Is this the Nokia Lumia 900? (Render)

December 15, 2011 | By Surur

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Look what just popped up in our mailbox. At first glance it looks just like the Nokia Lumia 800, but there are subtle clues that it is a different devices such as the lower-set capacitive keys.

If this is indeed the Nokia Lumia 900 it would explain why rumours of a Lumia 800 with LTE going round, given the close resemblance between the devices. It is striking however that there is no clear front-facing camera, but there is a circular area in the top left corner which may still conceal this.

The Nokia 900 is a rumoured Windows Phone with a 4.3” ClearBlack AMOLED screen, HSPA+ data speeds, and a 1.4 GHz single-core processor. It is rumoured to have an 8-megapixel rear camera and 16 GB or 32 GB of storage. Front-facing camera and gyro sensor is currently unknown. It is rumored to be released Q1 2012 on AT&T. Other country release dates are currently unknown. Full specs…

Read more about our coverage of the Nokia Lumia 900 here.

Thanks to our anonymous tipster.

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Tagged AT&T, lte, nokia 900, nokia lumia 800, windows phone 7.5

http://www.facebook.com/cjeong Chris Jeong

WOW! If it looks like that I’m def’n buying one (just come to Canada!!!!).

FF will be nice. Would like to use it with Skype.
http://www.about.me/AngeloGopaul Eingoluq

In red, yes please!

Anonymous

Spray painting my Titan to red will just not be enough, this is what I want, NOA!

http://www.currentlybreathing.net Ram Uppugunduri

it looks awesome, and I wish this is a true device.
Anonymous

That looks very similar to the Lumia 800. I expected the other renders from the past year that had more sharp angles to make it for the flagship device. Oh, and where is the FF Camera?

Anonymous

Nokia said they would be using the same design language as on the lumia 800 on all of their devices from now on, this seems more likely to happen than the other render.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=549514801 Darren Farrugia

It’s an old ipod nano…

Anonymous

iPod started it all (design, coolness, etc)… this can and will take consumer devices to the next level!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QQZKCJIGPCKTTZP4OBWQBWTPYY Ian

Just be honest, you like the design.

Anonymous

Maybe we have seen images of the Nokia Lumia 900 all along, but didn’t know it is of the 900.
Anonymous

I really like the red, but how do I know the paint won’t chip?

Chris Lee

Because it’s a lumia, unibody design
http://www.about.me/AngeloGopaul Eingoluq

If its made anyway like the 800 or N9, Its not paint, its the true colour of the material. It wont chip.
Anonymous

I’m vacationing in Philippines and got to touch an N9. The plastic feels very different. It feels denser than plastic…hard to describe.

http://freddyt333.myopenid.com/ Son of Kruegerman

It’s called polycarbonate. It’s a very dense and hard plastic. Pound for pound over 4 times more expensive than aluminum and volume for volume at least twice as expensive.

Anonymous

It’s not paint.

Anonymous

If this device IS true, and it has a Gyro and FFC, count me in!!! I love my Samsung Focus S, but this is DAMN SEXY!!!
Anonymous

If this device has FFC (and more color choices) and Microsoft adds Skype to the marketplace soon, it would be perfect new year’s gift and a huge winner for the Windows Phone eco-system. Would buy this for family and extended family (lol)!!!
http://twitter.com/PESMERGA7 D

I have my doubts.

Looking at it from a consumer, you have to have something different at each level of price point, otherwise people will skew the higher priced item that looks the same (talking style wise, not size wise) and go for the smaller, cheaper device.

I think Nokia would do better with a different style, just to have a differentiating factor between price points. It also shows that they can think different at every stage, and not look stale or having a lack of ingenuity.

This is very important for Nokia, as any hint that they cant come up with new compelling designs this early in the Windows Phone endeavor is a sign that they might be out of touch or just plain stalling. Thinking how the Lumia 800 is almost a straight port of the N9, if they were to use the same style (basically a bigger N9) it would look like they were desperate.

In the end, I think this is just a render of an earlier Lumia 800 at the initial stage of R & D to make the N9 a Windows Phone.

http://twitter.com/fanel89 Stefan M.

I disagree. For one, this may be released in markets where the 800 is not available (e.g. North America) so the 900 will never meet its smaller sibling in the same country. If it is being released in countries where the 800 is (or will be available), I don’t see it being a problem. Look at countries which have the 800 and the N9 (e.g. Russia). Almost the exact same phone, different OS, different experience.

A good analogy would be luxury car manufacturers. Look at Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, the models look nearly identical, especially with Audi, how indistinguishable is the A4 from the A6, especially the wagons and yes, most people will opt to get the cheaper A4 (or in this case, the Nokia 800) but those with money know the difference and will get the bigger, more premium upscale model (the Audi A6 or in this case, the 900). You simply do not mess around with a winning design (nokia knows this) and the 800/N9 design is marvelous, it screams premium, it puts the iPhone design to shame. As for me, I know I will be waiting for the more premium 900 and if it looks anything like that render, I will sell my kidney to buy one.

