Nokia to make a comeback with smartphones in 2017

Nokia recently announced its plans to return to the smartphone industry in 2017 at the Capital Markets Day 2016. The company shared a slide at the event that reveals the company’s agenda for 2017 that includes ‘Nokia brand’s return to smartphones.’

While Nokia will not be manufacturing the smartphones itself, they will be acting as the owner of the brand. Furthermore, Nokia plans on ditching Microsoft’s Windows OS. It will instead be making use of Google’s Android OS.

Several reports suggest that HMD will be pairing Nokia’s patents and brand with Foxconn’s R&D and manufacturing. The same reports even speculate that Nokia’s first handset in 2017 may be the D1C as has already been spotted on Geekbench and Antutu.

If rumors are believed to be true, the device will come with 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM and will be running on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat. The phone may sport a 1920 x 1080 pixel screen resolution with a 13MP rear camera and 8MP front camera.