of the 43-inch aren’t known, we can expect to house the same features of the 55-inch TV. The only confirmed feature is the sound which will be powered by JBL however, we don't know if the speaker configuration will be the same. We do expect a lot of the features on the 43-inch TV to be the same as its larger sibling. Speaking of the specifications of the 55-inch Nokia TV, it runs on Android TV 9 out of the box with support for Netflix and Prime Videos. Running on Android TV, users also have access to the Play Store for their streaming services and apps needs. Coming to the panel, it has a 10-bit ADS panel with 400 nits of brightness. It covers 85-90% of 10-bit colour space. The TV also supports Dolby Vision which is Dolby’s object-based HDR rendering.
When it comes to audio, the Nokia Smart TV audio is powered by JBL with 24W of sound output. The sound tuning and equalizer are catered to by JBL. The TV has two full-range drivers, front-facing tweeters and down-firing mid and low range drivers. There is no separate woofer. The TV also supports Dolby Audio and DTS TruSurround. The 55-inch Nokia Smart TV runs on a quad-core processor coupled with 2.25GB RAM and 16GB storage.
There are a lot of TVs available in the 30k budget boasting of a 4K resolution and 43-inch screen size. Kodak recently launched a bunch of new Android smart TVs all of which are running on Android TV 9 out of the box. One of the TVs is a 43-inch TV. Lets quickly highlight some of the specifications. The 43-inch TV boasts of a 4K resolution along with support for HDR 10 and Dolby Vision along with support for Wide Colour Gamut. It is priced at Rs 23,999. For audio, the TVs have 30 Watt speakers with support for DTS and Dolby Digital Plus. Running on Android TV, the Kodak 43-inch TV brings with it support for all popular streaming services like Netflix, Prime Videos, Hotstar and more. You can read more about the recently launched Kodak TVs here.