Anonymous

You don’t need to sell your kidney… !!! Will get u one in addition to my extended family! Feeling generous today…
http://twitter.com/PESMERGA7 D

On your first point, I have to agree as a possibility. If the 800 is never to see the light of day in America, a supersized 800 (900) would be ideal, just to get the design in the hands of us die-hard techies.

Yet, if they come out with this device and the 800, I think it would cannibalize the sales of one or the other. Cars, for that matter, are different products that don’t quite match in comparison (IMHO) because most likely, people want to drive the best they can get for their money since they’ll have to sit and drive with the thing for much longer than you’d keep a phone. Second, car manufacturers always make different level cars for each of their models to hit as many price points as they can. It’s a formula that works for the car industry.

For the phone industry its different, a phone maker must make everything different to stand out amongst the plethora of other phones that right now (aside from the iPhoneX) will be selling at the same price point. Having a Nokia 800 and Nokia 900 sitting side by side and almost looking the same (save for size) is actually a problem because as far as the OS goes, both phones will perform exactly the same since the OS is just that good that it can operate well on different CPUs. The only way to differentiate would be to make the device look enticing enough and different enough, even to another Nokia phone, to make it compelling enough to purchase.

Otherwise, it’s almost the same phone to the layman. To us techies, no, but there are far more normal people out there than us. I doubt they would tell the difference when the OS is so equal on every single Windows Phone out there.

Anonymous

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Anonymous

that makes little to no sense. you’re saying that if nokia made a phone that looked nearly identical, but had a bigger screen, double the storage, a better real camera, front facing camera and other internal upgrades…most people would completely pass over the benefits and just go w/ the phone that looks the same but cheaper?

you know apple has has a 16GB and 32GB iphone for years for 200 and 300 on contract, and plenty of people by the 32GB model. So much so that there’s a 64GB model for 400 on contract…and NOTHING changes but the price.

for those that want the lower specs, they’ll get the one w/ the lower specs. but if someone wants a higher spec’d model, it doesn’t have to physically look different to warrant the upgrade price. then again the 4.3″ vs 3.7″ screens would be a dead giveway

http://twitter.com/PESMERGA7 D

You bring up good points, but I would have to argue that Apple isn’t a good example since they only make one model per year, but with different storage capacities. They have to do that in order to hit those higher-end users, but they stick with the same model because that’s their schtick. (And I would add that the current criticism right now with the 4S is that nothing changed in the design and that Apple, even with the upgrades to the device, is selling the same phone as last year.)

As for the higher spec device with the same style I’d say Nokia has to be different right now (maybe they can do this sort of thing later) and have a variety of design formats just for the sake that they need to wow everyone, pundits, critics and non-believers. Having a rehashed design for a second, and third device (size being the differentiation) would seem lazy.

Plus, why stick to the same device style as the 800 when they can make the 900 totally different whilst having those same high-end specs as you listed on a new and exiting phone?

http://profiles.google.com/nazeeh Nazeeh ElDirghami

Lumia 800 looking like the N9 is so a non issue when you think about it. For all intents and purposes, the N9 never existed. Who knows about it but us geeks? so why throw away a perfectly good design (you need to hold one) just because it was used on a device that really never made it anywhere. As far as customers are concerned, there was no N9.

Anonymous

This would be awesome. It reduces the extra space at the bottom found on the NL800. This is full of win!

Anonymous

The extra space in the 800 is because the Lumia 800 share the same body with the N9 which has capacitive buttons.

Anonymous

the extra space is not only because it has a N9 body with capacity buttons, but it is also because of the screen size.

I wish they would move to volume buttons to the left and move the USB port to the bottom.

http://profiles.google.com/nazeeh Nazeeh ElDirghami

I have the Lumia 800 and I LOVE having that extra space below the capactive buttons. Why? because it gives you some room for your fingers to touch that area without activating the stupid buttons. I’ve gotten far less button activations by mistake since I got the Lumia 800.

Anonymous

Damn it, I would go for this device, if it makes it in US. I don’t care whether it comes to tmobile or not. Since tmobile is not fated to have the good stuffs, I would just switch to ATT for this device. About FFC, it would be a great boon, but I would not be too picky. Finally, I hope this device makes it through. Even though I would love to have a 4inch device, I would not mind this, since my dream is never going to be fulfilled.
http://texrat.net Randall Arnold

It sure is nice looking…
http://www.blackelephantstudios.com Black Elephant Studios

This would be the Windows Phone I’d finally end up buying if it ends up looking like that. Very nice.
Anonymous

This is fake though I wish it is real. Music tile says “Music”. On nokia phones it is “Nokia music” and on other windows phones its “music + videos”.

