Many consider the original handset iconic because of its popularity and sturdiness. More than 126 million were produced before it was phased out in 2005.
After a long time of not using their brand name (due to collaboration with Microsoft), Nokia is now trying to bring back their old fame with help from HMD global, a Finnish company develops mobile devices under the "Nokia" brand license.
Nokia is all set for its device launches at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and has teased consumers with its P1 announcement alongside tearing into the Chinese market with its D6 smartphone that saw registration in millions.
Need a tablet with even more screen real estate? Nokia may have you covered. Nokia has decided to launch six or seven devices by the end of this year and it appears that one of them could be a powerful 18.
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HMD, the firm that scooped the rights to promote telephones with the Nokia emblem, already introduced that it’ll be issuing Android handsets with the model in Q1, probably prepping them for announcement at the MWC expo in February. Alleged Nokia P flagship leaks, may still be in the cards with Snapdragon 835 and 6 GB RAM
Latest Nokia C1 would mark the return of the Nokia brand under HMD Global to the market. There are many speculations about Nokia's expected re-entry into the smartphone business.
Samsung and Apple may seem to be the most prevalent competitors worth noting in the smartphone battle, but that doesn't mean other brands are out of the running. Nokia will return in 2017 with two new Andriod phones.
Next year will witness Nokia's re-entry into the smartphone arena with two models Nokia is making an entry in the world of smartphones, and 2017 will be the major year of its comeback.
Nokia may not have actively joined the trend of producing high-end flagship phones lately, but that is about to end with their latest Nokia C1 set to be released in 2016.