Nokia Official Confirms Higher-End Windows Phone Devices [Update]

Following the release of Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 with Windows Phone on board, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of a new set of handsets based on Microsoft's platform, and some of them will be even better spec'd than existing devices. 

In a recent interview with French newspaper LesEchos, Paul Amsellem, head of Nokia France, confirmed that there will be more powerful Nokia Windows Phones set to hit the market soon.

According to him, Nokia Lumia 800 can be compared to a BWM 5 series car, and the company is gearing up for the release of handsets that would fall into the 7 Series lineup too, as well as some in the 3 Series.

Nokia has lost the battle at the high-end of the market a few years ago, yet the company seems determined to make a comeback, and Microsoft's Windows Phone could prove of great help in this direction.

Nokia N9 and Lumia 800 marked only the beginning of new, appealing product releases from the company, and future devices, such as the long-rumored Nokia 900, should add some new flavor into the mix.

It also makes perfect sense for the company to focus both on the release of high-end smartphones, as well as on launching less powerful ones at lower price tags.

Microsoft is also providing a helpful hand in this direction, by applying changes to the well-known chassis specs for Windows Phone devices.

The latest of these changes involved making cameras on handsets an optional feature, for example.

Thus, handset vendors around the world will be able to easily come up with new devices that are based on the Windows Phone platform but sport less capabilities and more affordable price tags.

Nokia is one of the companies expected to make such a move, although the company hasn't delivered specific details on the matter until now.

Update: Nokia officially stated that, while it has already confirmed plans to move past the Lumia portfolio, no specific announcements on the upcoming handsets have ben made as of yet.

"The Nokia Lumia 800 represents the ‘flagship’ of our current portfolio – and we haven’t revealed what else may be in store in the future for the Lumia portfolio," the company told BGR.

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