Anonymous

http://www.everythingwm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/nokia-Lumia-800.jpg

Anonymous

Thank you. I just checked the nokia site and it says just music. I am happy.

http://freddyt333.myopenid.com/ Son of Kruegerman

I did a quick comparison of the ratio of the overall height of the phone to the length of the power button on both this render and that of a Lumia 800.

On the Lumia 800:
phone height : power button length = 9 : 1

On this render:
phone height : power button length = 10.5 : 1

Obviously, the button on each device might be different lengths, but there’s absolutely no reason not to reuse the buttons from the Lumia 800.

This is absolutely a different, larger phone.
Anonymous

Yeah I agree with you on the consistent styling putting forth a brand identity, e.g. BMW and Audi. If they can set up an iconic brand aesthetic across the 800/900 (separating the 710 as a budget design) then people would begin to associate any 800 and 900s they see in the wild with the Nokia Lumia brand, much like how easily recognisable iphones are.
http://twitter.com/chrisevans937 Christopher Evans

looks like it could be dropping around Feb 14. due to color and friend picture. I dont know im just making assumptions
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/CW3SETFCKRB5NRLX5QZK3EMRWY Joe

I hope they have that color for ATT that is an awesome looking render hope it does look like that FFC and 32GB (just because I can have it!) not that I need it!
Avatar Roku

If it has 32GB of storage I will buy it just on the basis it is the only phone released here with more than 16GB.

Also it is clearly the best looking Windows phone thus far.

Red would be awesome too. I’d buy it.
Anonymous

Gotta say, much love on the red. I would likely get that over black for the uniqueness factor alone… Doesn’t hurt that red is my favorite color too.
http://twitter.com/akatsuki9009 akatsuki9009

NOKIA???????????
Anonymous

Many have said that the Lumia 800 looked like it took inspiration from the iPod Nano. From the look of this, it kinda looks like the 4th gen nano, project red version (which I owned and loved)

But apart from that, its quite a sexy phone. And the buttons are vertically centred! I hope they do the project red thing with it too. I just wished this phone was released already.
Anonymous

wow
Anonymous

Would be awesome, but unfortunately it feels like there is a high probability that this image is fake (would be easy to fake, at least)

Anonymous

it’s honestly a pretty decent render, if it is a fake it’s really well done

Anonymous

Disagree. Nokia doesn’t use that style of lighting on their design renders. They’ve been using global illumination for a while now.

Anonymous

BTW, if Nokia releases a 4.3″ phone I sure hope it is not AMOLED PenTile.
PenTile on a 4.3″ 800×480 will ruin the screen totally (it is bad enough on 4″)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Arvydas-Grušeckas/1802491461 Arvydas Grušeckas

If it has 32GB of memory, not pentile screen (Super Amoled Plus would be awesome) and a very good camera, then I will buy. Also, I would like to see dual-core processor in it. I know, that WP doesn’t need it, but who said that Apollo won’t need it?

Anonymous

It wont have Super AMOLED plus.

It will use Nokia’s Clear Black Display like all Nokia high ends, it works totally different than S AMOLED.
http://nokiagadgets.com/2011/11/17/what-actually-is-the-clear-black-display-used-on-your-lumia-800-or-n9/

Anonymous

wow my next phone
Anonymous

Nice… but FAKE!… fakey, fakey, fakey, fakeeeey.
(and if not; I’m lovin it… and takin one pleazzz)

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UWVRPJYQFEG7ZCHPD7LDPBR2CM LWSJR

Well, no one said that it was the ‘actual’ thing – it’s a render!

Anonymous

To be honest, this is pretty close to what I expected the 900 to look like. Either that or this…
http://freethegadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nokia-windows-phone-7.jpg

The reason I question the image though is purely technical. Nokia has always used a global illumination style of lighting for their 3D renders, and has done so for years. The image above isn’t using global illumination at all.

That combined with the lack of seam between the black glass and coloured body make me doubt it. The seam would be present in 3D models.
Anonymous

I’m kind of frustrated that no-one can confirm a FFC at this point in time considering all of these leaks.
I fear a FFC will not be included on the first model, but we’ll have to wait until mid or late 2012.
Anonymous

Just put the WiFi sharing option and FFC
then i’m sold
I will sell my gf to buy one….. just kidding
seriously just put the WiFI sharing option
http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.magdalena Jonathan Magdalena

This phone looks AMAZING!!! I want to upgrade my N8 right away…
Anonymous

4.3″ and still with a resolution of 480×800 it will be as high tech as a phone from early 2010, way to go Nokia/Microsoft