Back in 2012, there were rumors Nokia was working on
a new smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard and a design similar to the
E-series. It would run Windows Phone and it was expected to be unveiled at MWC
2012. Sadly, the phone never saw the light of day.
Today we get to see live images of a prototype
leaked by @kev6n on Baidu. The model is unknown but the type is RX-100 and its
running a developer preview of Windows Phone 8.
The screen is an AMOLED display and seems to be
around 3-inches and there is 2GB of RAM on board. A system info page also shows
the Nokia RX-100 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8968 chip and the main camera
sensor is a Toshiba Lada TCM8615MD.
Design wise, the Nokia RX-100 doesn’t look
attractive. The bezels are huge just like the old Nokia feature phones. There
are capacitive buttons below the display and the keyboard holds 39 keys. An
image of the back shows that the RX-100 is a prototype device made in Finland.