Oh Nokia. Just when the N9 gave us hope that Nokia had turned over a new design leaf, some leaked photos of the Nokia N5 make us realise that it is business as usual over in Espoo.
The new phone is ugly as sin, leading us to suspect that Nokia might be doing this deliberately. Is it some kind of scam, like in The Producers?
The Nokia N5 will run Symbian Anna – the latest (last?) version of Nokia’s venerable mobile OS. The user interface has been given a bit of an overhaul and now resembles the Harmattan interface used on the N9′s MeeGo OS.
After the highs of the N9′s sleek design and buttonless case it is back down to Earth with a bump with the Nokia N5′s chunky case and bezel. The phone has a 3.2 inch touchscreen with Nokia’s familiar call, end and menu buttons underneath. The phone has a 5 megapixel camera around the back with and LED flash.
Disturbingly, the leaker suggests that the N5 could be followed by an N6 and even an N7 with slightly boosted specs. Hopefully this will be enough for Nokia to finally get this stuff out of its system. The N5 is intended to replace the lower-end Symbian smartphone on Nokia’s roster so this should at least see off the last of Symbian S60 Series 5, which is something.
TBC | £tbc | Nokia (source: GSM Arena)
