Ever since HMD Global announced that Nokia-branded smartphones would return in 2018, speculation’s been running rampant. HMD Global opted to kick things off with the budget-oriented Nokia 6, Nokia 5, and the Nokia 3, and followed them up with its first flagship, the Nokia 8. Now, rumor has it it’s prepping its most powerful Nokia-branded flagship yet: The Nokia 9.
The Nokia 8 had a high-end list of specifications, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 system-on-chip, a 5.3-inch IPS display, dual 13MP+13MP cameras, and a 3090mAh battery. It ran a nearly-stock version of Android Nougat, and it recently got an update to Android Oreo.
But while the Nokia 8 was an excellent first attempt at a flagship by any measure, it had its fair share of flaws. Unlike most of 2017’s flagship smartphones, it didn’t have a 18:9 display with small bezels. The cameras, too, fell short of the competition, even though the Nokia 8 was priced higher than the OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, and others.
Recently, we’ve started to see reports of Nokia’s 2018 smartphone lineup. The Nokia 6 (2018) has already stopped by TENAA, China’s regulatory electronics authority. And both the Nokia 6 (2018) and the aforementioned Nokia 9 (with model number TA-1042) received 3C certification in China.
The Nokia 9 is rumored to be HMD Global’s most expensive smartphone yet, and predictably, it’s said to have the best specifications of any Nokia-branded Android device released so far. Thanks to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission U.S., we have a pretty good idea of what to expect.
The Nokia 9 will have a 5.5-inch OLED display, a first for HMD. The aspect ratio, resolution, and pixel density of the display remain a mystery, but it’ll sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 system-on-chip (SoC)– the same chip that powers the Nokia 8.
The choice of SoC comes as a bit of a surprise, given that the Nokia 9 is expected to be announced in January. In Q1 2018, we’re likely to see flagship phones powered by the next-generation Snapdragon 845.
The FCC listing didn’t mention RAM, but listed the Nokia 9’s internal storage as a 128GB UFS 2.1 Samsung module. The phone will have a dual rear camera consisting of a 12MP and 13MP sensor, a 5MP front camera (a downgrade from the Nokia 8’s 13MP front camera), and a 3250mAh battery with 18W fast charging support.
The Nokia 9 is expected to be announced on January 18 in China. (The Nokia 6 (2018) may launch at the same event, but that remains to be seen.) In any case, the FCC certification is a pretty good sign that Nokia’s next flagship phone will launch soon.
Source: FCCVia: Zyad Atef (on Twitter)
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