I-India isibe kubo bonke abakhiqizi bezingcingo ezimakethe ezibaluleke kakhulu, njengoba iyizwe lesibili emhlabeni lapho kuthengiswa khona ama-smartphones amaningi, hhayi nje ngenxa yabantu bakhona, cishe izakhamuzi eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.200, kodwa futhi ngenxa yokuthi lezi zinhlobo zamadivayisi zisanda kufika.
Ukuze kube lula amatheminali ashibhile, i-Google yethule i-Android One, inguqulo ye-Android elula kakhulu esebenza kahle kumadivayisi anezinsiza ezimbalwa, amadivayisi athengiswa kakhulu emazweni anjenge-India. AbakwaNokia bafuna ingxenye yemakethe isilungiselele iNokia 1, itheminali lapho isithombe sokuqala sisanda kuhlunga khona.
Singabona kanjani esithombeni esiphethe lesi sihloko, iNokia 1 iyasethula idizayini efana neNokia 2, itheminali enomklamo we-spartan nge-angular finishes futhi eyenziwe ngokuyinhloko ngepulasitiki enamandla amakhulu. Ikhamera yalesi siphetho itholakala engxenyeni engemuva emaphakathi yedivayisi futhi ngenxa yentengo yayo ephansi, njengoba kulindelekile, ayisinikezi isistimu yokuphepha esesimweni senzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe.
Mayelana nezici ezingaba khona, kusalinde ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni, i INokia 1 izophathwa yi-quad-core Snapdragon 212 okuhambisanayo, esimweni esihle kakhulu nge-1 GB ye-RAM. Isikrini, ngefomethi engu-16: 9, sizosinika ukulungiswa kwe-HD. Ikhamera yangemuva izoba ngu-5 mpx kuyilapho engaphambili izofinyelela ku-2 mpx. Indawo yokugcina ingaba ngu-8 GB, isikhala esingasandisa sisebenzisa amakhadi e-microSD, sifike ku-128 GB. Uhlelo olusebenzayo luzoba indawo ye-Android, ngokunengqondo futhi intengo yalo ilinganiselwa ukuthi izofinyelela emakethe ngaphansi kwe- $ 100.
Yize iyisisetshenziswa esisezingeni eliphansi, iNokia 1 izoba nemodemu ye-4G LTE, ngakho-ke ngalowo mqondo uma kuzoba kusesikhathini ngesivinini sokuzulazula.