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As the leaks become more frequent and revealing, it seems ever more likely that the Nokia “Normandy” Android phone will feature at MWC 2014 in January.

The latest Nokia Android UI snaps have arrived courtesy of long-time reliable tipster @evleaks and reveal a lot of information about the heavily rumoured Android smartphone.

“Two ways to interact with Normandy”, reads the tweet.

On the left hand side is what we believe to be two home screens from the Nokia Android phone. The bright, colourful blocks are very reminiscent of the Windows Phone 8 OS that Nokia is obviously trying to based its Android UI.

We expect that the Nokia Android UI will be very heavy, similar to the one used in devices like the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7.

However, on the right hand side is the Nokia Android notification centre, which is split into calendar alerts and other recent app notifications.

From the looks of it you’ll be able to respond to event invites directly from this notifications screen.

These UI images are very similar, but not exactly alike, the Nokia Android smartphone UI pictures leaked earlier this month.

Some have suggested that the latest screengrabs are actually press renders that Nokia will release when it launches the heavily rumoured Normandy smartphone.

If this is true, the calendar listing for Tuesday 25 may well be a hint to a Tuesday, February 25 launch, which would put it directly in the middle of MWC 2014.

Of course, this may be a little farfetched and an attempt to clutch at straws due to the lack of official information, but we hope there is a speck of truth to the rumours.

With Apple reportedly investing £350 million in the mass production of the resilient glass materials, latest reports have suggested the iPhone 6 could launch with a full sapphire glass display, not simply a sapphire protected Touch ID home button and camera lens as previously thought.

Entitled ‘Sapphire Window’, the Apple patent details how the company intends to grow the hardened material for use on portable electronic devices, explaining how it will harvest the sapphire glass into polished wafers which can then be cut into small, smartphone size windows.

However, due to the elements which give Sapphire glass panels their added reinforcement, the technology cannot be manufactured using traditional glass panel production methods.

According to one of Apple’s patents, the company has revealed that is could potentially use lasers to cut iPhone size sapphire glass panels in a bid to increase yield rates.

With Apple’s Sapphire Window patent having originally been filed back in 2012, the company’s product plans precede details that surfaced earlier this week that Apple has increased its partnership with sapphire manufacturer GT Advanced Technologies.

According to the latest reports, Apple is to increase production through a new US-based manufacturing facility which is expected to begin work next month.

Widely expected to launch this autumn with a new, larger 4.7-inch display, the iPhone 6 will go head-to-head with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S5 for the crown of smartphone supremacy.