



In case you didn't believe that Nokia would re-enter the smartphone business next year, it is now officially confirmed. In a slide from Nokia's Capital Markets Day 2016 - an event held on November 15 for investors - the company states that 2017 will represent "Nokia brand's return to smartphones."

Nokia won't make smartphones itself, since it no longer has the required manufacturing facilities. Thus, the handsets will be made in collaboration with Finnish company HMD Global, and Taiwanese giant Foxconn. Led by former Nokia execs, HDM will "develop, market and sell Nokia-branded phones and accessories", while Foxconn is dealing with R&D and manufacturing. Moreover, a renowned advertising agency was contracted to help promote upcoming Nokia smartphones.





Nokia is launching a new phones section on its site today, marking the return of Nokia-branded smartphones and tablets after Microsoft acquired its phone business and killed off the Nokia brand in favor of Lumia for smartphones. The first Nokia-branded smartphones powered by Android will be available in the first half of 2017, alongside Nokia-branded feature phones.









One of the first Nokia-branded handsets of 2017 could be the D1C, which allegedly runs Android 7 Nougat and offers mid-range specs like a 1080p display, a Snapdragon 430 processor, and 3 GB of RAM.





Nokia will host a keynote at MWC 2017 (February 27 - March 2), and chances are that it's going to share some details on its next generation smartphones then. Let us know if you're excited about this!



