Rumor: Nokia’s next event will be September 26-27th; Windows tablet in bound?

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Windows Phone Primal has learned that Nokia is non planning on slowing down anytime soon with a new company event supposedly prepare for 60 days from now. It's not a 100% articulate either if this is a public press event or something else. Scheduled for September 26-27th in New York Urban center, details remain scarce equally to exactly what would be shown to the public, though if we had to speculate it would exist a Nokia tablet.

Nokia traditionally has just reserved the New York City location for major Us launches, including the recent Lumia 920 and Lumia 1020. Smaller launches that are non-U.s.a. focused usually take place in London or more rarely, industry conferences like CES.

Supposed screenshot of Nokia event in NYC

We've been told that Nokia's strategy going forward is to have a "major release every quarter". For example, the Lumia 925 was announced in May, the Lumia 1020 was announced in July and at present something else in September. In between, smaller announcements may take place, like the Lumia 625 or carrier-specific devices. Nosotros would also put the Nokia 'phablet' on schedule for an end of the yr release, possibly Nov aslope Windows Telephone 8 GDR3, which will bring 1080P brandish back up. Working prototypes of that device have only simply begun being tested, we're told.

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Leaked: early on Nokia tablet image

Equally to what the device could be, assuming the above information is authentic, we're thinking this volition finally be the big reveal for Nokia's tablet. We've heard now from multiple sources that Nokia does take a tablet in testing with various carriers. Interestingly, Windows 8.1 is due to RTM to manufacturers erstwhile in August and it volition presumably proceed auction later in September aslope new devices. If we had to conjecture, information technology would seem to us that Nokia would want to tie their tablet into the Microsoft Windows 8.1 launch bicycle for optimal media coverage.

Yesterday, on the site GFXBench, the Nokia RX-114 tablet was supposedly caught existence benchmarked. The device purportedly runs Windows eight with a Qualcomm Adreno 330 CPU and somewhat odd 1371 x 771 display size. No other information was given and it has not been verified as accurate.

I source who has been reliable for us in the past recently told us the post-obit description for the Nokia tablet:

"…smallish, something like eleven inches, using Windows of course. I take very little detailed information, only the design was very much in the same mode as their Lumia phones with bright colors and rounded corners. The model they showed me was bright red."

Details have been surprisingly deficient most a Nokia tablet, though nosotros did see an earlier epitome a few weeks ago suggesting that the company is indeed experimenting with the platform. What is not clear is if the project continued going forward and what the current status is, though we have heard that AT&T is testing one and they would be the U.s. launch partner.

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