Itheminali entsha yakwaNokia ibonakala iyindaba engapheli. Amahemuhemu okuqala aphakamisa ukuthi iNokia izokwethula i-smartphone enezici ezinesizotha ukubeka ikhanda layo maphakathi nebanga. Ngemuva kokuphasa isivivinyo se-AnTuTu kwaqala ukuzwakala ukuthi kungahle kungabi yi-smartphone kepha kube yithebhulethi. Manje futhi sikhuluma nge-D1C njenge-smartphone ngokusho kwezithombe ezivezwe kwinethiwekhi yezenhlalo yeWeibo nalapho singabona khona okucatshangwa ukuthi yiNokia D1C ngemibala yesiliva negolide, engagcina iqinisekise ukuthi iyi-smartphone hhayi ithebhulethi. Okucacayo ukuthi kuze kube yilapho inkampani yaseFinland ingayivezi kwi-MWC elandelayo, lapho iqinisekise khona ukuthi izobe ikhona, ngeke sishiye ukungabaza.
Ngenxa yokuhlangana esikwazile ukukubona eWeibo, lapho ngokungeziwe ezithombeni ezinye zezincazelo okungenzeka ukuthi i-terminal yokuqala yadalulwa ngalokho okungasho ukubuyela kweNokia emhlabeni wezocingo. I-D1C ingahlanganisa i- Isikrini esigcwele se-HD, sizophathwa yiQualcomm Snapdragon 430 futhi ngaphakathi sizoba ne-3 GB ye-RAM ne-32 GB yokugcina ngaphakathi, isitoreji esinganwetshwa kusetshenziswa amakhadi we-MicroSD.
Mayelana namakhamera, AbakwaNokia bangakhetha ikhamera yangemuva eyi-13 mpx ngenkathi eyaphambili ibizoba ngu-8 mpx, njengabakhiqizi abaningi emakethe. Isikhumulo esizofika ngonyaka ozayo sizovela esandleni se-Android 7.0 Nougat. Uma lezi zinzuzo ziqinisekiswa, siyabona ukuthi isinyathelo sokuqala sakwaNokia ekubuyeni kwaso emhlabeni wezocingo singagxila kanjani ebangeni eliphakathi, ngezinzuzo ezingaphezu kokufanele. Manje sidinga nje ukubona ukuthi ingabe intengo ilungile noma ukuthi ekugcineni ayifuni yini ukungena emakethe ngamanani wokuncintisana.