Recent rumors about Nokia’s Normandy phone
have surfaced and there are reports that these rumors are forming base. Back in
December 2013, shots of the handset appeared on internet which showed
capacitive buttons with LED flash. Leaked reports show Normandy’s Android
Interface.
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This report states that the device supports
for dual SIM, it has the facility of Lock screen notification, a dialer screen
and a custom version of Viber and Skype mobile app. The leaked images show that
Nokia is not using on-screen navigation buttons and there is only one physical
(or capacitive) navigation button on the smart phone.
Nokia's Normandy project is said to be a
low-end Asha equivalent that runs a forked version of Android, which means it
won't be associated with Google's apps and services (similar to Amazon's Kindle
Fire tablets). It seems like the device is just a big Asha device that was all
set to take on the low end Android competition. The UI, for the first time
ever, seems to be an amalgam of the current Asha UI but with less rounded UI
elements. Reports say that there are no virtual buttons on it, which means that
there might be, in the actual UI.
As rumors are to be believed this amalgam
smart phone will have a 4" FWVGA display (480x854 pixels), a 5MP rear
camera and will run on Android 4.4.1 KitKat. Obviously the chipset powering the
Normandy is Qualcomm Snapdragon.
If Normandy is similar to the "Mountain
View" Android prototype, then it might be running (as previously
suggested) on the Snapdragon 200 chipset (quad-core Cortex-A5/Adreno 203 or
quad-core Cortex-A7/Adreno 302).
Some recent rumors suggest the Normandy
development is at "full steam ahead" and the smart phone is supposed
to hit this year. Some reports say, the team working on Normandy (Project N)
will stay at Nokia and continue to work on it alongside other devices (such as
the alleged Nokia smart watch) after Microsoft's acquisition is completed.
The leaked shots suggest Nokia has made
significant progress with Normandy, but we will have to wait and see if the
project forms part of its new owner's future plans. Although, some reports
claim that the development of the device is going ahead in full gear, we advise
you not to get your hopes up just yet. Just wait until the device is ready to
flaunt itself.
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