Nokia will unveil Wednesday a new generation of Lumia smartphones built with the Windows Phone 8 operating system, developed by Microsoft, on the same day as the scheduled unveiling of a Motorola Mobility model, one week before the presentation of the next iPhone by Apple.
The Motorola Mobility smartphone, which will be premiered in partnership with the U.S. operator Verizon Wireless, will have a frameless screen and will be compatible with the next generation LTE networks (4G in Europe), told Bloomberg a source close to the situation.
Google bought Motorola Mobility this year for $12.5 billion, getting the possession of an impressive portfolio of 17,000 patents held by the company in the mobile phone sector. The new Motorola smartphone will be equipped with the Android operating system developed by Google, according to the source cited, and will be one of the first models “full-screen” on the market – it will cover the entire front screen of the phone, frameless and without physical buttons.
The model will be the most important launch after the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google. The company relies on innovation and new features to differentiate itself in an increasingly crowded market, dominated by Apple and Samsung.
Apple is getting ready to launch mid next week, the sixth model of iPhone, which will mark the most complex evolution of the Apple smartphone in the last two years. The new iPhone will have a larger screen than its predecessor, and will also be compatible with LTE standard, which allows a much faster speed internet access than 3G networks.
Nokia scheduled for Wednesday the presentation of its next generation of Lumia smartphones, which will be equipped with Windows Phone 8, the operating system developed as a mobile version for Windows 8/Windows RT.
Nokia and Microsoft, which lost the start of “mobile revolution”, relies on the enthusiasm generated among consumers by the new Windows release. The two companies could also be helped by the harsh war waged by Apple in courts against manufacturers of Android phones. Samsung can easily absorb the costs of the court fight with Apple, due to its dominant position on the market, but smaller manufacturers of Android phones could be seriously shaken by the costly disputes with the U.S. giant co-founded by Steve Jobs.
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