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More from Nokia Lumia as new tablet confirmed for 2012

by Steven Williamson on 17 November 2011, 14:53

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Nokia’s latest high-end smartphone, the Lumia 800, isn't due to launch until later this month yet there’s already talk of a new, more feature-extensive version of the Snapdragon-powered handset.

Speaking to French newspaper Les Échos, the head of Nokia France, Paul Amsellem likened the Lumia 800 and 710, which were unveiled recently, to low and mid-range Lumia models.

As reported by WMPoweruser, Amsellem said of the Lumia 800: “It’s just the equivalent of the BMW 5 Series. We will soon have a full range with a Series 7 and Series 3,” presumably referring to the lower-end Lumia 710 as Series 3 and suggesting that a more powerful handset is in development.

Nokia Lumia 710



The two latest Nokia models, due for release later this month, come equipped with the Windows 8 operating system and boast colourful designs. The higher-end model features the Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor running at 1.4GHz and includes 16GB of internal storage and 25GB of cloud SkyDrive storage.

Nokia isn’t quite ready to show its hand just yet with a new model. "We haven't revealed what else may be in store in the future for the Lumia portfolio," said Nokia representative Keith Nowak.

The French boss also revealed that Nokia will release a new tablet in June 2012, which doesn’t really come as a big surprise considering the company was talking about re-entering the tablet market only recently.

Talking with Bloomberg earlier this month, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that the release of Windows 8 next year signals a “new tablet opportunity” for the company. What’s most surprisingly about the announcement, however, is that Windows 8 isn’t expected to be released until Autumn 2012, yet Amsellem says the new tablet will run the operating system, which hasn’t even hit beta yet.

Nokia has neither confirmed nor denied that a new smartphone or tablet is in the works.


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Err… I'd be surprised if the two latest models released later this month will have Windows 8 on them! Typo? ;)
Plus, didn't the Lumia 800 launch today?
Yesterday!
Nokia has neither confirmed nor denied that a new smartphone or tablet is in the works.
So that'll be “yes” then. :rolleyes:

Still got my little Nokia N770 MID and it was/is actually quite good. Would also think that Nokia would want a “top of the line” multi-core model as well to go up against the SGSII etc.

Looks like next year is going to be a good one to get a new phone. :)