Earlier this month a leak filled us in regarding
Nokia's chipset choices for its upcoming smartphones, including a then unheard
of entry level Nokia 2 model. This was said to be the cheapest Nokia smartphone
for 2017, boasting a Snapdragon 212. However, in the meantime a lot of other
sources have contradicted the details of that leak, when it comes to the
high-end echelons of the Nokia lineup. So you may want to take the information
about the Nokia 2 with a pinch of salt too.
Or maybe not, since today a new leak out of China
claims to show us the design of the upcoming Nokia 2, alongside a rough drawing
of the Nokia 3 for comparison. The source of this leak corroborates the fact
that the Snapdragon 212 SoC will be used in this cheap handset, but also
mentions the very similar SD210 as a possibility for the Nokia 2.
There's no fingerprint scanner on
the front - and there surely isn't one on the back, since the Nokia 3 doesn't
have one either, and the 2 should be even more affordable. Interestingly, Nokia
will choose to use software-rendered Android buttons in the entry-level model,
even though none of its currently announced handsets have such an arrangement.
The screen size looks to be the same 5" as it
is for the Nokia 3. The overall shape of the Nokia 2 is more rounded however,
and the person who outed the image says it will resemble the Lumia 620 from
years past. That's all the information we have for now, and even all this is
just a rumor at this point, don't forget that.
