Different companies make one or more experimental samples or prototypes of their new phones before launching them in the market. Sometimes it happens that after developing the prototype, the project is canceled for some reason.

Usually a handful of prototype units are made for use by the company’s employees. These are not usually brought to the attention of ordinary consumers. At the end of the test, the staff usually keep these in their personal collection.

An advertisement for the sale of such a prototype has been circulating on eBay for some time now. This is a phone called Kataya made by Nokia. The prototype workers of such companies often advertise to sell at higher prices. This is not unusual.

However, the reason for so much discussion about it is that this phone is not running on any operating system used by Nokia called Android, Windows, Symbian, Migo or Sailfish, but on an unknown operating system.

Of course, even before this, prototypes of several Nokia phones were spread on the Internet, and the project was shut down before any commercial version could be released. It is also a phone that has never tasted release.

The image of the smartphone in the advertisement shows that its design is similar to the old Nokia Touch phones. Much like the early Lumia phones. It has “Kataya” written on the box and on the back. Maybe it was the codename of the phone. Moreover, “Designed in Oulu” is written. Oulu is a city in Finland with Nokia offices and laboratories.

লেখ The anonymous ad contained the following articles:

Extremely rare device, Nokia Kataya Prototype, running an UNKNOWN OS.

On startup, a Nokia Logo + “Tampere Powered” is Displayed.

TYPE: RM-842

Proto Build B1.2

Proto box includes an nfc tag, to activate voice interaction. Also, on the box, is written “Built on Krakatau”.

Very interesting device, OS isn’t similiar to any Nokia ever made. new icon styles, animations, etc.

I connected it to wi-fi, browser shows as a Safari 4 WebKit.

The user interface of the phone is a bit of an exception. Much like the early Android operating system. As far as speculation is concerned, it may have been developed around 2008-2009. The project may not have seen the light of day when it later decided to use the Windows Phone operating system in an agreement with Microsoft.

Maybe it was being developed as a weapon to compete with Android and iOS. The phone has already caused a stir in the internet world among Nokia fans.

Fancy mobile phone collectors are usually seen collecting such rare prototypes. EBay In that advertisement, the price has been raised to 1499 US dollars. You will find numerous prototypes of such companies on eBay.