[android] Nokia N1 Tablet

[Arthur]

This looks really good!

 

Website: n1.nokia.com

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJmthxJV5Q

 

Nokia’s N1 is almost identical to the rear of the iPad mini thanks to careful placement of the camera, buttons, and headphone jack. Even the bottom of the device has the same speaker grills and what looks like a Lightning port, but is actually one of the first implementations of the reversible type-C USB connector. The USB is actually where things start to get interesting. While the Nokia N1 looks like an iPad mini with Android, the company has actually gone a few steps further in improving Apple’s popular tablet. Nokia’s N1 display is fully-laminated, unlike the iPad mini 3, and the N1 is just 6.9mm thick and 318 grams in weight, both thinner and lighter than Apple’s offering. Nokia is particularly proud of design details like its camera placement matching the curvature of the camera lens and the tablet's corner.

 

The only things missing here to complete the iPad mini look are a home button, chamfered edges, and an Apple logo. There’s even "Natural Aluminum" and "Lava Grey" color schemes, and a cover that looks suspiciously similar to Apple’s Smart Case. Nokia's own N1 website also looks like it's straight from Apple.com. Other specifications include a 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Nokia’s N1 also has an 8-megapixel camera at the rear, and a 5-megapixel version at the front. (Source)

 

 

Specs

• Aluminium body @ 200.7mm height, 138.6mm width, 6.9mm thickness
  
• Weight 318g
  
• 7.9-inch screen @ 2048x1536 resolution
  
• Intel 64-bit Atom Processor Z3580, 2.3 GHz
  
• 2 GB DDR3 (800MHz) RAM
  
• 8 MP rear-facing camera with autofocus
  
• ​5 MP front-facing camera, fixed focus
  
• 1080p video recording
  
• Android 5.0 Lollipop
  
• Z launcher
  
• Micro-USB class C port
  
• $249 launch price
  

Edited November 18, 2014 by Arthur

[jinnantonnixx]

I bet the build quality is top notch, if old Nokias are anything to go by.

 

It's running Android - what's the relationship between Nokia and MS now?

[Arthur]

what's the relationship between Nokia and MS now?

 

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30096603

 

The surprise launch pits the firm against Microsoft, which completed its takeover of Nokia's previous mobile-devices business in April.

 

The N1 tablet is due to go on sale in China towards the start of 2015, ahead of other countries.

 

Nokia said it was not making the device itself, but had licensed its brand, design and software to a third-party.

 

Taiwanese manufacture Foxconn is the licensee.

 

"This is a great product for Nokia fans and everyone who has not found the right Android tablet yet," said Sebastian Nystrom, head of products at Nokia Technologies, who announced the product at the Slush technology conference in Helsinki.

 

www.engadget.com/2014/11/17/nokia-licensing-its-iconic-brand

 

Nokia is restricted on using its brand on smartphones until the end of 2016 and feature phones for another 10 years thanks to a deal with Microsoft, but it can use it elsewhere freely.

 

www.theverge.com/2014/11/17/7233173/nokia-brand-licesnsing-plans

 

Because of its deal with Microsoft, Nokia is restricted from using its name on feature phones for another ten years, but is free to brand smartphones after 2016. Meanwhile, Microsoft stopped using the Nokia brand in favor of Lumia starting with the new Lumia 535. However, Nokia said that it has no plans to enter that market directly. Instead, it would license its brand to third-party smartphone companies and work with them to make the best use of it. Nokia also wants to market its technological expertise along with its extensive patent portfolio -- for instance, it added 914 new patents in 2014 alone.

 

Haidamus was quick to point out that while the Nokia name is valuable, he's keen to capitalize on it soon, as its lustre will diminish rapidly. If he's right, we may soon see that Microsoft left the most valuable part of the company on the table -- the Nokia name itself.

[sonofsanta]

The price being quoted in articles strikes as unlikely - it's bound to get a rise due to taxes etc. - but if it's true, £159, it looks like it'll be the best mid-range tablet now that the Nexus 9 is so pricey.

[Arthur]

The price being quoted in articles strikes as unlikely

Intel has almost been giving away its Atom chips to tablet manufacturers so the price of the N1 doesn't seem that unlikely.

 

$259 = £159 + 20% VAT = £190.80

 

When the tablet reaches the UK it will most likely retail for between £199-£249 (so somewhere between the Hudl2 and Nexus 9). Even at that price it looks good.

Edited November 18, 2014 by Arthur

[Arthur]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLUrRZ2eIs