HMD Skyline runs Geekbench, confirms Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset
- Zygocaste
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- 04 Jul 2024
Minu, 03 Jul 2024Nokia phones never lacked in updates. The only occasions w... moreok
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- 03 Jul 2024
Zygocaste, 29 Jun 2024you can do better in EVERYTHING. just because the phone wil... moreNokia phones never lacked in updates.
The only occasions where their software support was subpar, were the Nokia 2 (1GB RAM, 8GB ROM and a 32-bit quad core chipset can't handle Android 8.1 efficiently) and the Nokia 9 Preview (the concept failed due to Light Co. pulling out of the market, so the last Android version was 10).
If Nokia's software support is subpar, you haven't clearly used, experienced or at least noticed Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, ZTE, Realme and other Chinese brands within the same target market as Nokia (not including flagships, as Nokia doesn't cater to that audience to begin with). Most of these phones only got cumulative updates with planned obsolescence, not even Android updates or security patches.
Nokia doesn't apparently participate in the "illusion of value" strategy either, as most of their phones have their bugs fixed within 2 or 3 software updates. Samsung on the other hand, keeps the bugs unaddressed and implement bloatware-ridden cumulative updates that make their phones perform like snails past the warranty expiry.
- Zygocaste
- LaZ
- 29 Jun 2024
Carol, 19 Jun 2024You can do better in what? In specs? Yeah, but specs are no... moreyou can do better in EVERYTHING. just because the phone will run "clean android", it doesn't mean that it will inherently be a better experience, or even an inherently good one. this is a hmd phone. nokia phones were produced by hmd. what was the software experience like on those phones? buggy and heavily lacking in terms of updates, not to mention the general slowness of features being added in stock android
not to mention the fact that chinese skins like coloros are quite good now, with good performance, lots of useful features and customisation options as well as an actual guarantee of software updates. it isn't a bad experience at all
sorry to say, but yes... phones like the realme 12 pro+ will eclipse the hmd skyline in most aspects. you can't just dismiss that for arbitrations' sake
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- The Albion
- La%
- 28 Jun 2024
SypnoleX, 20 Jun 2024i can already feel the pain caused by those sharp edges Don't be a wimp mate
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- The Albion
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- 28 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 19 Jun 2024Any phone above 20k are not worth the functionality for the... more20k what ? Pounds, dollars, Bangladesh shirt buttons ? Please remember, this is an international site, please state the currency.
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- 25 Jun 2024
I wished the model were more compact than with ~6.6" screen. Not interested.
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- 25 Jun 2024
Carol, 23 Jun 2024Probably, but they could have done it better, straight from... moreNo it does not
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- 23 Jun 2024
Xenotyro, 21 Jun 2024I imagine they are using this generic camera island to stan... moreProbably, but they could have done it better, straight from the get-go. Instead of going with this flow of huge camera island on the left side of the phone (depending how you're looking). Just look uninspired and breakes the lumia'ish design.
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- Xenotyro
- M$2
- 21 Jun 2024
Carol, 20 Jun 2024Yeah, well let's hope they give up on this camera isla... moreI imagine they are using this generic camera island to standardise design across their portfolio to simplify the user-repairability and manufacture process.
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- 20 Jun 2024
Minu, 20 Jun 2024Me too! I prefer the pill-shaped camera island started from... moreYeah, well let's hope they give up on this camera island design, and identify themselves through something more innovative.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 20 Jun 2024Optimisation matters especially for in-order cpu cores.If you know how cpu core architectures work then you'll get it.
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jun 2024
Minu, 20 Jun 2024Completely agree. Nokia's phones sell like hot cakes ... moreOptimisation matters especially for in-order cpu cores.
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- 20 Jun 2024
Pity, I loved the good old Lumia phones back in the day - if only they were Android phones to begin with, Nokia would have been a major mobile phone contender today; when HMD took over they should have revived it. No matter, here's hoping they come up some flagship "Lumias" in the near future if they want to compete with the likes of Samsung.
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- SypnoleX
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- 20 Jun 2024
i can already feel the pain caused by those sharp edges
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- Minu
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- 20 Jun 2024
ishreal, 19 Jun 2024Low-brow childish comment that doesn't understand smar... moreCompletely agree.
Nokia's phones sell like hot cakes in our country, because they're comparatively cheaper than phones from other brands (makes sense due to comparatively less commission from sales and no marketing whatsoever, whereas retailers grift commissions from Xiaomi and Samsung products by overpricing them for our market), and the fact that most people are unable to purchase flagships and most mid-range phones due to low income and extreme expenses in our country. Those who live in countries with uncompetitive mobile markets and unfair prices understand, those who don't, won't.
I would only call a phone "e-waste", if the optimization and user experience is subpar compared to what the specifications suggest.
The Nokia 2.3 with a Helio A22 and measly 2GB RAM, easily outperforms almost all Samsung A0x series phones and Xiaomi low ends. That's the power of Nokia's optimization for the least of specs.
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- 20 Jun 2024
Carol-, 19 Jun 2024Design looks good, i do not like tough this kind if camera ... moreMe too! I prefer the pill-shaped camera island started from the Nokia 6610i from 2002, then used until today on countless ODM phones (including Apple, of course).
The pill camera complements this design well imho. The camera island in the renders, makes this phone more or less like a Vivo Y series phone today, but there's a resemblance to the camera island of the Nokia N97 too.
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- Anonymous
- AZY
- 19 Jun 2024
When they were branded as Nokia, they never tried to do this.....Now that they are HMD they try to evoque Lumia design......lol
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- skK
- 19 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 19 Jun 2024The front looks like the cover display of a Samsung foldable.Or the foldable looks like Lumia😉
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- 19 Jun 2024
Design looks good, i do not like tough this kind if camera island, they could have done it better.
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- Carol
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- 19 Jun 2024
ProMax Ultra, 19 Jun 2024HMD- "Introducing the world's 1st Dual bezel A... moreYou probably just came out from under a rock or something, cause ALL phones in the past and now have your so called duall bazel. Smaller or not is still there.