Nokia Design patent may be revealing a future Windows Phone handset

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LiveSide.net have uncovered another Nokia Design patent, D650,350 filed back in May 26, 2011, which bears a striking resemblance to one of the concept designs released by Nokia when they announced their partnership with Microsoft in February 2011.

The main difference seems to be that the capacitive keys in the render are now physical keys in the patent, but otherwise all the other buttons, design features and even camera and flash positions line up exactly, as can be seen in the full pictures below after the break:

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When originally released these renders were very well received, so seeing them turned into actual handsets would be very good indeed.

Here’s hoping …

Via LiveSide.net

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