Leaked Prototype: Nokia “Lauta” RM-742 – Cancelled “Immediate” N9 Successor
Another day, another leak. Here we have 7 images of the N9 successor, codenamed Lauta. It was to be “immediate successor” launched right after N9, also in Q4 2011. Of course, we all what happened with the Feb 11 Announcement, so no point bringing that up again. The email mentioned “Elop saying only 3 MeeGo Phones in 3 years was huge lie”. This is rather annoying to see such talent wasted.
Specs I have been given, are that it was identical to N9, both in design (as seen in pic above) and internal components, with the only differentiator being a full HW Keyboard. To me, this is THE device that should have been launched as an N900 successor. It has the beauty of the N9, but the thing everyone wanted when upgrading; hardware keyboard.
You can also seem from the picture, it is fully functional. There is also images of a Black & Magenta combo, however this is in-house prototype only. Retail units were to have the screen and body same colour. I assume it would have also been in Black, Cyan and Magenta.
Update: In the hype and rush of getting this post out, there are a few things I forgot to mention. The FFC appears to be positioned top right (if device in Portrait orientation). Secondly, looking at the image above, you can see the Camera is off set from the center, with the dual flash housed inside the silver plate on the back.
Take a look at all the images in the gallery below.
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Just add Xenon flash + a proper camera sensor and you have my dream phone right there. Elop made sure that that would never happen and drove me (+ millions of others) away from Nokia.
Sad thing about this is that, lot of people has loosed their job due bad management.
Elop way to lead is far away from success story!
I’m thinking more in the lines of teleportation and the ability to fly. Oh, then I would really have loved that phone that never was made.
Elop you devil, why did you not make my dream teleporting phone?
i am with you. an n8 camera and leaked lauta’s keyboard running sailfish and harmattan
Michael, just don’t leak any waterproof, multicore, pureview(ish), LTE, harmattan prototypes with wireless charging docks, or we’ll be having an all out riot in here..
Thanks for the leaks…
+1
Leak more.so I have more reason to dislike elop
That looks like a refined N950. I could’ve dug that. -b
Now THAT would have kept me a Nokia user for sure – instead I was pushed out to the Android world, and the ‘Xperia Pro’…
(The N9 is a truly great phone – except for the missing keyboard)
ELOP elop you are a FLOP!
eFlop
or FUBAR
The photos represent Nokia N950, perhaps an early mock-up. You can find a detailed description and photo of N950 on web page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N950
Seriously all that money is just gone for Elop’s sake?!!! Look at that gorgeous body!! Pff! They might come up with a wp by the same design features
make it a windows phone 8 plz
i want it!
Sadly that’s the ONLY choice we’ve been given…
I’ll get one, but I’ll immediately work out how to multi-boot other OS’s.
Every Meego fan out there, look up Jolla, they should be announcing new Meego phone this year. They are former Nokia employees, so it sure thing will be interesting.
That’s my dream phone. I’m still using my N900 and have no idea what to buy next when it dies. This prototype leak really pisses me off. TAKE MY MONEY AND SELL ME ONE!
I’m a heavy N900 user but have also been very happy with my N9.
Get one*, you wont regret it, especially if you really are a regular N900 user.
*it’ll be too late very soon
In all seriousness, I really think you guys need to just get over it and let this Meego thing go. It’s beyond ridiculous on how yall keep whining and complaining about a OS that wasn’t really going to have an impact and lead Nokia back to the competition alone. I know I didn’t ever try the Meego platform, but the problem is that the OS itself looked very complex to use. It doesn’t really have any HW buttons its just all swipe. The average consumer just wants a smartphone that can work thats user friendly..
As for Elop, I don’t like him as a CEO because of his heavy bias and care of windows phones. He doesn’t care nothing about the company of Nokia obviously when you seen what has he’s done from here but shove windows down our throats. But I can understand why he chose the windows route if you look from a non bias standpoint. Windows is a OS with alot of potential that is only going to get better. I also like the fact that he had the balls to stand up to android instead of going off what everybody said about joining them because I think that android is the most overrated OS to ever hit the phone market. And thank God Nokia didn’t go android because I think I would’ve jumped ship!!!
Again, I don’t like Elop and think he is a terrible CEO of Nokia. But I have some type of respect for him for being different and righting the ship back and thats whats going on with Nokia. Windows is the future…
I am a symbian fan and I admit I do miss it alot. I still find it a reliable and stable OS. Hell I think its better than android and windows to be honest with you. I think the 3 things it needed to be successful was
1. Heavy marketing and advertising
2. Better web browsing and smoothness
3. Improved support of apps
But guys let go of Meego. It was a nice looking OS and all, but it just looked like it was way to complex to use. Windows is alot more simple to use and I don’t think that Meego would’ve had an impact..It had no ecosystem to begin with.
Easy to say something would’ve been a total flop when you’ve never used it, & it barely ever got a chance to get off the ground…
Plus the minor little fact that we never lived that trajectory, so can never truly know, best that you keep your uninformed opinion to yourself.
