HMD Global may ditch its prominent Nokia branding for its next phone .
That ’s the claim being made by91mobiles , which sway a render of a new handset with the Finnish smartphone producer ’s very own name on the back of it .
As you’re able to see , the raw phone is jolly plain - looking at , which would connote that it ’s going to be another low-cost - to - mid - range offer . That rear venire for sure count like a plasticky material to us , especially with the lack of manifest antenna line of merchandise .
The site reckons that the first ego - brand HMD speech sound could hit the Indian marketplace in April , though a world launching is expected . Previous IMEI database showings intimate that the caller is working on at least two phones , though there ’s a probability they ’re plainly regional or mobile operator - specific variant .
If you ’ve been aware of Nokia ’s reappearance as a maker of mostly cheap Android smartphones , you may not realise that it ’s in reality a licensing exercise of sort . HMD Global obtained the rightfulness to apply the Nokia name to nomadic computer hardware back in 2016 .
Of of course , the fact that the company was begin by former Nokia executive , and originally set up up shop class opposite Nokia HQ , give the company a certain ‘ Nokia 2.0 ’ vibe .
The last HMD - built Nokia phone we reviewed was theNokia G42 5 G , a sub-£200 handset with strong battery life , a typical blueprint , and a commendably retentive software reinforcement promise . We grant the phone a very overconfident 4 - ace review , calling it “ a upstanding phone ” that achieves the rare thing of standing out from the budget crowd .
