Nokia’s fall from grace was brutal and harsh and heartbreaking to watch. But the Finnish company is planning a comeback with a line of all-new Android phones.
Once the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world, its fate was sealed after its decision in 2011 to partner with Microsoft’s Windows Phone and sideline Android.
This is 2016 though. And Nokia, having embraced Android, is making a comeback.
Earlier this week, a smartphone by the name of Nokia D1C was spotted online. With a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a fullHD screen (display size uncertain) and the Adreno 505 GPU, the device comes with a 13MP front and 8MP rear camera, with Android 7.0 Nougat on board.
On the connectivity side, the device is set to support 4G LTE, Wi-Fi Bluetooth 4.0 as well as GPS/A-GPS.
According to the information handed to NPU, the Nokia C1 may come in two different size variants which will broadly share a spec sheet, but will have different camera tech, RAM, and onboard storage.
And having earned scores ranging from 656-667 in single-core performance, and scores of 3,120 to 3,229 for multi-core performance (specs that aren’t going to get anyone to queue around the block to buy them), they’re still pretty respectable for a mid-range device.
Rumours also point to two high-end Nokia “flagship” devices with 5.2/5.5-inch QuadHD displays with powerful Snapdragon 820 processor, a 22.6MP rear camera and 4K video recording support set at a price tag of Rs 30,000.
The Nokia D1C isn’t the Finnish company’s first time around the Android block. Last year it launched the gorgeous N1 tablet, and in 2014 it launched a line of affordable phones running a heavily-modified variant of Android Jelly Bean.
Both products were relative failures. Nokia will have to do something really special to avoid repeating them. It can’t just hope that nostalgia will carry these new devices to success. Can Nokia carve a niche for itself in the Android space?
