MWC 2020: Nokia Starts Sending Out Invites For February 23 Launch Event

January 31, 2020

MWC 2020: Nokia Starts Sending Out Invites For February 23 Launch Event

Rahul Srinivas

HMD Global, the company that owns the license to use the Nokia brand name for smartphones, has started sending out invitations for their launch event scheduled to be held later next month.

According to Gadgets 360, Nokia is likely to announce a major chunk of its 2019 smartphones lineup at the February 23 event.

The launch event is being held on the sidelines of the 2020 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, which is set to begin February 24 — just one day later. The invite shared by HMD Global indicates that the event will start at 4 p.m., local time on February 23.

The report goes on to add that Nokia could launch several new handsets at the event, which might include the Nokia 8.2 5G, Nokia 5.2, Nokia 1.3, and a completely new mystery handset called the new Nokia “Original” smartphone.

Meanwhile, a recent report by Android Authority indicates that Nokia has decided against announcing its 2020 flagship — the Nokia 9.2 PureView at MWC 2020.

The company which had initially intended to launch the device with last year’s Snapdragon 855 processor eventually decided against it.

They have reportedly gone back to the drawing board and now plans to use the newer Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC (System-on-Chip) on the Nokia 9.2. This essentially means that the official announcement for the Nokia 9.2 PureView stands delayed by a couple of months.

Meanwhile, the Gadgets 360 report did talk about the specifications of some of the new Nokia phones that could be announced at the event.