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Nokia’s sent out invites to a London event on 14 May and a new Lumia phone is on the cards — “The Nokia Lumia story continues” it promises.
CNET will be there in force to bring you all the news in a live blog and hands-on reports with the new Windows Phone kit, don’t you worry.
So what are we likely to see? Put on your speculation specs and your tittle-tattle trousers and off we go!
Three Lumias are hotly tipped for this summer. My favourite rumour is an ‘EOS’ PureView super-camera phone with ridiculous resolution, maybe as many as 40 megapixels. I’ve been looking forward to a top-notch Lumia camera phone since the ludicrous 808 PureView last year.
Also on the cards are a huge Galaxy Note-style ‘phablet’ with a 5- or even 6-inch screen. And there’s also the ‘Catwalk’, a supposed codename for a new top of the range Lumia with a skinny aluminium frame and a 4.5-inch OLED screen. These are likely to make up a promised “season” of product launches and give Nokia a wide range of high-end gadgetry.
Whatever it is Nokia unveils next month, it’s bound to be much fancier than Nokia’s latest announcement, the adorably bargainous Asha 210 — the first phone ever to have a dedicated WhatsApp button. I can confidently predict all Nokia’s new phones will have WhatsApp buttons from now on. It’s a paradigm shift.
“We look forward seeing you in London!” Nokia signs off its invitation, in its friendly Finnish way. We look forward seeing you too, Nokia.
