Nokia sells 20000 N1 tablets in four minutes, with 500000 more buyers lining up

Nokia could not make handsets these days, but it looks like he can still turn on a popular tablet, with the company saying its new N1 has accumulated sales of 20000 units in 4 minutes and 2 seconds.

N1 is on sale in China on January 8th through local partners, selling the device 1599 RMB ($ 257).

Nokia announced the sales figures on his account 'N1' on Chinese social network Weibo - taking a leaf out of the book of marketing China Xiaomi, who regularly boast when new devices are selling in minutes launch. According to the Post, there are 566,438 others waiting in line to buy a tablet N1.

Nokia announced the Lollipop-powered N1 tablet last November with the device to make comparisons to Apple's IPad mini.

7.9 inch tablet runs on a 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 64-bit processor and comes with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage, but no microSD support. The unit also comes with a rear camera of eight megapixels, a five megapixel front camera and a screen 2048 x 1536 pixels.

N1 is the only device on the market that uses the new power connector USB Type-C. One of its main advantages is that there is no up or down on the caps, which means no more fiddling when connecting.

Sales of N1 may have been helped by favorable reference it is collected in recent days. As noted by GSMArena, a Chinese reference set performance N1 before mini iPad 3, which cost 2888 RMB for the 16GB version and is not available with 32GB.

Potential buyers in the US and Europe could be waiting a while for the N1. Nokia has so far committed to sell N1 in China. Although it plans to expand to other markets, he did not say when and where the tablet will launch.

Unlike Nokia phones made before selling his company to Microsoft last April devices, Nokia has relied on contractors to build the N1. Its own input was limited to the design and software, such as its launcher Z, both of which the company hopes to license to other tablet manufacturers.

Finnish Nokia headquarters declined to comment on the figures. The tablet is not sold by Nokia itself - manufacture, sales and support is managed by Foxconn.

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