HMD Skyline review
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- FanaticFinn
- nXM
- 02 Jan 2026
I don't care about the greatest hardware, but I do care about security updates. That phone is e-waste after a maximum of three years. A repairable phone should be supported for at least five years. Otherwise it makes no sense. Just buy a phone that is supported for a longer period and keep it In a protective case. If it breaks despite a quality case, it's most likely so badly damaged that it's better to buy a new phone.
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- Minu
- IWT
- 01 Aug 2025
IQ200, 31 Jul 2025And what are you doing? You had ONE phone from HMD Nokia... moreIn case you missed my earlier comments, I've mentioned specifically that my family members and colleagues use several other Nokia devices even today, including my parents' Nokia C32 phones, Nokia 5.3, 3.4, 7 Plus, C20, 6.2, G10, C20 Plus, 1 Plus, 3, C01 Plus, C21, 4.2, C3, 5.4, 7.2, 6.1, G11 Plus, 120 4G (apparently a rebrand of the Nokia C12 Pro), G22, 5, 2.3, 8.1, C32, 3.2, HMD Crest, C21 Plus, X20 (not officially sold in our region, but a grey imported from MENA), as well as a 2.3 and a 4.2 that my parents used earlier, donated to a co-worker that got their phone stolen during public transport, and the other donated to a student that was doing GCE Advanced Levels at the time, needing a phone for online classes. There were at least 2 notable units from each model listed that I've noticed amongst people I know personally as well as mutuals, and hardly surprising that Nokia is the second largest brand in our country per statistics, followed by Samsung.
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- IQ200
- 3LT
- 31 Jul 2025
Minu, 21 Jul 2025And with tone-deaf comparisons and baseless comparisons, yo... moreAnd what are you doing?
You had ONE phone from HMD Nokia. JUST ONE. Everyone knows it already because you constantly repeating it. Since 2017 you had Nokia 8 with your crazily good stand by times up to 4 or 5 days. I can manage to do that only if im not using a phone at all an it just stands on the desk, but anyway...
HMD Nokia 8 was and still is your best phone you ever had.
How can you know better then him if you also didn't get this device?
How Minu?
Thank you Minu
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- Minu
- ter
- 21 Jul 2025
Blue Chip, 24 Feb 2025With such a poor rating by GSM Arena people will still buy ... moreAnd with tone-deaf comparisons and baseless comparisons, you still waste your own time and energy to complain on something you haven't even used in the first place.
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- Tomas
- g8$
- 09 Jun 2025
You always take the phone with the ugliest color for review.
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- Manuel
- mgK
- 08 Jun 2025
Flox, 17 Mar 2025Great review. I am testing the HMD Skyline for 5 days n... moreHas low light camera improved woth updates?
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- Gavivi
- CG1
- 09 Apr 2025
The skyline seems to be a perfect fit for me even with few imperfections. I still have my eyes on it .
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- Flox
- pnY
- 17 Mar 2025
Great review.
I am testing the HMD Skyline for 5 days now, and this seems to be very accurate of what I experience.
I have a feeling that the Nord 4 would have been a better choice for me.
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- Blue Chip
- fnG
- 24 Feb 2025
With such a poor rating by GSM Arena people will still buy this overpriced phone
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- Anon
- AAX
- 03 Feb 2025
What is the point of making the phone repairable if you're going to halve the CPU to some mid-range last-gen junk, so price/performance is 2X the Pixel 8a? I want a repairable phone with competent hardware, not to pay twice anyway...
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- Anonymous
- B0g
- 02 Jan 2025
Carol, 13 Nov 2024Actually is quite a good phone and the price is justified, ... moreYes they should do like Fairphone they're supporting very long time way before other manufacturers stepped into the game. HMD should also offer way longer support.
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- Anonymous
- B0g
- 02 Jan 2025
cyber, 31 Dec 2024underpowered and overpriced,people doesnt care about self r... moreThen get a china phone
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- cyber
- S2D
- 31 Dec 2024
underpowered and overpriced,people doesnt care about self repairs,they need top hardware on the lowest price possible
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- Carol
- mJ}
- 13 Nov 2024
Daniel97, 21 Oct 2024Very expensive phone for what he gives. This phone should b... moreActually is quite a good phone and the price is justified, the only issue would be the rather short 2 years of os update and 3 years of security updates
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- Daniel97
- skJ
- 21 Oct 2024
Very expensive phone for what he gives. This phone should be 350 euro and not more.
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- Anonymous
- y6V
- 17 Oct 2024
I would've considered this if the battery life was excellent and the charging speed faster. Why even have reverse charging if the battery of the device itself is this bad?
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- Punit-onlin
- X$n
- 10 Sep 2024
These buggers have Pure View tech. But they are doing to use it.
- YUKI93
- K1F
- 03 Sep 2024
Even without Zeiss optics or PureView processing algorithm, I'm impressed with the photo quality. It leans on the realistic side with natural colour processing. I do see some degree of oversharpening effect here and there, but it doesn't do too much to hurt the photos. Just imagine how good it would be with Zeiss optics and the PureView processing algorithm.
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- Xenotyro
- 3HW
- 01 Sep 2024
HeFixIt, 29 Aug 2024It is a shame they are putting out incomplete software at l... moreYes, I get the impression Skyline was already late to market. It's a common thing with HMD releases to ship with bugs or lacking advertised features and that shapes the entire reception of the device long after the issues have been fixed by updates.
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- HeFixIt
- X%D
- 29 Aug 2024
Xenotyro, 26 Aug 2024The latest update for the Skyline added 4K recording to the... moreIt is a shame they are putting out incomplete software at launch. They did the same with the exclusive Crest phones for India. They make good phones but their first impressions are bad. This is a huge letdown by the software department.
If they want to play this game they need to step up their efforts. Hopefully they would have learned from their "first" effort and would be better prepared for their next product.