Photo of probable 6″-Nokia smartphone appears online

There is a photo appeared of the frontpanel that for a large 6″smartphone from Nokia designed. Rumors went for a while that Nokia was working on a 6″phone, but it is the first time that images the advent seem to confirm.

A Chinese Weibo user under the name ICTech published the image on his Weibo account, reports Phone Arena. On the picture of the frontpanel is to see that the unit has a very narrow edge of the screen. The screen seems not the 16:9 aspect ratio to have, as is usual in many smartphones of competitors from Nokia, but a ratio of 15:9, that the Lumia of the Finnish company. The dimensions are estimated to be about 15,2x8cm. According to ICTech would Nokia even already started with the mass production of the device.

In addition to the thin screen edges on the photo to see that there is a place for a front camera. More information about the hardware of the phone is not yet known. Presumably, the device released with the GDR3 update for Windows Phone. That update will include support for fullhd resolutions and quad-core processors add to the operating system.

The rumor that Nokia to a 6″phone, work went longer around. The device fits in the trend of manufacturers to increasingly larger ‘phones’, such as the 6.3″-samsung Galaxy Mega from Samsung and the Fonepad from Asus with a 7″screen, where Tweakers earlier this month has a review about published.