Holiday Gift Guide »

Nokia N9 to rock a 1.2GHz Intel CPU, 12-megapixel camera?

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, January 21st, 2011 at 3:43 AM

The rumor on the street is that Nokia will finally launch a seriously specced smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s the N9 which is said to come with Intel-made 1.2GHz processor. From what I’ve understood, we could be talking about their Moorestown platform which is basically a smartphone system on a chip (SoC) with Atom core at its heart.

Moreover, the MeeGo powered device may also sport a 12-megapixel camera a la N8. Somehow that’s expected considering the N9 will be the Finnish company’s flagship smartphone for 2011.

Finally, LTE is also mentioned as an option, though not confirmed at the moment. The way I see it, having both an LTE and non-LTE version of the N9 makes perfect sense to get as many users as possible.

I don’t ask too much from the N9. All I want is E7-like device (with that awesome keyboard), a slightly faster CPU (MeeGo isn’t as optimized as Symbian) and a 4-inch WVGA display. That doesn’t sound too much, right?

[Via: GSMarena]

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Jerry1ken

    Awesome!

  • Anonymous

    Hope its true, if so, we are going to have a hell of a device :)

  • Asdf

    There 2011 device, schedule for release in early 2012.

  • Hary536

    Now this is strange. Dusan says” I don’t ask too much from the N9. All I want is E7-like device (with that awesome keyboard), a slightly faster CPU (MeeGo isn’t as optimized as Symbian) and a 4-inch WVGA display. That doesn’t sound too much, right?”

    Really? Is that what you only want? First, nice that you acknowledged indirectly that Symbian is so well optimized that it does not require such a 1.2GHz CPU. Never been acknowledged directly or indirectly before on Intomobile since I started reading this site.

    2nd: You didn’t mention in your wish list: a “vow” UI, about which all of you keep complaining about Symbian. I thought that was the main point of contention here that people think Symbian UI is dated.(Though it actually isn’t). So I was shocked to not have mentioned that in your wish-list?

  • Hary536

    Seems this rumor is not true. There are other rumors that Nokia is not going to launch N9 at MWC, infact they are going to wait a little longer and announce close to its shipping date unlike their past announcements. Infact, rumors are that the N9 that they will launch is different than the above leaked picture from last year.

  • Anonymous

    Well, even better :)