El INokia yaseNormandy, i-smartphone engakhange ifike kwimarike, kodwa loo nto ayinakuze. Akukho ngaphezulu nangaphantsi kwe-smartphone yenkampani yaseFinland enenkqubo yokusebenza ye-Android ebisebenza kuyo ngaphambi kokufikelela kwisivumelwano sokuthenga noMicrosoft. Ngoku siyazi ukuba i-smartphone injani.
Ibe ngu-@evleaks owabelane ngefoto ye-smartphone entsha, eneneni, ayimangalisi kakhulu, nangona ingabonakali ngathi inokuba yintoni i-smartphone kunye nenkqubo yokusebenza yeMountain View. Nangona kunjalo, iyasivumela ukuba sazi ukuba iNokia yayiza kusungula ntoni kwimakethi ye-smartphone ukuze ikhuphisane neebrendi ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu ezenza iitheminali ze-Android. Into ebonakala icacile xa ujonga umfanekiso kukuba ngekhe ube namaqhosha amathathu namhlanje asele eklasikhi kwii-smartphones ze-Android, kuba kubonakala ngathi ineqhosha lokucofa, kwaye liyiqhosha elingasemva.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubonakala ngathi i-smartphone ilula ngokwenene, ikhethe i-minimalism, inamaqhosha amathathu kuphela, enye iya kuba liqhosha lamandla, kunye namanye amabini aya kuba ngamaqhosha evolumu. Ikhamera kunye nelogo yenkampani iya kuba kuphela kwezinto ezimbini eziya kuvela kwimeko yangasemva ye-terminal.
Kwaye ukusuka kumfanekiso sinokuthi mhlawumbi yayingeyona i-smartphone ephezulu, kuba i-bezel ibanzi kakhulu ukuba ibe nesikrini esikhulu kakhulu. INokia Normandy entsha, ebiya kulitshintsha igama layo ngaphambi kokuba ifike kwimarike, iya kufumaneka ngemibala emithandathu eyahlukeneyo: obomvu, oluhlaza, omthubi, omhlophe, obhlowu, nomnyama. Inkampani mhlawumbi yayisenza i-smartphone ye-Android eyayingabizi, itsala amehlo, inegama le-Nokia, kwaye yayivumela ukuba ivavanye impumelelo yayo ngaphambi kokusungula uluhlu olubanzi lwee-smartphones. Nokuba kunjalo, kunokwenzeka ukuba i-smartphone yakwaNokia ene-Android ayinakuze iqaliswe, ngaphandle kokuba inkampani ekugqibeleni ayizange ibe yinxalenye yeMicrosoft.