The rumor mill is still spinning on the codenamed
Nokia Normandy device also know as the Nokia X device. This device wouldn't be special at all if it wasn't allegedly running on
Android 4.4 KitKat. The phone is supposed to run a stripped down version of KitKat with a
UI similar to
Windows Phone tile user interface and it would replace the current Nokia Asha range of phones.
It's a little weird that Nokia would do that when they sold its mobile production to
Microsoft. Maybe it will be the last device Nokia pushes out while still not under Microsofts rule.
If the rumors are to be trusted the phone should have a 4-inch screen with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution and be power by a dual-core, 1GHz
Snapdragon processor eith 512MB of
RAM. Pretty good if comared to other low end Android and Asha phones.
The list continues with 4
GB of internal memory,
MicroSD card slot, 5-megapixel camera, and a 1500mAh battery. A
dual-SIM variant may also be launched available for certain markets.
Many have been waiting for a Android running Nokia but this probably is not the device they had in mind. Even the UI looks nothing like Android at all. With most of the UI looking like the tile interface on Windows Phone. The only thing they could take advantage of are the apps found at the
Google Play store.
As seen on the leaked pictures and confirmed by sources very close to Nokia the Normandy device should be available in 6 colors.
This whole situation stil seems a little odd but Wall Street Journal stated that it has confirmed this rumors by a source very close to Nokia and that the Nokia Normandy device is going to be revealed at Mobile World Congress 2014.