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Nokia unveils tablet in surprise return
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FINNISH telecom equipment group Nokia announced an unexpected return to mobile devices yesterday with a tablet aimed at the Chinese market.
“We are pleased to bring the Nokia brand back into consumers’ hands with the N1 Android tablet, and to help make sophisticated technologies simple,” Nokia’s head of products Sebastian Nystroem said.
It will be made by Taiwan-based technology group Foxconn — Apple’s biggest supplier — and launched in the Chinese market in early 2015 retailing “for an estimated US$249 before taxes,” Nokia said, “with the anticipation of expanding sales to other markets.”
The device, presented at the Slush technology fair in Helsinki, resembles Apple’s iPad mini with a 7.9-inch screen and uses the Android operating system unlike its predecessor, Nokia’s first tablet, the Windows-driven Lumia 2520 launched in 2013.
The Lumia had a far higher price tag of US$499 when it was launched in the United States and enjoyed limited success with consumers, partly due to its Windows Phone 8 operating system which has fewer applications than its Android and Apple competitors.
Nokia’s comeback was not expected, as the once world-dominating telecom company appeared set to focus on telecom services following the US$7.52 billion sale of its handset division to Microsoft in April.
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