Leaked pictures have surfaced on the Internet of a prototype Nokia Windows Phone called the Nokia Sabre which is set to launch next week.

The Sabre which is probably just one of the multiple phones Windows and Nokia will be launching, is reported to have a 1.4 Ghz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera and a 3.5 inch touchscreen WVGA screen. The leaked pictures from pocketnow.com show a large bezel frame and screen which has the Windows Phone OS. There is also warning on top of the device that says "property of Nokia not for sale" which begs the question who took the pictures.

Nokia and Windows announced their partnership back in February this year that saw Nokia junk its Symbian OS and go all in with Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. The success of the new line of Nokia Windows Phone is crucial to both companies who have been feeling the increasing strain of competing in the mobile phone market that Nokia had once dominated. Apple and Google's Android phones have run away with majority of the smartphone market leaving behind Microsoft to flounder with its Windows Phone OS which after a year in the market still has to reach the same kind of traction that the iOS and Android enjoy.

Nokia meanwhile has seen its handset sales plunge 25 percent this year while its smartphone sales dropped 39 percent. Although Nokia is still holding on to the number one spot as the world's largest mobile phone maker, it is facing stiff competition from other handset makers like Samsung, HTC and Apple who are all chomping at Nokia's share of the market.

Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO said he was encouraged with the partnership with Windows.

"We look forward to bringing the experience to consumers in select countries later this quarter," he declared.

"We then intend to systematically increase the number of countries and launch partners during the course of 2012."

Nokia isn't the only mobile phone manufacturer that will be running the Windows Phone OS. Yesterday Windows launched at the All Things Digital AsiaD Conference, the HTC Titan, the Samsung Focus Flash and the Samsung Focus S. How Nokia will differentiate its Windows Phone from other manufacturers still remains to be seen.