Nokia’s Android Phones Could Debut in February After 2017 'Return to Smartphones' Confirmed

I have been expecting the Nokia's return to smartphones for a long time! Rumors and leaks had just brought me to the edge of the seat. The Nokia-branded mobiles this year, especially over the past few months have been spotted on sites like Geekbench. With the year all-but-over, everyone's eyes are already on next year. Nokia has now confirmed its comeback in a slide presented at the company's Capital Markets Day 2016 event, which states that 2017 will see 'Nokia's brand return to smartphones', putting all doubts to rest, as reported by NPU.

Over the past few months, there have been a few Nokia-branded Android devices like the Nokia 5320, Nokia 1490, and Nokia D1C that have been spotted on sites like GeekBench. While these devices have yet to be confirmed, it is now completely possible that we will see them next year bearing Nokia's branding.

It is also worth mentioning that while the upcoming smartphones from Nokia will have the company's name, they will not, however, be produced by Nokia. In May, the Finnish company granted HMD Global the exclusive license to create Nokia-branded Android mobile phones and tablets for the next 10 years.

The Nokia D1C could be one of the first Nokia-branded smartphones to be unveiled next year. The device has previously been tipped to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 430 processor alongside 3GB of RAM, and sport 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera.

Nokia in October confirmed that its CEO Rajeev Suri will deliver a keynote speech at MWC 2017 in late February. It is possible that Suri will make the much-anticipated announcement there. We'll just have to wait for a few more months to know exactly what Nokia has planned for the coming year.

Source: NPU

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Nokia D1C Android Smartphone Spotted on GeekBench, Reveals Specifications

Most of us are eagerly awaiting - Nokia's upcoming return to the smartphone market. In August, a report cited a Nokia executive to claim the company would launch four Nokia-based Android devices in the fourth quarter of 2016. Since then, a number of contradictory rumours have surfaced regarding the name and features of the upcoming devices.

In late August, two Nokia-branded Android devices - Nokia 5320 and Nokia 1490 - were spotted on GeekBench. Now, a new Nokia device, named D1C, has made its way to the benchmark site.

While the Nokia 5320 is touted to be a high-end device with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 powering it, the D1C appears to be in the mid-range level. The website mentions a Qualcomm octa-core processor powering the handset clocked at 1.4GHz with Adreno 505 GPU and 3GB of RAM. The device is likely to run Android 7.0 Nougat according to the listing.

GeekBench gave the D1C a score of 656 single-core performance and 3120 in multi-score performance which is decent for a mid-range device. Being a benchmark page, the information on the device is still limited.

Nokia's comeback has been highly anticipated since May when the Finnish company granted HMD Global the exclusive license to create Nokia-branded Android mobile phones and tablets for the next 10 years.

Nokia has already launched an Android-powered device with the N1 tablet, which was received positively by the public, as well as the Z Launcher for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. However, Nokia will be aiming to make a bigger splash with its upcoming smartphones.

With the D1C, Nokia is now expected to launch at least three smartphones before the year ends with no information yet on when the Finnish company is likely to hold the launch event.

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