Nokia N1 Android Tablet Now Available Outside China

Nokia's N1 tablet, which was first announced back in November and then launched first in China via Foxconn in January, will finally be made available in other countries soon.

To begin with, the tablet was launched in Taiwan on Tuesday and is expected to be made available soon in other Asian countries as well. It has not been confirmed as to when the tablet will reach India.

The N1 tablet will cost TWD 8,190 (roughly Rs. 17,000) in Taiwan when it starts selling in May via Shunfa 3C, reported ePrice (via Phonearena)

The Nokia N1 is the company's first mobile product after the Microsoft acquisition, which forces the Finnish company to no longer use the Nokia brand on smartphones till Q4 2016, and on feature phones for 10 years.

On the specifications front, the Nokia N1 features a 7.9-inch (2048x1536 pixel) IPS LED-backlit display protected by Gorilla Glass 3; a 64-bit 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor (4 cores, 4 threads) coupled with a PowerVR G6430 GPU; 2GB of LPDDR3 (800MHz) RAM; 32GB of inbuilt storage (non-expandable); an 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera; a 5-megapixel fixed focus camera; 5300mAh battery, and the predictive Nokia Z Launcher interface on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Connectivity options on Nokia N1 include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/n/ac with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB with reversible Type-C connector, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

There have been several reports in the recent past that Nokia will be making it return to the smartphone market by late-2016 following the end of its brand-use restriction. The company however denied the reports soon after.