New leak reveals seven upcoming Nokia Windows Phone devices

News about upcoming Nokia smartphones has been popping up quite a bit in the last few days. After hints of a new phablet codenamed Bandit, yet another leak now suggests that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Finnish mobile manufacturer may be working on six other devices, revealed through a list of codenames. If true, it seems like Nokia definitely has some big plans for the Windows Phone platform.

The leak, courtesy EvLeaks, lists the Nokia products codenames as Bandit, Lanai, Orion, Pegasus, Rivendell, Shorty, Siruis (which might be a typo for the word Sirius). Bandit, as we already know, refers to the upcoming Nokia phablet. What is interesting is that the product bearing the codename Rivendell was leaked by the same source a few months back. It is still not certain if this codename refers to an upcoming Windows RT tablet that Nokia has been reportedly working on and which was also said to have the same codename.

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While Bandit and Rivendell do have a precedent, five other codenames have not yet surfaced in any other leaks. Looking at Nokia’s consistent focus on the Windows Phone platform, it seems safe to assume that all of them will be running that OS. It will be interesting to see what Nokia has in mind, because the number is considerable, if at all, these seven are released this year. IFA in Berlin next month seems to be the most likely place where we will see Nokia’s next announcement.

An intriguing point to be noted here is the fact that three of the codenames seem inspired by the night sky. Orion and Pegasus are both constellations, while Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. Whether this hints at the devices’ features remains to be seen.