A Nokia executive has revealed that the Finnish company will return to the smartphone market in 2016. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has revealed to German publication, Manager Magazin, that the company intends to return to the smartphone business. However, Nokia will not produce the handset themselves but instead would focus on designing and licensing which the company has done before when they partnered and licensed its brand to Foxconn for the Nokia N1 Android tablet. A new Nokia smartphone won't be announced anytime soon but the company has already been spotted testing a device called the Nokia 1100 which sports a quad-core CPU and Android Lollipop under the hood. It's too early to conclude though as Nokia is not allowed to release any smartphones until Q4 of 2016 under their terms with Microsoft so the device's hardware configuration as well as its name are subject to changes before it becomes official. However, for those who are in a budget (which most people are nowadays) but are looking into a fine qwerty smartphone, the Nokia E63 is the better option because of the bargain price-point. Read more in our articles including "Nokia to return to the smartphone market next year" and "Nokia 1100 surfaces with quad-core CPU and Lollipop".
A Nokia executive has revealed that the Finnish company will return to the smartphone market in 2016. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has revealed to German publication, Manager Magazin, that the company intends to return to the smartphone business.
However, Nokia will not produce the handset themselves but instead would focus on designing and licensing which the company has done before when they partnered and licensed its brand to Foxconn for the Nokia N1 Android tablet. A new Nokia smartphone won't be announced anytime soon but the company has already been spotted testing a device called the Nokia 1100 which sports a quad-core CPU and Android Lollipop under the hood. It's too early to conclude though as Nokia is not allowed to release any smartphones until Q4 of 2016 under their terms with Microsoft so the device's hardware configuration as well as its name are subject to changes before it becomes official.
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