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Nokia N9 Officially Launched
Last week we reported that Nokia was going to announce their “market disrupting” device on the 21st of June, which would be during the Nokia Connection event being held in Singapore, and as it turns out that their “market disrupting” device looked nothing in the picture we posted, but rather instead of a slideout keyboard, we got the N9 device which is fully touch screen and is the first (and probably last) MeeGo phone that Nokia will release. It’s a bit reminiscent of the earlier versions iPod Nano except in this case it’s fully touch screen and while personally I am not a fan of the colors, it does look rather sleek and elegant.
For those of you who are wondering what the N9 is packing under the hood, the device will be sporting a 3.9-inch AMOLED display with a body made from a polycarbonate material and internal storage capacities of 16GB and 64GB and available in black, cyan and magenta colors. The phone will also come with an 8MP auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and a super wide 28mm lens which will be great for scenery and landscape shots. It also supports HD video recording and true 16:9 resolution photos. The phone will also come NFC enabled along with Bluetooth, GPS and WiFi.
On the software front device’s UI was created to utilize various swipe gestures that you can perform on the phone with a browser built on Webkit 2 technology, the latest Nokia Maps, Drive, Dolby Digital Plus. No word yet on how much this device will cost but we can expect to see the device released sometime later this year. For more information regarding the Nokia N9 just head on down to their official site.
LG has been rather quiet about developing its very own mobile chipset design for some time already, where the first Nuclun SoC will soon be followed up by – surprise, surprise, the Nuclun 2. This is not the first time that the Nuclun 2 name was brought up, and up till now, there has been no devices that were released with Nuclun 2 at its heart, although that might change with the upcoming V10 successor if rumors prove to be correct.
In other words, the LG V10’s successor will most probably be released some time in the second half of the coming year, which means it will be some time before it ends up as a shipping product. It also remains to be seen whether the Nuclun 3 will hit the streets in the near future, but as with most other cases, patience is definitely called for.
So, there is a new Samsung smartphone that is about to be released – big surprise, that, and I say this with full a sarcasm. Still, those who want something that looks to hang out on the high end side of things in terms of design and form factor, and yet having a mid-range performer within, can always settle for the Samsung Galaxy A9.
The handset has already appeared on the FCC database, which means it has been approved, and listed as the Samsung Galaxy A9. With the green light given, it is but a matter of time before it hits the market. While very little detail has been released so far, it should not be too long now before an official announcement is made. All that one can do now is to sit tight and wait. [FCC Page]
What is the world’s best kept secret? I suppose that would be a subjective question, with a myriad of answers for your picking if you were to take into consideration the different industries and niches, but where smartphones are concerned, especially with the HTC banner involved, then it would be the HTC One X9 being the next handset from the company. A set of photos of the alleged device has surfaced, and in these photos, it has more or less confirmed the overall design of the device – including its SIM card slot, power and volume button locations.
Other rumored hardware specifications include a 5.5” Full HD display, a MediaTek MT6795 SoC, either 2GB or 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, a 3,000mAh battery, a 13MP shooter at the back with OIS, and an UltraPixel front camera. All that we have to do now is to sit tight and wait for an official announcement concerning the hardware, and it is good to go.