Nokia hints at October unveiling for the Lumia 1520

Nokia has confirmed that it will be holding a special event on October 22nd.

The company posted a tweet on its official Twitter account telling followers to save the date. Nokia has not confirmed where it will be holding the event. However, it has confirmed that it will not be in the US. It launched the Lumia 1020 handset in New York earlier this year. The tweet features skiers on sand dunes. That has led some to suggest that Nokia may be planning to announce its rumoured phablet, the Lumia 1520, in the Middle East. We’ve tapped up our contacts in the Middle East event industry to see if Nokia is planning anything out there. The invite also features the words #blazing #stories and #innovationinvented. The Lumia 1520 is rumoured to be a six-inch smartphone. According to previous reports, the Lumia 1520 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and have a six-inch 1080p display, 32GB of storage and an SD slot. Reports have speculated that it may contain the same camera as the recently released Lumia 925. Previously, rumours had speculated that Nokia would be holding an event on September 26th. However, this latest tweet appears to rule out that now happening.

Google Nexus to launch October 14th

Google is reportedly preparing to launch its next Nexus handset on October 14th.

The Google Nexus 5 has already been at the centre of a number of leaks. Last month, a Google employee was caught using the phone in a video to promote the launch of Android KitKat. That was shortly followed by an FCC filing that confirmed the existence of the Nexus 5. The filing also revealed that the handset will feature Qi wireless charging, LTE support, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. Previous reports have suggested that the phone will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. While the FCC filing did not explicitly confirm that, it did strongly suggest that it will use that processor. The documents also confirmed that the Nexus 5 will come with a 4.96-inch display and be 131.9mm long by 68.2mm wide. No depth was mentioned. The phone is widely expected to be the first official outing of Android’s next version, KitKat. It has been suspected for sometime that LG will be the company behind the next Nexus 5. Its LG G2 handset scored highly in reviews. Though it is impossible to confirm, an October unveiling does make sense. It would be just over one year on from the launch of the Nexus 4. Expect to see invitations go out during the first week of October if there is any truth behind the rumour.