HMD Fusion announced with modular design

05 September 2024
HMD's latest budget offering is taking a design-first approach with easy repairability and a fun modular twist with Fusion outfits.

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Carol-, 13 Sep 2024And i've just said, if it's not for you, for the ... moreIf it's not for me, it's not for most of others too. Again, this is overpriced.

    justasmile, 13 Sep 2024Again, all of these would be fine if it wasn't priced ... moreAnd i've just said, if it's not for you, for the price you can buy your typical xiaomis and whatever bbk phones. No need to come here and complain on the price and bash them everytime you have the chance. They won't be selling phones for scrapps just cause you find them expensive, and you can be darn sure they won't sell their phones at chinese prices. So problem solved.

      Carol-, 12 Sep 2024Depends on a LOT of things. What i want? what i want to sup... moreAgain, all of these would be fine if it wasn't priced at this price. Need I say more?

        justasmile, 12 Sep 2024As I said, your points would've been somewhat valid if... moreDepends on a LOT of things. What i want? what i want to support? Do i see the OS fit for my needs? Do i like the company policies?
        It might be priced above CMF P1, but is better builded, is repairable, and then it has some gimmicks like CMF. But even the gimmicks are better tought and not just a replaceble back cover. For who whats this, there is no cheapper device then this, and that's the idea behind it. If you do not want all of this, then you might as well buy some xiaomi budget ones with this SoC, even though, they are not that cheap either and they have none of the above.
        As for a flagship, i gave up on them since Nokia x30, it has proven that even an SD695 can do what i need, can run all the needed apps in the background, can run Macrodroid with over 20 automation macros, and i can open 600 Tabs in my browser without lag. If i was a gaming freaq i would probably go for an Asus device, with better cooling, or probably a pixel. But i am not into wasting time and money.

          Carol-, 11 Sep 2024a phone is not only made out of SoC, apparently many "... moreAs I said, your points would've been somewhat valid if this was at budget phone pricing. But pricing it close to CMF Phone 1, nah.

          It's almost like you pick between a midrange phone and flagship phone that are the same price, and that the flagship is better in every spec. While the midrange has enough specs for you, flagship has better specs for the price so you might as well take it, right?

            justasmile, 11 Sep 2024"oh, so you think that amoled screens are good at this... morea phone is not only made out of SoC, apparently many "tech people" here fail to understand that. In a device it is important that everything works as intended, not what device has what SoC, this wasn't the case until the very un-innovating mass of chinese brands floaded the market with their "flagship killer" crappware that never impressed me but definetly changed user perspective over price/ KG hardware. You like to see specs, i want a usable device in every way, if that's good, then i am satisfied with the device, and as i've said, i see no fault in the screen, including 720P. I mean, there ist not huge difference in such small screens and saves a lot of battery while helps the GPU inside the SoC to calculate faster, meaning, smoother experience.
            Now you take a 720p device and a 1080p one and please use them and come here and tell me that 720 is horrible and you can't see....then, you are lying.I mean let's peak on something else shel we? Price/kg hardware is not a topic to talk about in hmd comments section, if you do not like hmd and what they put out, you simply avoid them, therefore avoind bashing the brand without a reason and so maybe beeing happier.
            But Anyway, the price? Might be a bit high, but after a half a year will drop, like every other brand.

              Carol-, 10 Sep 2024oh, so you think that amoled screens are good at this price... more"oh, so you think that amoled screens are good at this price? They most cerntainly are not, just a bunch of cheap made panels that probably emit even worse PWMs"

              I stopped reading at this point. Just makes your point practically invalid immediately.

