Last April, Microsoft acquired Nokia's devices and services business, bringing an end to a long but fading era of mobile handsets from the Finnish company. However, just six months later, the Nokia N1 Android tablet was unveiled, and is now on sale in various markets around the world.

This was made possible, of course, because Nokia isn't manufacturing the devices itself. Instead, it designed the tablet, working with engineers at Foxconn, which also manufactures the device, but it's then sold under Nokia's brand.

Nokia's N1 tablet - not built by Nokia at all, but rather by Foxconn
Having launched a tablet under this model, the next logical progression would be a smartphone, right? Well, back in April, Nokia said that it had "no plans" to get back into the smartphone business - but it seems something has changed since then, as the company's CEO revealed to Germany's Manager Magazin.

As Reuters reports, Nokia's chief executive Rajeev Suri confirmed that the company is indeed planning new handsets to be launched as soon as an existing agreement with Microsoft - under the terms agreed for its Nokia acquisition - expires next year.

"We will look for suitable partners," he said, perhaps implying that Foxconn may not be the manufacturer of Nokia's new smartphone. He continued: "Microsoft makes mobile phones. We would simply design them and then make the brand name available to license."

Perhaps Stephen Elop might be heading back to Nokia to lead their new mobile hardware efforts? Yeah... maybe not.

Source: Reuters

Op it wrks out tho...its still my dream to c nokia runing on andorid os.,mayb andorid M perhaps.

na d imei we just need...biko

michhitman:
Op it wrks out tho...its still my dream to c nokia runing on andorid os.,mayb andorid M perhaps.

Thier fones they strong die...it could fall from a two-story building and you pick it up and dust your thing.....

OP you just said source:REUTERS, post the link joor.

hidee20:



Thier fones they strong die...it could fall from a two-story building and you pick it up and dust your thing.....

ah swear down...wish ah ws barry allen, ah 4 just run enta future,come tell una specs of d fone..hehehe

michhitman:
Op it wrks out tho...its still my dream to c nokia runing on andorid os.,mayb andorid M perhaps.

There are nokia phones that run android. The year is 2015 not 2013.

dazekid:


There are nokia phones that run android. The year is 2015 not 2013.

bro dats nt android man....dats just a piece of shitty windows lyk phone...dat can run 70% ov android apps...even installing whatsapp became a problem..