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A Nokia executive has revealed that the Finnish company will soon return to the smartphone market in 2016.

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has revealed to German publication, Manager Magazin, that the company intends to return to the smartphone business. However, Nokia will not produce the handset themselves but instead would focus on designing and licensing which the company has done before when they partnered and licensed its brand to Foxconn for the Nokia N1 Android tablet.

“We will look for suitable partners,” says Suri. “Microsoft makes mobile phones. We would simply design them and then make the brand name available to license.”

Under an agreement with Microsoft, Nokia is not allowed to use its brand on phones until Q4 of 2016.

via: Reuters
source: Manager Magazin

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A new Nokia smartphone won’t be announced anytime soon but the company has already been spotted testing a device called the Nokia 1100 which sports a quad-core CPU and Android Lollipop under the hood.

The Nokia 1100 appeared on a Geekbench test packing a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core CPU – the same processor that powers the Sony Xperia E4, Huawei Honor 3C Lite, and Lenovo A5000.

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The benchmark result also shows that it is running Android 5.0 and 512MB of RAM suggesting that it could be an entry-level yet affordable device.

It’s too early to conclude though as Nokia is not allowed to release any smartphones yet until Q4 of 2016 under their terms with Microsoft so the device’s hardware configuration as well as its name are subject to changes before it becomes official.

via: PhoneArena
source: Geekbench

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