Richard Goodwin 12/06/2017 - 11:31am

The Nokia 9 has been through the FCC, meaning it WILL get a release in the US later this year

HMD will release the Nokia 9 in the US later on this year. How do we know? Simple: the Nokia 9 has been through FCC filing, meaning it is now just a matter of time before the handset is available in the US.

Nokia’s range of Android phones are now official, the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 will all get a release in India this week, but the for most people, the Nokia 9 is the one we’ve all been waiting for, as it is a proper flagship.

Images of the handset have also leaked and, as you can see below, the Nokia 9 runs stock Android and shares more than a passing resemblance to Google’s Pixel phone. Unlike the Pixel, though, the Nokia 9 will feature a dual-lens camera.

How this handset will be received in the US and UK remains to be seen, though there does seem to be a clear hunger for Nokia phones at the moment. The Nokia 3310, an excellent marketing stunt by HMD, raised brand awareness around Nokia significantly in the early part of 2017.

Web traffic and Google search volume is also very telling: people, millions of them, are very interested in what Nokia is doing at the moment. This does not mean Nokia will outsell Apple and Samsung, but it does tell us that HMD will likely sell a fair few phones in 2017.

There’s no word on pricing or actual specs at present – everything’s rumours right now. This will change, however, as the release date draws nearer. Multiple reports suggest HMD will announce and release the Nokia 9 during Q3, likely before the arrival of the iPhone 8. 

The main thing here, though, is the confirmation that HMD will release the Nokia 9 in the US.