HMD Aura stealthily goes on sale in Australia as a cheaper alternative to the Pulse

23 May 2024
This is an entry-level phone that costs less than the recently announced Pulse. It appeared on JB Hi-Fi, even though there is no official announcement from HMD itself.

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This company should just shut down altogether.

    LOL. $120 for 28nm octa core A55? Are they trying to scam Australians?

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      • Anonymous
      • sEF
      • 24 May 2024

      When youre on SoC Shortage era and phone manufactures make an e-waste with AI gimmick instead optimizing phone spefications.

        Bosic012, 24 May 2024I don't understand buying a new ultra budget phone. Ju... moreThere is no way they are selling the note for that

          IpsDisplay, 24 May 2024HMD is a worse brand than lower tier brands like Cubot , ou... moreYou can get an LG G8 for as low as 40 dollars. Now that's a way better deal than whatever HMD spews out.

            Only pro is rear fingerprint sensor (but that alone isn't worth getting this phone)

              Ugly camera island, weak old slowass inefficient chipset, overpriced, how tf this company can still existed? Even Redmi A3 or my 7 years old Redmi Note 5 Pro still better than this PoS.

                HMD is a worse brand than lower tier brands like Cubot , oukitel, umidigi

                And that's honestly sad with the resources HMD has available to them

                If you must go ultra budget your wasting your money on this get a realme note 50 or an old old old old flagship and call it a day

                  Someone please buy this company and dismantle it!! God, these people have their heads in 2016.

                    I don't understand buying a new ultra budget phone. Just get something like a Samsung S9.

                    I'm actually Australian and JB hi-fi tends to have good deals, or go bonkers on the pricing for some phones. (Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus for 829 AUD???)

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                      • Cash-in-sky
                      • 3R@
                      • 23 May 2024

                      The phone is straight from 2017.

                        "This is as big a surprise for us as it must be for HMD"

                        Why is it such a surprise, and why do you assume that HMD is surprised by a retailer selling one of its phones?!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3SI
                          • 23 May 2024

                          Haven‘t seen 900x1600 as a phone display resolution in a long time if ever. And that display doesn’t seem like 16:9 so I suspect this is wrong.

                          Also, the inventors of the 28nm probably wouldn’t have thought it would ever be used for something „AI accelerated“

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                            • Anonymous
                            • M30
                            • 23 May 2024

                            No NFC for tap to pay unlike the Pulse-no cashless payments.

                              Ah yes. Push out a 60hz 720p (HD) display, a slow ass chipset that makes chipsets from 2017 look faster and to top it off, a useless depth sensor and the THICKEST bottom bezel you've ever seen! It puts rugged phones to shame.

                              This thing is so trash that it has to offer AI performance to make it sound better, but we all know that the AI is either server side or simply slow as the chipset powering this POS.

                              HMD, you had one job to carry the legacy of Nokia, and you smeared it. I hope your happy.

                              With all hate, Mills.

                                Darth Caesium, 23 May 2024More e-waste. This device has no redeemable qualities. It s... moreeven if it is free I won't touch it

                                  "..USB-C port supports only 10W charging. Based on tests, the battery should retain 80% of its original capacity after 500 cycles."

                                  That is absolutely awful for such slow charging.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gyc
                                    • 23 May 2024

                                    yes! old classic... wifi4, 10w charging, HD display, finger-senzor on back ... nice!
                                    the youngest generation may not even remember these phones anymore

                                      Re-designed 10 year old phone.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • d%{
                                        • 23 May 2024

                                        They managed to make a phone that is worse than redmi a3 and more expensive than it.

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