Confirmed: Nokia and Microsoft to unveil new smartphones with Windows Phone 8 in Sept 5.

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Confirmed: Nokia and Microsoft to unveil new smartphones with Windows Phone 8 in Sept 5.

We reported yesterday a rumour that Nokia is expected to unveil its next-generation Windows Phone 8-based Lumia phones at Nokia World scheduled to be held in early September.

But today Nokia said  it will hold a joint media event with Microsoft Corp in New York on September 5.

The Finnish company gave no details about the September event, but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said earlier on Wednesday the company would unveil soon a new smartphone using Microsoft's latest smartphone software known as Windows Phone 8.

Elop did not deny a September launch when he spoke to reporters earlier on Wednesday. He said only that Windows Phone 8 smartphones would be released in the "relatively near term."

Nokia has not commented on specific plans for its Nokia World trade show event in Helsinki on September 5 and 6.

Source: Reuters