              Ok fine, I decided to read all anyway. Again, 4 gen 2 is not capable enough for the price. And 720p?

                justasmile, 09 Sep 2024Bad for the price.oh, so you think that amoled screens are good at this price? They most cerntainly are not, just a bunch of cheap made panels that probably emit even worse PWMs then the ones in Flagships. So i rather have a well made LCD screen in a budget device, then a cheap amoled... SO for the price is ok. It is tough defiently sad that they, for whatever reason, did not put and SD 7xx SoC in it. Would have receive more love from the mass. But, 480 5G was quite a stable and fast enough SoC. I doubt 4 gen 2 will be dessapointig for the normal user.

                  Carol-, 08 Sep 2024I see no fault in LCD displays, i actually hope they will u... moreBad for the price.

                    I see no fault in LCD displays, i actually hope they will use them on more devices,or release variants of displays, like to be able to also buy oled or amoled for the same device, this would make sense for this type of phone. 720p might not be much but for the size of the screen is not bad ider. I mean, its not a a flagship device and still packs a lot of festures that are more important then thescreentill,what is your obsession withhm/nokia anyway?

                      Carol-, 08 Sep 2024Inspiration? Maybe, but cmf is not repairable, it is actual... more"this one is better in every way, besides SoC"

                      Only the repairability and selfie camera (though bottlenecked by 4 gen 2) are the good parts. The display is terrible (720p and LCD really?), and the 4 Gen 2 is just not capable enough for the price.

                      This would've been fine, if it was priced cheaper and at a 1080p resolution.

                        Popsicle, 07 Sep 2024I cannot see this working out, I mean how many have tried t... moreActually they did not killed the project because "people do not want" you can't know that until you sell. They killed the project because they encounter serious issues with the whole concept, as they wanted an hardware upgradable device, but for that they would be needing a super Mainboard that guesses the future. The whole concept was flowed from within. Also they realised it won't bring them money as it would be very expensive to produce. Also "repairable" brings way less money then "soldered in everything" 2 years planed obsolence ewaste. So they decided to go for the ewaste creation like everyone else.

                          kramark, 06 Sep 2024Instead of pushing "modularity," HMD should have ... moreI actually like where they are going towards. Modularity and repairabilty is the future.

                            justasmile, 05 Sep 2024Taking inspiration from CMF Phone 1, I see? Anyway, pric... moreInspiration? Maybe, but cmf is not repairable, it is actually anti-repair,so nope, is not close to it, this one is better in every way, besides SoC. But the SD4 gen2 is not a bad SoC either.

                              martinkem, 05 Sep 2024Calling phones with interchangeable back covers "modul... moreMaybe not the best name to use, but not reading the whole article and commentig, sure delivers the same effect you're talking about. What does modularity mean for you anyway, if not replaceble camera, charging port, battery, screen, speakers and Peripherals?

                                Mgkole, 05 Sep 2024I like what HMD is doing, but I fear that they won't h... moreI doubt that there are to many people, outside GSMarena, that consider themselves "techie" and want only flagship level SoC. And to tell you the truth, this wannabe "techie" people here, most of them don't owe a flagship device, they just cry here for "low" specs, then when it comes to pay 1200€ for a full flagship, they cry again.
                                This device can be quite attractive for a large area of potential customers if done right. Software must be optimized, and they should offer longer support, or at least release an Software to let customers flash custome android after support is over. That would be something more valuable then anything. Doing this and with the repairability and modularity, they could hit the jackpot.

                                  kramark, 06 Sep 2024Instead of pushing "modularity," HMD should have ... moreYes and fix the problems with Pulse devices instead of ditching those customers in favour of the Skyline ones which it would seem are more important as a fix for problems was seeded even though Pulse line was released prior.

                                    I cannot see this working out, I mean how many have tried this concept and with far more resources at there disposal.

                                    I mean look at Google with the resources they have and they scrapped the Aura idea.

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                                      potato4k, 05 Sep 2024LOL. Nobody actually wanted nor cared for a modular phone. ... more"Even Google" hasn't meant anything in a long time. Buncha quitters.

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                                        Headphone jack, microSD, modularity, and repairability. They're off to a good start! That low-end chip though. At least the 6-8GB RAM is decent.

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