Isiphelo esitsha seNokia sibonakala njengebali elingapheliyo. Amarhe okuqala acebisa ukuba iNokia izakusungula i-smartphone eneempawu ezintle ukubeka intloko yayo phakathi kuluhlu. Emva kokuphumelela kuvavanyo lwe-AnTuTu Kwaqala ukuvakala ukuba isenokungabi yi-smartphone kodwa ithebhulethi. Ngoku kwakhona sithetha nge-D1C njenge-smartphone ngokwemifanekiso ekhutshiweyo kwinethiwekhi yoluntu ye-Weibo kwaye apho sinokubona ukuba kufanelekile ukuba yiNokia D1C kwimibala yesilivere negolide, enokuthi ekugqibeleni iqinisekise ukuba yi-smartphone kwaye ayisiyiyo ipilisi. Into ecacileyo yeyokuba de inkampani yaseFinland ingayivezi kwi-MWC elandelayo, apho iqinisekisile ukubakho kwayo, ngekhe sishiye amathandabuzo.
Enkosi ngokudibana esikwazileyo ukukubona eWeibo, apho ukongeza kwimifanekiso, ezinye zeenkcukacha ezinokuthi zibekho kwisiphelo sokuqala kwento eya kuthetha ukubuyela kweNokia kwilizwe leefoni. I-D1C iya kudibanisa Isikrini esipheleleyo se-HD, siya kulawulwa yiQualcomm Snapdragon 430 kwaye ngaphakathi sinokuba ne-3 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-32 GB yokugcina ngaphakathi, ukugcinwa okunokwandiswa kusetyenziswa amakhadi e-MicroSD.
Malunga neekhamera, AbakwaNokia banokukhetha ikhamera yangasemva eyi-13 mpx ngelixa engaphambili ibiya kuba yi-8 mpx, njengabavelisi abaninzi kwimarike. Isiphelo esiza kufika kunyaka ozayo siza kuvela kwisandla se-Android 7.0 Nougat. Ukuba ezi zibonelelo ziqinisekisiwe siyabona ukuba inyathelo lokuqala lakwaNokia ekubuyeni kwalo kwilizwe leefoni liza kugxila kwinqanaba eliphakathi, ngaphezulu kwezibonelelo ezifanelekileyo. Ngoku sifuna ukubona ukuba ixabiso lilungile okanye ukuba ekugqibeleni alifuni ukungena kwintengiso ngamaxabiso okhuphiswano.