What to expect from Nokia’s new flagship phone announcement
The well-known phone brand is set to reveal a handset that it could place as a rival to Apple and Samsung.
Nokia will take the covers off its news flagship smartphone later on Wednesday – the company’s first since making a comeback earlier this year.
According to the tech rumour mill, the Finnish technology giant is expected to announce the Nokia 8, a high specification device with dual rear cameras designed to rival those found on the iPhone 7 and other popular devices in the mobiles industry.
Nokia’s return has been sparked by Finnish start-up HMD Global – which is now the exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand name for smartphones and tablets – and has already been busy revamping the company’s product line.
But now the big business – that of a Nokia flagship phone – is set to kick in.
According to early reports, the new Nokia 8 is expected to feature a Quad HD resolution display and dual rear cameras – the feature technology from optics giant Carl Zeiss, who agreed a partnership with Nokia in July.
The announcement on Wednesday night takes place just over a week before Samsung is due to reveal the Galaxy Note 8, the first new Note device since the Korean firm was forced to recall and discontinue the Note 7 last year over safety concerns and battery fires.
Apple is expected to follow in early September with the announcement of the next version of the iPhone – with as many as three variants of the phone rumoured to be in production as the tech giant marks 10 years since the smartphone first launched.
