Nokia X Android Smartphone
Nokia X Android Smartphone REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino

In the previous year, Nokia had unveiled the arrival of the N1 tablet running on the Android OS. It was the very first Nokia-branded product to get announced after the acquisition of Nokia in April 2014. Fresh reports claim the Finnish company is working on a new smartphone called the Nokia 1100 powered with Android 5.0 Lollipop.

On the Geekbench website, a new Nokia product with the moniker Nokia 1100 has been listed. It reveals the device is running on Android 5.0 Lollipop and is powered with MediaTek MT6582 chipset that delivers a clocking speed of 1.3 GHz.

Nokia Power User says the alleged device is a midrange smartphone. According to the MediaTek website, the MT6582 chipset is comprised of an energy-efficient Cortex A7 processor that comes with support for various features like HD display, connectivity options like 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11x, Bluetooth, GPS, and FM as well as an 8-MP camera that can support full HD video shooting,

The Nokia 1100 was an entry-level phone that was launched in 2003. At that time, the handset was immensely popular. Now, the same model number is rumoured to come back with midrange specs. However, the alleged Nokia 1100 smartphone will not be marketed or launched by Q4 2016.

In December 2014, the International Business Times published an article about the rumours of a fake device called the Nokia C1 smartphone. The report also says the Microsoft-Nokia acquisition deal does not allow the Finnish company to use the Nokia brand name for making smartphones until the end of last quarter of 2016. However, the deal allows the company to use the brand name on other kinds of mobile devices. Hence, the Nokia N1 tablet was launched after the acquisition.

The Finnish firm can start releasing with the Nokia moniker as soon as the deal expires. The Nokia Z launcher is the other product that was launched after the acquisition by Microsoft.

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