Nokia-maker HMD has unveiled its first own-brand phone series. All three of the HMD Pulse devices have repairability at their heart.
Would you be more likely to buy a phone if you knew that you’d be able to repair it at home if you smashed the screen? Finland-based phone-maker HMD is hoping you will, as it unveils its first own-brand phone series designed around the concept of repairability.
HMD is best known for making Nokia phones — both the smart and dumb varieties — but now it’s branching out by making phones with its own name stamped on the back. On Wednesday it unveiled its first three own-brand devices, the HMD Pulse, Pulse Pro and Pulse Plus. The Pulse, priced at £100 (around $125 or AU$190 converted), and the Pulse Plus, priced at £130 ($160, AU$250) are available to purchase immediately in some markets, whereas the Pulse Pro is currently listed as “coming soon.”
The most exciting of the three devices is the HMD Pulse Pro, which has 50-megapixel cameras on both the back and front, meaning that your selfies will be the same quality as the photos you take with the main camera. The three phones also share many features and attributes, including a Unisoc T606 processor, Android 14, and a focus on affordability and repairability. With all three devices, you can replace a damaged display, bent charging port or a depleted battery in just a few minutes using simple tools.
