HMD Global, a Finnish company that develops mobile devices under the 'Nokia' brand name, has hinted that the company may soon come up with a new android smartphone that will be based on snapdragon 835 SoC. The company has indicated this while answering users queries via Chinese social network, Weibo. The company also confirmed that the whole process is still in the initial stage and may take some time to launch Nokia's smartphone featuring a Snapdragon 835 processor. The Nokia android mobile with Snapdragon 835 processor is expected to be a high-end smartphone variant and may hit the market in the later stage of 2017.
Responding to a query via NokiaPowerUser about alleged Snapdragon 835 smartphone, Nokia's Weibo account answered, "Understood your mood, because the new high-end Snapdragon SoC has just released, please give us some time to prepare, when the time will be made public." [Translated by Google Translate] This response by Nokia on the Snapdragon 835 question has escalated the expectations as the company hasn,t ruled out any possibility of a smartphone highlighting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. However, the organization is evident that this will take some time.
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The Nokia's Weibo post also shows company's response to a query related to Intel Kaby Lake processor. The company replies, "For information on Nokia Windows devices, please follow up." This contradicts information given by both Nokia and HMD Global, as both companies had announced they would launch Android-based smartphones and tablets.
Recently, a Snapdragon 835-fueled Nokia P1 premium mobile was leaked online was claimed to be unveiled at MWC 2017. The rumored P1 smartphone was alleged to cost around $800 (Approx. Rs. 54,500) and to come up with top-notch innards incorporating 5.3-inch display with Gorilla Glass 5 with either full-HD or QHD screen resolution. The Nokia P1 is additionally anticipated to pack 6GB of RAM.
It must be noted that a few days back, an 18.4-inch display tablet with Nokia branding has appeared on GFXBench benchmarking site that was first spotted by Nokia Power User. The Android Nougat based tablet has been listed on the site that sports a 18.4-inch QHD (2560x1440 pixels) display, a Snapdragon 835 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 64GB inbuilt storage, a 12-megapixel rear camera, a 12-megapixel front camera, and have support for 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and NFC.
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As we know that the latest Nokia Android smartphone, the Nokia 6, has received a huge response in its first flash sale in China and was out of stock in a minute. The response received from the China has created a lot of buzz across the world and the company is soon expected to regain its lost glory and to emerge as a big market player in the android smartphone industry. Nokia is also prepared to showcase some of its Nokia-Android phones from the grand stage of MWC 2017.
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