Nokia: optical sensors and touch screens to become more common in mobile phones

Nokia: optical sensors and touch screens to become more common in mobile phones

World’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia has said in a statement that they expect more mobile devices in the market to feature optical sensors and touch screens.

Nokia Chief Technology Officer Tero Ojanpera said in a statement on their views: “Optical sensors and touch will be the next big things. I believe there will be a lot of innovation around these.”

Looks like Nokia is expecting the Apple’s iPhone to become a huge hit leading a lot of copycat design from rivals.

LG has already launched their LG Prada mobile phone featuring a touch screen display. Apple iPhone would come out later this month and HTC also has made available their Touch mobile phone featuring a touch screen.

HTC Touch

LG Prada

Apple iPhone

Nokia itself has used touch screens on their phones but mainly on their higher end mobile phones. The future products are likely to be more affordable and mainstream.