The Nokia 9 has leaked thanks to third-party accessory manufacturers already selling cases for it on Amazon, complete with images showing the phone wearing these cases. The Nokia 9 has been rumoured for a while now as an enhanced version of the Nokia 8, but oddly the rumour trail had died off somewhat in recent months. Until now, that is.
The re-emergence of the Nokia 9 with accessory listings popping up online suggests it may be getting ready to launch imminently. At this stage we'd guess either HMD Global will launch it in the next few weeks in time to hit the Christmas rush, or, more likely in our view, we'll see it break cover in the first few months of 2018; some time between CES (January) and MWC (late February, early March).
We've already known for a while that the Nokia 9 will essentially be a Nokia 8 with an enlarged display covering the entire frontage (18:9 aspect ratio), moving the fingerprint scanner to the back panel. In that sense it is like most other major flagships or 18:9 flagship variants launched this year. The Nokia 9 will also add waterproofing, which the Nokia 8 did not have.
The design will feature an all-glass front and back, held together by a metal frame. The images shown in these case listings demonstrate cases that enshroud most of the rear panel and the phone's edges, with cut-outs on the rear for the fingerprint scanner and dual-sensor Carl Zeiss camera.
We can only really see the curved glass front, which juts out slightly from the casing, making the overall look remarkably similar to the old Nokia Lumia 900 (one of our favourite Nokia designs).
In the below image, we do get a glimpse of the Nokia 9's back panel.
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