Who says most aren’t over it, that doesn’t mean people can’t lament what may have been.
when compared between meego and symbian – meego are a lot better you know. The only problem is, it never has the chance to grow since elop destroyed it.
I don’t know where you’re getting the ‘Meego is more complicated than Symbian’ thing from. Really, it’s quite the opposite. The Swipe UI encourages you to play with it and after a short while it’s second nature. You end up stroking and swiping all the other phones and cursing at how clunky they are with home buttons and menus that require precise finger placements.
I take it you’ve never tried to set up VoIP on Symbian. Try that v Meego for ease of use!
I am afraid you are completely wrong. MeeGo ecosystem already exists and is growing, considering developers, users, enthusiasts, investors, software and hardware. MeeGo it is not only N9 but also notebooks and notepad by different brands like Lenovo, Acer etc. MeeGo has established standard, and one that is demanded by the market. And market is always right. MeeGo by those who have tried is reported as more comfortable and easier then anything before. N9 with MeeGo has win in UK in ranking as “the best for consumer satisfaction” – 9.7 on 10 possible – and that was independent ranking. Also in this ranking were all Lumias, below. And all other 2011 smartphones – below. MeeGo is full blood Linux, that makes difference – it is easier way to use a mobile. Users says so. (if you would like to deny: note that Android is the castrated Linux, and note how popular it is)
Oh and by the way, I don’t know what Jolla is going to do. But it will be interesting to see what they’re going to be doing though. I’ll keep on the lookout. If they become successful, then awesome!!! We have a Nokia daughter or son rebirth or Nokia part 2!! I will stay alert and alarmed on Jolla.
Previously I had a windows 6 phone (not Nokia). I have tried just meego … I am in love… the love that I needed to go on with Nokia, to see how good stuff they make. I have seen the community developing a version of whatsapp with people from Egipt, Argentina, Germany, China… This team is far bigger and more effective than any other team organized by Microsoft. They work cause they are in love, like me. They do not get a great pay, but they are many, and I am with them.
horrible looking. not supriced why canceled. meego and symbian both suck that’s fact.
They don’t actually, harmattan & then meego proper was all about sidestepping the issues that symbian was groaning/creaking with.
The latter would’ve been pushed to lower levels, & possibly phased out, leaving plenty of room for WP, which could’ve also shared the top-end with meego if needed.
Quite a childish post……
Now that Nokia is a Windows only company what makes this prototype important is that if coild be the base for future keyboard equipped lumias. If Elop ends his fixation with the US market tjis should be first reasonable thing to do.
Lauta is something I want. I love my magenta N9. It works great and it is very nice to use. Two things that I miss is qwerty and better camera. If I could get them with this user-interface I go for it. Jolla? I really like Nokia design. Best looking phones ever.
This is my lost hope, dreams and expectations for perfect phone from Nokia. I still can’t believe how that was possible to damage things so much as the-all-we-know-who has damaged MeeGo and whole Nokia? Real devil in sheep skin… This is really impossible to imagine… Nokia was one of best worldwide companies – now is one of most noninnovative one. Once upon a time there was a company which invented MeeGo for the people luck, and…..
Can you ask your contact about the following mysterious Harmattan devices?
RX-71
RM-660
RM-690
RM-716
RX-71 almost certainly was the protoype (or one of the 2 earlier versions) of N9. If you take a look at all the processes on it (ps) there’s one named bme_RX-71, which also uses a certain rx71.so shared library. I believe it does battery-monitoring tasks.
About the others, I really couldn’t say anything
BTW, on the N9 there’s a very useful command for battery details – bmestat. Kind of brings out the geek in you, seeing all those neatly laid out numbers on the screen for you to read.
It could caused colour blindness in a short span of 5 to 7 years. Active scientists research is undergoing on.
As someone who has never owner an N9/950 but loves the form factor of the E7-00 could someone give an indication of how much better the lauta device would have been in contrast to the E7? I would desperately like to own a device like that if it overcame the shortfalls in the E7(which by the way is still my daily use phone). I know no one owns a lauta device but those of you that have owned the N9 may have some insights. Unfortunately the N9 was never an option for me due to lack of physical qwerty.
As someone who has never owner an N9/950 but loves the form factor of the E7-00 could someone give an indication of how much better the lauta device would have been in contrast to the E7? I would desperately like to own a device like that if it overcame the shortfalls in the E7(which by the way is still my daily use phone). I know no one owns a lauta device but those of you that have owned the N9 may have some insights. Unfortunately the N9 was never an option for me due to lack of physical qwerty.
Haven’t seen this fantastic article! What a beautiful phone…Elop you terrorist!! WP8 isn’t as bad as WP7 anymore, but compared to MeeGo OS still a piece of crap which can only do a small amount of things MeeGo can.
I’m really sorry to everyone who spends money on WP… but can understand if someone buys it to have the good Nokia hardware.
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My precioussssss
Fck-off you necro-poster PoS…
-10 for Nokia, I just like android phones
What a useful & extremely insightful/valuable necropost (not)