Qualcomm's current crop of dual-core chips isn't really anything worthwhile performance wise, so they're not really interesting for a flagship device.

The phone will be Nokia's flagship device at T-Mobile in the United States.

Announcements of high-end flagship devices are conspicuous by their absence.

Troubled smartphone giant Nokia has unveiled a range of new handsets including the company's new flagship device, the N9.

The flagship device from the Google Nexus series is the first in the world to run the Android 4 operating system.

Instead, Nokia will use Microsoft Windows Phone 7 for its high-end flagship devices.

As a flagship device, the phone will run the standard version of the new Android update, rather than having Samsung's Touch-Wiz system running on top of it.

The updates on the article explain the strategy, and that Google has worked this way with other companies in the past on flagship devices.

I am not sure this applies to the US, but in Canada, some providers have a minimum monthly charge to qualify for some high-end flagship devices.

Reports last month suggested that the flagship device, the only Nokia modiel to use the Meego software platform, would not launch in major markets.