Nokia Lumia 1820, Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini and Galaxy S5 Zoom tipped by case maker

We have in the recent past heard rumours about the yet-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy S5 mini and Galaxy S5 Zoom, as well as the Nokia Lumia 1820 devices, on several occasions. This time around, the rumour mill has been started by a case maker that appears to have confirmed the existence of these three smartphones.

Noreve, a French phone case manufacturer, has posted product pages of cases for the unannounced smartphones. The three alleged smartphones - Nokia Lumia 1820, Samsung Galaxy S5 mini and Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom - pages by the case maker mentions that the cases "will be available on-line very soon."

Meanwhile, it is expected that Samsung will launch variants of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, soon. It is also being speculated that Nokia Nokia will launch the Lumia 1820 at its next scheduled event on 2 April.

The Lumia 1820 is rumoured to be Nokia's newest flagship smartphone, and is said to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. The smartphone is also said to feature a 5.2-inch display with a 2K resolution.

Other rumoured new Windows Phone 8.1 devices from Nokia, the Lumia 1525, Lumia 1520V, Lumia 630 (thought to be codenamed Moneypenny) and Lumia 930 (thought to be codenamed Martini) handsets are speculated to be launched at the same Microsoft Build 2014 conference event.

On the other hand, Samsung's Galaxy S5 mini and S5 Zoom have also been rumoured before. The Galaxy S5 Zoom specifications have been leaked in two different reports. First in an alleged benchmark listing and later by a website claiming that it was shown in a 'strictly confidential' meeting between some Samsung officials.

For the Galaxy S5 mini, GSMarena reported it to have a Super AMOLED screen at 720p resolution and that it may be powered by a Snapdragon 800 chipset.