Nokia has announced that a new touchscreen model of its smartphone range, the N-Series, in the near future.
The Finnish manufacturer has made the release of the 5800 XpressMusic official but it is thought that by the end of the year, it will have made a touchscreen smartphone.
Some believe that the new model will be called the N97 and will follow on from the N95 and N96.
It is thought that it may feature an eight-megapixel camera, which will make it the “flagship device” for Nokia, according to TechRadar.com.
However, there is some speculation that Nokia will not aim to make a full-spec model available with a touch-screen so soon.
The reason cited for this is that it may “cannibalise” the appeal fo the N96 which was only released fairly recently.
It is thought that the new phone will be released at some point towards the end of the year, possibly just after Christmas.
Devinder Kishore, director of marketing for Nokia India, told Cellpassion: “We will have lots of touchscreen phones coming up.”
He added that a new N-Series smartphone, which would feature a touchscreen would be available to consumers “very soon”.
In related news, Nokia has just released the new 8800 Carbon Arte, which uses different materials to create the 8800 Arte mobile phone.
It is made from carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel. The handset features 3D patterns to replicate the “inherent performance and luster of carbon fibre”, according to TradeArabia.com.
The mobile phone will also house a 3.2-megapixel camera as well as 4GB of inbuilt memory.
Reported by Mobile Phones, By Charles Kane
