For what seems like the longest time now, many of us have been enthralled by a potential Android-based Nokia smartphone that has come to be known as the Nokia X, or previously known as the Nokia Normandy. Despite its decidedly budget specifications, many people are still quite interested in seeing where it goes and what the Nokia X can do, even if it’s mostly for nostalgia purposes. In the latest tidbit of news, GoAndroid has apparently spoken with an unnamed Senior Nokia Executive Officier in India who has said that the Nokia X will be branded under the Nokia Asha line of smartphones and will be seeing a release in India in March this year.
This intuitively goes against what we’ve heard, or at least suspected, which is that Nokia is going to announce the Nokia X at its press conference at MWC 2014 in only a few weeks. There is a possibility, though, that this new news actually compliments our original hypothesis as the global roll-out of devices tends to be staggered and the Nokia X’s release in India may just be one part of that worldwide distribution. Whatever the truth is, with a new Microsoft CEO at the helm which will presumably resume the Nokia acquisition proceedings, we should still be crossing our fingers to hope that the Nokia X makes it out of the gates at all.
What do you think about this latest rumour about the Nokia X? Do you think we’ll actually see the device in India come March? Let us know what your opinion is in the comments below.
