Nokia’s new flagship, the Nokia P1, will be unveiled at MWC 2017, with the international expo taking place at the end of February. This is expected to be a landmark handset, Nokia’s triumphant return to the smartphone space with a flagship device running the latest version of Google’s Android software. Here are five things you should know about the Nokia P1 ahead of its launch.
Nokia P1 Design & Display: It'll Be Premium Metal & Glass
In terms of the aesthetic, very little is known about the Nokia P1, however, we have already seen the Nokia 6 unveiled with a design language that does look familiar to fans of Nokia’s early Windows Phone days; clean, minimalist, quasi-industrial with a fairly squared-off shape. It’s expected that the Nokia P1 will look similar to keep things “on brand,” so to speak, though of course it should be more refined as a higher-end model. Helping with this “premium” aesthetic will be a metal unibody build, according to rumours and leaks, topped with Gorilla Glass 5 reinforcement to the 5.3in display panel; as per the Nokia 6, the display bezels will likely be very narrow and the phone will probably feature a high screen-to-body ratio.
Nokia P1 Camera: Nokia's Photography Expertise Revived
Back in the day, Nokia was known for its camera prowess; it produced some of the best smartphone imaging hardware available on the market. A key component of that was its cooperation with Carl Zeiss for optics components, and that’s something that is set to continue on the Nokia P1. It will allegedly pack a 23MP primary camera featuring Carl Zeiss hardware.
Nokia P1 Battery: Big Cell, Better Optimisation, Longer Life
So far, we only know that the Nokia P1 will have a large 3,500mAh battery cell, which due to the unibody design is unlikely to be removable. Aside from this it’s believe the battery optimisation features on Android Nougat will help give the handset some pretty impressive stamina.
Nokia P1 Hardware Specs: Qualcomm Snapdragon And More
There have been a lot of rumours surrounding the Nokia flagship but we do know it’ll pack a high-end Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. The most likely candidate is the Snapdragon 835 as the lead model at the moment, and there have been a few leaks which support this idea. The one spanner in the works is the rumour that Samsung has hogged all the supply of S835 chips, a situation that isn’t expected to change until after April, but if the Nokia P1 doesn’t hit the market until after that month it may not be an issue.
In terms of other hardware, it’s rumoured the Nokia P1 will feature a physical Home key below the display, fitted with an integrated fingerprint scanner for biometric security and payment applications.
Nokia P1 Software: It WILL Run The Latest Android Nougat Build
We know Nokia has fully embraced Google’s Android operating system for all its forthcoming phones, so it’s a given that the Nokia P1 will use this OS. Persistent rumours have strongly suggested it will run the “latest” build of Android, which is the current Nougat build. We don’t know if that means version 7.0 as the base version, or one of the subsequent updates (7.1.1 or the current in-testing update 7.1.2, which may be ready by the time the phone arrives). Either way it will enjoy a host of brand new Android features, including advanced support for split-screen, multi-window multitasking, better performance optimisations, MUCH better battery life thanks to Google’s further development of Doze and the like, and a bunch of new security features.
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