More than a year ago, Nokia was still on the verge of bowing down to Microsoft's offer when it released its last Lumia tablet, the Nokia Lumia 2520. The Finnish brand announced the slate in October of 2013, and reports claimed that it was immediately accepted by most Nokia and Windows Phone fans.
Now that Nokia is inexistent as a brand and mobile maker after Microsoft took over the Lumias, recent rumors indicated that the Redmond giant is planning to release the successor of the Lumia 2520.
According to a report by GSM Arena, an alleged specifications listing appeared on benchmarking application GFXBench, showcasing a new mysterious device. While the listing did not specifically indicated that the device came from Microsoft, the alleged specs sheet listed an all caps 'WINDOWS' as the device's operating system.
During Microsoft's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show almost a month ago, the tech giant announced its Windows 10 update and how it would run in supported devices. Those devices include PCs, laptops, mobile phones and tablets.
In this case, the mysterious tablet bearing the Windows platform makes sense. In the alleged listing, the Windows slate reportedly boasts a 10.1-inch display with a whopping QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution, a Snapdragon 805 chipset from Qualcomm, Adreno 420 GPU for extreme graphics performance, and 55GB of internal storage.
However, in spite the rumors of a Lumia 2520 successor, sources added that the slate may not be able to fully run Windows 10 because it has an ARM-based architecture. The report speculated that the device could just be another Microsoft Surface successor that will run on a toned-down version of Windows 10.
For the past years, Microsoft has been releasing a number of Windows tablets which did not seem to impress consumers. From the original Surface, to the Surface RT and then the Surface Pro, the manufacturer has been looking for the right blend of design and functionality in order to get the attention of the market.
Apparently, it is the platform that caused the problems. When Windows 8 was announced, most Windows 7 fans were not pleased with the change. Windows RT aimed at the mass and enterprise markets, but that did not work well, either.
