Nokia (or to be precise, Foxconn) managed to sell 20,000 N1 tablet
units in its first flash in just four minutes and two seconds in China, according to the
latest report. Notably, the device was launched in China at a CNY 1,599
(Rs. 16,300 approximately) price tag on Wednesday. The tablet has also
appeared in GFXBench and AnTuTu benchmarks.
The firm, following
the flash sales method like Xiaomi, will again let interested users buy
the device on January 15. The flash sales however, would still be
limited to China only, as per
Blogjackphone - the publication that reported how fast the tablets were
sold out.
The Nokia N1
tablet, when put under AnTuTu and GFXBench tests (via
Nokiapoweruser), is seen performing better than the iPad mini 3.
The Nokia
tablet, as per the report, led the race under Manhattan, 1080p T-Rex
Offscreen and T-Rex tests in GFXBench benchmark with 589 frames, 1691
frames and 1437 frames respectively. Apple iPad mini 3 received 553
frames, 1598 frames and 1271 frames in the same tests.
Under
AnTuTu test, which surfaced online couple of days ago, the Nokia N1
tablet received 45,121 points and 12,623 points in the CPU efficiency
and Image processing sections respectively. The iPad mini 3 was seen
trailing at 28,446 and 10,102 points.
Unveiled in November last
year, the Nokia N1 tablet features a 7.9-inch (2048x1536 pixel) IPS
LED-backlit display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3; a 64-bit 2.3GHz Intel
Atom Z3580 processor coupled with a PowerVR G6430 GPU; 2GB of LPDDR3
(800MHz) RAM; 32GB of inbuilt storage (non-expandable); an 8-megapixel
rear autofocus camera; a 5-megapixel fixed focus camera; 5300mAh
battery, and the predictive Nokia Z Launcher interface
on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop.
To recall, with the launch of the
Nokia N1 tablet, the company neatly bypassed the restrictions imposed
by the Microsoft deal, after the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division by
Microsoft in April last year,
the Finnish company can no longer use the Nokia brand
on smartphones till Q4 2016, and on feature phones for 10 years.