After selling its Devices and Services division to Microsoft earlier this year, Nokia has gotten back into the consumer electronics game with the launch today of the N1 Android tablet.
Ramzi Haidamus, president of Nokia Technologies (Nokia’s industrial research division) described the N1 as being as good as the iPad mini but cheaper. The design is clearly inspired by Apple’s device, as is the copycat 7.9-inch, 2048×1536 screen, but the internals are quite different: the N1 uses a quad core 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 processor at 2.3GHz. This is paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. There are two cameras, an 8MP rear-racing one and a 5MP front-facing one. Connectivity comes from 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi. It will also be ever so slightly lighter than the iPad mini, coming in at 318 grams to the iPad’s 331, though the N1’s battery is much smaller, at 18.5Wh compared to 23.8.
The N1 will also be one of the first devices to use the new reversible USB Type C connector.
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