Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nokia Back to Business Releases N1 Android Tablet

Nokia surprise twist of announcements of its N1 Android Tablet, marking its return to producing consumer devices.

It is built in simplistic industrial design with its unique one-piece aluminum design with curved sexy corners and soft finish in Lava Grey and Natural Aluminum colors. On top is 7.9 laminated display powered by 2.4Ghz Intel© Moorefield AtomTM quad-core processor which should run a Android Lollipop flawlessly. Speaking of software, it utilize Nokia's own intuitive  Z Launcher for which search your apps according to what letter or character you scribble and learns over time what applications you use base on time and day.

The N1 is planned to be available in China in Q1 2015 for purchase for an estimated USD 249 before taxes. It is also expected to expand to other markets.

As of now it seems Nokia is only limited in producing smartphones, and so with N1, Tablet is an exception and maybe for other consumer devices as well.


Tech Specs
Android™ 5.0 Lollipop with Nokia Z Launcher
7.9 inch (4:3) 2048x1536 resolution
IPS panel with LED backlight
Fully laminated zero air-gap display
Gorilla® glass 3
Intel® 64-bit Atom™ Processor Z3580, 2.3 GHz
2GB LPDDR3 (800 MHz) RAM
32GB eMMC 5.0 Storage
PowerVR G6430, 533 MHz Graphics

Camera
8 MP rear-facing camera with autofocus
5 MP front-facing camera, fixed focus
1080p video recording

Wireless
Wi-Fi, (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz & 5GHz) with MIMO
Bluetooth, BT 4.0

Audio
High Quality Discrete Audio Codec, Wolfson
WM8958E, independent audio codec
Two 0.5 W stereo speakers
90 dB with less than 10% total harmonic distortion (THD)

Microphone
Digital MIC Cavity resonance frequency more than 20 KHz

Buttons and connections
3.5 mm audio
Micro-USB 2.0 with a Type-C reversible connector

Sensors
6-axis Gyro+Accelerometer

Battery
18.5 Wh (5300 mAh) rechargeable lithium polymer battery (3.7 V)

Body
One-piece design
Aluminum with surface anodization

Height: 200.7mm, Width 138.6 mm, Depth 6.9 mm
Weight: 318 g

Colors
Natural Aluminum or Lava Gray