An image of a red Nokia smartphone leaked by EvLeaks in November now has a story behind it. According
to The Verge,
it is the long-awaited Nokia Android handset. Pocket-lint has been
unable to confirm the validity of the rumour, so maybe approach this
with caution.
Code named "Normandy", the handset will reportedly run a forked
version of Android, similar to the software Amazon has on its Kindle
Fire line. The software running on the Nokia handset won't look like the
typical Android running on most smartphones today, but is said to have
support for top Android applications on the market.
The "Normandy" handset is said to be aimed at the low-end market,
equivalent to Nokia's line of Asha devices. No specifications for the
handset were shared, but from the leaked press photo, we can gather it
won't have capacitive touch buttons.
It's not clear if Nokia's Android handset will actually be released, given Microsoft
will be acquiring Nokia's handset
business in the first quarter of 2014. We can't really see Microsoft,
who has gone all-in behind its Windows Phone software, condoning an
Android-based device under its ownership.
However, according to The Verge, employees within Nokia have been
notified the project is "full steam ahead" and that the handset will be
released in 2014.
Industry insider, fans, and the like, have all hoped for an Android handset from Nokia for quite sometime.
An image of a red Nokia smartphone leaked by EvLeaks in November now has a story behind it.
According
to The Verge,
it is the long-awaited Nokia Android handset. Pocket-lint has been
unable to confirm the validity of the rumour, so maybe approach this
with caution.
Codenamed "Normandy", the handset will reportedly run a forked
version of Android, similar to the software Amazon has on its Kindle
Fire line. The software running on the Nokia handset won't look like the
typical Android running on most smartphones today, but is said to have
support for top Android applications on the market.
The "Normandy" handset is said to be aimed at the low-end market,
equivalent to Nokia's line of Asha devices. No specifications for the
handset were shared, but from the leaked press photo, we can gather it
won't have capacitive touch buttons.
It's not clear if Nokia's Android handset will actually be released, given Microsoft
will be acquiring Nokia's handset
business in the first quarter of 2014. We can't really see Microsoft,
who has gone all-in behind its Windows Phone software, condoning an
Android-based device under its ownership.
However, according to The Verge, employees within Nokia have been
notified the project is "full steam ahead" and that the handset will be
released in 2014.
Industry insider, fans, and the like, have all hoped for an Android handset from Nokia for quite sometime.