HMD Global will be holding a launch event on May 29 in Russia. The Finnish firm is expected to debut new phones that haven’t been announced before. Rumors are rife that the company may debut the 2018 editions of the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 2. A leaked photo of the rear panel of the alleged Nokia 3 (2018) smartphone has surfaced online. It reveals that the smartphone will be arriving with an updated rear design compared to the original Nokia 3.

The leaked image shows that the mysterious Nokia phone features a hard plastic rear shell like the good old Lumia phones. The rear panel of the original Nokia 5 was more rounded and curved towards the edges whereas the Nokia 3 came with a rectangular back panel. Hence, it appears that the rear shell in the newly leaked image could belong to the rumored 2018 edition of the Nokia 3 smartphone.

The changes that can be seen on the back panel of the alleged Nokia 3 (2018) is the inclusion of an elongated camera module that can be found on the recent Nokia phones. Below the camera module is a round-shaped cutout that could belong to the fingerprint scanner. The original Nokia 3 did not feature a fingerprint reader. The presence of a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner on the rumored Nokia 3 (2018) suggests that it could be arriving with a tall aspect ratio supporting display.

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Apart from the company’s logo, the rear panel of the alleged Nokia 3 (2018) features Android One branding towards the bottom. This suggests that this handset too may become a part of the Google’s Android One initiative.

There is no information available on the specifications of the upcoming Nokia 2 (2018), Nokia 3 (2018) and Nokia 5 (2018). The Finnish firm has recently launched the Nokia X6 smartphone with notched display design. The company is also speculated to debut the rumored Nokia X7 and Nokia X5 that are likely to arrive with the same notched design as the Nokia X6.

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HMD Global has sent out media invites for an upcoming launch event that will be held at 7 PM on May 29 in Russia. However, the information on the venue of the event has been blurred out in the invitation image. The invitation reveals that it is a global launch event through which the Finnish firm will be announcing new Nokia phones.

As it can be seen below, the invitation for May 29 event is in Russian language. The translated text on the invitation reads “Dear Friends. We invite you to worldwide premiere new Nokia phones.” What’s intriguing about the invitation is the inclusion of the words “the worldwide premiere” which suggests that the company could be gearing up to launch new phones that haven’t been unveiled yet this year.

HMD Global has so far launched Nokia 8110 4G, Nokia 3310 4G, Nokia 1, Nokia 6 (2018), Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco. Apart from the Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 1, all the other smartphones are available for buying in Russia, reported Nokia Power User.

The invitation states that May 29 launch event will be attended by the entire top management of the company including CEO, CMO and CPU. Hence, there is a possibility that the company may unveil brand new Nokia phones later this month.

HMD Global CMO Pekka Rentala has already said that the company will be launching 2018 editions of Nokia 2, 3 and Nokia 5. In the recent past, three unidentified Nokia phones with model numbers such as TA-1075, TA-1105 and TA-1116 have received certification in Russia. Also, a user agent profile has recently confirmed that the Nokia 3.1 (aka Nokia 3 2018) smartphone truly exists. As of this writing, there are no details available on the specs of rumored 2018 versions of Nokia 2, 3 and 5.

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