Nokia may not have officially revealed plans for making
Android devices, but rumours about the company's first
Android-powered smartphone, thought to be codenamed
Normandy, are buzzing again.
@evleaks has posted a render showing Nokia's alleged
first Android smartphone, Normandy in various colour
variants. The tweet reads, "Nokia Normandy, 2013" and
includes the purported render of the device. The tweet
also indicates that Nokia might launch the alleged
Normandy by end of this year.
The Nokia Normandy's leaked render shows the yet-to-
announced device sporting a similar design to the Asha
touch range of phones. There is a physical back button
on the front panel of the alleged Normandy, as seen in
leaked render. The rear panel is seen with the camera
accompanied by the Nokia logo branding in the middle.
The rumoured Nokia Normandy can be expected to come
in Black, Cyan, Mint Green, Red, Yellow and White
colours, if the leaked render is believed.
If the rumours turn out to be true, Nokia, which has been
supporting the Windows Phone platform like a lone
ranger, might be finally changing gears and entering
Android segment with its first device.
Earlier, a report had claimed that the Finnish handset
maker might launch the Normandy in 2014 and described
the Nokia Normandy efforts as 'full steam ahead'. The
report also revealed that Nokia, following the lead of
Amazon, has been working on a fully-tailored or forked
version of Android, like the software on the online retail
giant's Kindle Fire tablet range.
Further, the alleged Nokia Normandy has been said to be
targeted at the low-cost
segment as an Asha-equivalent smartphone, but with
access to more traditional smartphone apps - a benefit
that the report suggested has been missing in Nokia's
dated Series 40-based Asha phones.
As of now, there is no clarity whether the alleged Nokia
Normandy Android phone is real or just a rumour.
However, contradicting the rumours about a Nokia
Android phone, Stephen Elop, the former CEO of Nokia
had said in July that the company made the right
decision by choosing Windows Phone over Android .
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