Nokia's First Windows Phone 7 Device Leaked
Images and video of Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 device have been leaked.
Earlier this week, Nokia was making a big fuss over the its first MeeGo device and the shipping dates for the latest version of its proprietary OS, Symbian Anna. However, it seems today has brought news of a much more interesting ‘first’ for Nokia -- the company’s first Windows Phone 7 handset.
Here are photos of Nokia’s first smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Of course, anyone can take a couple of low quality photos and claim they depict an unreleased and highly anticipated handset. To that end, there’s also video footage that leaves very little doubt that this is the real deal. It shows Nokia CEO Stephen Elop unveiling the device at a private event. Despite the Chief Executive’s request to turn off all cameras because he was going to show something ‘super confidential [they] do not want to see it out in the blogosphere,’ one wily attendee managed to catch a glimpse of the phone on camera and has posted it to YouTube for all the world to see.
Elop mentions that it looks very similar to another device that was just shown to the audience, and we can only assume he’s talking about the MeeGo-based N9 (pictured below). The devices look extremely similar and we wouldn’t be surprised if the only major difference is the OS.
Nokia’s first WP7 handset is due out before the end of the year.
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very nice Nokia, I have a Nokia E71x from At&T and I love the way Nokia designs their phones. It is a great device and the only thing holding it back is the OS. The new windows 7 mobile OS is very sleek and efficient and I can't wait for it to hit store's in a Nokia device.
I'm having a strange deja vu effect in this article. Or may be this really has happened before!
Really look forward to this device. Sad that Nokia has fallen on hard times considering that I have used Nokia for most of my mobile phone usage (since 1999).
Their phones are sturdier than most of what is available in India.
Stop talking and release those phones already!
You cannot show confidential videos in intra because some dick is going to leak it anyways. But that was expected of course. Going to get N9 for sure.
I'd be "surprised if the only major difference is the OS". By the time this phone is released it should be running a better hardware setup then the N9 has. I assume MS will choose a particular Dual Core Cpu and Gpu package to go with Mango and Nokia will use it.
The juggernaut is picking up speed again
Nokia makes the best hardware quality but Symbian is simply falling behind.
I doubt that Meego can still compete with the other OS Giants and WP7 has some hope in it.
So...Release those WP7 phones ASAP!
BTW. Ia malso curious about those Meegos, so...quit the talk and release them!
If it were HTC or Samsung, this phone would have been released already. Just saying that quality assurance is why Nokia makes the best phones... at least hardware-wise.
Toms... YOU ARE SHIT! Why does it delete my comment when I sign in? I am not writing it again. Get it sorted.
where is the CDMA version?
not crazy about windows OS but I like the size of the phone. I hate huge bulky and wide generic smart phones and you can't get a decent flip anymore.
I was always a big Nokia fan, pre smartphones, so it is good to see them showcase a product that actually looks decent. But why do they keep hindering themselves with these O/S. They really need to do what HTC does, release this for Windows and Android using the same guts/similar packaging.
i wish the top and bottom edges were smooth.....i can't stand sharp edges
The Nokia WP7 based phone will not deliver anything out over what you will see in a HTC WP7 today, as WP7 has quite bad hardware support, not like the Linux based OS:es which run on almost everything.
Nice, but what I really want is Nokia + Android!
Nokia knows a good OS when they see one...especially with the Mango update coming soon. The only thing holding them back is the clueless sales person.
the hardware looks sturdy, but i prefer the Meego-based interface if the phone can deliver the same features and functions. If the first picture shows how WP7 looks like, i'll pass.
Hope by the end of this year WP7.5 would be released and used by Nokia.
Nokia were far too slow on jumping on the smartphone bandwagon. Their symbian platform just didn't deliver enough, and what it did deliver, it delivered far too late. Microsoft also were late to the mobile OS game, spotted an opportunity, and threw a LOT of money Nokia's way for a deal that is beneficial to both companies. (since they are both foundering currently in the exploding smartphone market)
RIP symbian (and MeeGo for that matter. Not that many folks, or as many as would otherwise, will buy this since it's already a dead platform before it even goes on sale) I too would have liked to see a Nokia Android phone but with Microsoft's involvement, this is patently not going to happen now.
Let's not forget that Nokia still hold the vast majority of market share of non-smartphones
I feel sorry for their developers though, since loads of them will be made redundant.
It looks simple with clean lines. Can't ask more from a phone.