Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made a now infamous presentation at Nokia Headquarters in Espoo, Finland earlier this year (watch below) where he showed off the company’s first Windows Phone, a device he called “Sea Ray”. It looks exactly like the Nokia N9, except for an added button on the side of the device. Since his presentation was leaked, the question on everyone’s mind has been when exactly will Sea Ray ship, how much will it cost, and what will be the product name? While we don’t have the answer all of those questions, two out of three ain’t bad. According to a leak that’s surfaced on WMPowerUser, the Sea Ray will be called the 703 and it’ll ship on November 27th of this year. The leak goes on to suggest that unlike the N9, the Sea Ray will have a smaller 3.7 inch screen and a 5 megapixel camera. The 703 also isn’t going to be the slimmest smartphone when it hits the market, coming in at a chunky 112 mm x 60.8 mm x 12.3 mm.
Whether or not this rumor is true is something we’ll find out on October 26th when Nokia holds their annual Nokia World event. It’s pretty much a given at this point that Nokia will talk about their first Windows Phone at said event, and will likely announce that it’s going to launch in a “limited number of territories” (read: not in the USA) this year. Judging by the model number, 703, we know Nokia isn’t putting their all in this device. Ever since the Finnish handset maker switched to their triple digit naming scheme, the highest model number we’ve officially seen has been 701. Imagine what an 800 or 900 series Nokia would bring to the table!
We’ll likely have to wait roughly six months for Mobile World Congress 2012 to take place to get the details on the first really impressive Nokia Windows Phones, which … hey, there’s nothing we can do to speed that up.
[Via: Boy Genius Report]