HMD Skyline in for review

18 July 2024
HMD has quite the looker, and it's forward-thinking too.

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AnonD-1040250, 18 Jul 2024How are they funding all these horrible handsets they are outing?Definetly not with your pockets.

    Vasra, 18 Jul 2024This is not a Nokia phone. It's a HMD phone. HMD is ow... moreOh, not this claim again, i mean it is really SIMPLE to research any brand and see who they are, but well some prefere to stay ignorant and talk s. all day long, after all, why would they develope when they can just talk without knowing?

      DashF, 18 Jul 2024They hold too many patents is my guess Your guess is wrong, as they license the patents from NOKIA as anyone else, the only difference is that they made a contract with nokia to have access on all the pattens unrestrictly, in comparison to other brands. As far as i know.

        XCIV, 18 Jul 2024I'm losing my brain cells looking at this generic desi... moreYou lost them a long time ago, as it is quite drastically shows.

          Rosso, 18 Jul 2024Don't get me wrong, the design looks cool, but I can b... moreYou bet wrong, as this is not chinese brand with garbage software. It gets better in time, even when a lot of apps are installed.

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            Anonymous, 19 Jul 2024Unless they allow unlocking the bootloader, which they prob... moreI actually think they allow it, nokia x30 has the option to unlock the bootloader in dev settings.

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              jamiealfa, 20 Jul 2024we need to improve camera design, it would be great, own de... moreYou are right, the camera design is not good. Sad, as they had the chance to make it better, and apparently this design is their brand stample for the moment, so it won't go away to soon.

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                Sarat, 19 Jul 2024I am not sure what happened to India Market for HMD they ar... moreIf you read this comments here, you realise fast why hmd has no interest in india anymore, they scaled down, and was the right thing to do so. Chinese brands are all over there with captivating names like hupa chupa whutnut, and "great" hardware (on paper) for the money... so they say...and garbage software. I am actually amazed that they slowly pull of indian market, this was my advise straight from the beginning. Scale down, do not go against chinese cheapness, change selling point. And strangely enough, now i realise they actually do it, they do not need to go on any of those markets as long as they can grow in the key markets for them, they need to stay humble and innovate towards rapairability and better software, or third party software to support the installation of custom ROMs after official support ends, not race the hardware-kilo/dollar marathon.

                  we need to improve camera design, it would be great, own design is more iconic

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                    • 19 Jul 2024

                    this phone is the same nokia lumia 830

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                      • 19 Jul 2024

                      I am not sure what happened to India Market for HMD they are not releasing any phone either on Nokia front nor HMD front .Will HMD look to India at all???Looking at these phone it is only like seeing in the moon in the key which always is not reachable.

                        Misso, 19 Jul 2024Nokia will make a geat comeback if they make a 5inch screen... moreI agree with this statement. But either the majority aren't or the only compact phones available are on the flagship side, making the sales on the low side. Asus makes 5.9" phones. Still quite big, but compact enough compared to the majority, which uses 6.7". And the current result is, Asus' last endeavor is Zenfone 10. The 11 use the Ultra moniker, joining the 6.7" group. Devices under 6" in the midrange group are ultra-rare now.

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                          Pumpino, 18 Jul 2024Is pink the only option? If it is, then I agree. However, i... moreBright yellow .. that's what is needed

                            Rubin, 18 Jul 2024Fabula design was the result of several years of hard work ... moreThe VP of Design at HMD was at Nokia since ~2007, why is there no continuity to be claimed? We don't know exactly what HMD acquired from Microsoft Mobile in terms of design IP either.

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                              Misso, 19 Jul 2024Nokia will make a geat comeback if they make a 5inch screen... moreagree.. we miss compact phones

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                                Nokia will make a geat comeback if they make a 5inch screen phones.
                                Today's big phones are boring and not practical.

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                                  • 19 Jul 2024

                                  Unless they allow unlocking the bootloader, which they probably won't, with its only 2 years of updates, this phone will be a bad choice, although it would have been nice otherwise.

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                                    crispcketlicker, 18 Jul 2024Oh... I really wish that Microsoft, instead of killing the ... moreThey should have never been bought by Microsoft and continue making Linux phones

                                      Nick Tegrataker, 19 Jul 2024Two racist statements in such a short comment? Amazing. On... moreHaters will hate, let him enjoy the MAGA product, Apple.

                                        DBS, 19 Jul 2024Here's a TLDR for the upcoming review: it's rebra... moreTwo racist statements in such a short comment? Amazing.
                                        One for conflating Taiwan and China (Foxconn, the company behind HMD Global, is a Taiwanese company), another for calling Chinese phones "garbage" when some of the best flagship phones in the market have been released from that very country.