HMD adopted a new multi-brand approach for its smartphones, but is sticking with the Nokia name for its featurephones. The Finnish maker just launched three new handsets, all a modern twist of classics – Nokia 6310 (2024), 5310 (2024), and 230 (2024). Nokia 6310 (2024) This phone brings a few new features for a 2024 […]
Read MoreHMD moved to a multi-brand approach for its portfolio, and last month at MWC the company confirmed it has another Nokia feature phone in its pipeline. We also got the May release month and a pixelated image back then. Now a post on X gives us a clearer idea of what to expect. While no […]
Read MoreHMD is taking a new approach by launching its self-branded smartphones later this year in July and we now have our first official teasers. The pair of devices will focus on sustainability with an emphasis on easy screen replacements as HMD shared that its goal for 2024 is to grow its portfolio of repairable devices. […]
Read MoreHMD didn’t actually bring any new devices to unveil at MWC 2024, but it offered a couple of exciting hints regarding its future plans. First up, HMD has a new partnership with Mattel. It will manifest in a new Barbie-themed flip phone, which is coming in July. We don’t know anything substantial about the Barbie […]
Read MoreWelcome to your Week 5 recap. We released the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ battery life tests – the smaller phone managed an impressive result – better than its predecessor – while the Plus didn’t perform as well as its predecessor. The likely expanation for this is the higher resolution QHD+ display. We also have […]
Read MoreHMD is no longer making Nokia devices and will concentrate on its own brand of smartphones. The company updated some sections of its website with new visuals, revealing some new designs it might use in its future devices. The images are illustrative but are clearly a reveal of the product design the company will use […]
Read MoreHuman Mobile Devices (HMD Global) will start selling its own devices without the Nokia branding marking an expected end to Nokia Mobile smartphones. The news was shared by HMD which is also teasing its upcoming product portfolio of devices. These include smartphones, tablets and wireless earbuds with rumors suggesting we may see the first HMD-branded […]
Read MoreHMD Global, the company that is in charge of manufacturing Nokia phones, announced it secured the top spot in the feature phone market for Q3 2023, according to the latest analysis by IDC. The detailed breakdown wasn’t shared by either the maker or the analyst company, but HMD holds a 30.7% market share by value […]
Read MoreHMD Global has been launching smartphones under the Nokia brand for the past six years. The independent Finnish company plans to expand its portfolio and will introduce phones with its own HMD brand. The announcement comes from Jean-Francois Baril, the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of HMD Global. The executive revealed on their LinkedIn page both […]
Read MoreHMD Global, the maker that hold the rights for Nokia smartphones, launched two new devices on the US market. The Nokia G310 5G and Nokia C210 are already up on the company website and will be available at Metro by T-Mobile for a low price. Nokia G310 5G This Nokia comes with a Snapdragon 480+ […]
Read MoreHMD Global just announced its decision to manufacture 5G Nokia smartphones in Europe, making it the first major smartphone maker to do so. Moving the manufacturing of 5G Nokia smartphones to Europe will be a gradual process that will begin in Q3 of this year and HMD plans on investing in facilities from here on […]
Read MoreHMD Connect launched in early 2020 and made it easy go stay connected while roaming – users could pick between SIM and eSIM options and 14-day data plans for 120 countries. Now HMD has quietly revealed that Connect is shutting down. The service will stop operating on December 15 this year, meaning that you will […]
Read MoreThe biggest story this week was the announcement of the Nothing phone (1). But it was more of a confirmation as we pretty much had a complete image of the phone. The handset comes with a recycled aluminum frame, a 6.55-inch 1080×2400 120Hz OLED touchscreen with 1,200 nits peak brightness, 240Hz touch sampling rate, Gorilla […]
Read MoreNokia’s latest feature phones are a blast from the past with some modern twists. There’s the re-imagined Nokia 8210 4G which introduces 4G to 1999’s Nokia 8210 as well as the Nokia 2660 Flip which offers a familiar experience and large tactile buttons. Nokia is also honoring the XpressMusic line with the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio […]
Read MoreHMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, stretched itself too thin by trying to launch phones in all price brackets, so it made the tough choice to pull out of the flagship race. “Making an $800 phone doesn’t make sense for us at the moment,” Adam Ferguson, HMD’s Global Head of Product Marketing, told Android […]
Read MoreHMD Global is not happy about the court ruling that forced it to pull its phones out of Germany (and other regions), but it’s not taking it laying down either. The company reached out to us with a statement about the legal issue and what it is doing about it. VoiceAgeEVS LLC (VAEVS) filed suits […]
Read MoreIt seems that HMD Global has been forced to pull most of its smartphones out of the German and Swiss markets, leaving only the two newly announced models – the Nokia G21 and G11. What happened? The company is being sued by VoiceAgeEVS LLC (VAEVS) over patents related to VoLTE and the Enhanced Voice Service […]
Read MoreHMD Global is probably most famous for bringing back Nokia phones into the smartphone fold. However it looks like they’re expanding their business into mobile operations by bringing a data-only SIM, intended for those who travel and still need to be connected. There was no big announcement for this but the arrival of the HMD […]
Read MoreHMD Global might be pushing the Nokia 8.3 5G as its premiere 2020 phone but, as much as carriers and phone makers want it to be, not everyone will care for 5G, much less even afford something like that phone. Some will just want a handy companion or even a basic tool for getting online. […]
Read MoreHMD Global just announced a number of new Nokia-branded smartphones, none of them the high-end flagship you might be hoping. No, not even the Nokia 8.3 5G which, as the name might suggest, is the company’s contender in this slow 5G race. That, however, might be for the best because HMD is pushing the Nokia […]
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