Have been you unhappy to see
Nokia die a second (or is it third?) dying earlier this yr, when HMD International signaled fairly clearly it had no additional intentions of ever releasing one other smartphone below the long-lasting model that when dominated the cellular trade?
If it makes you are feeling any higher, HMD remains to be very a lot dedicated to the worldwide smartphone market, making an attempt to do its personal factor with its first-ever self-labeled Android handsets. The Nokia model licensee internationally
unveiled the Pulse household round a month in the past, and in some unspecified time in the future since then, the HMD Vibe was evidently discreetly launched within the US.
Whereas we missed that regional announcement, we’re right here as we speak to inform you that the budget-friendly
Android 14 telephone is now
up for grabs stateside completely from HMD’s web site. Priced at a really affordable $149.99 in a single 128GB storage variant, the Vibe cohabits with such units because the
Nokia G100,
C300, and
XR21 on mentioned web site whereas clearly competing in opposition to the likes of Motorola’s Moto G Play (2024) and Moto G 5G (2023).
Opposite to what you might have anticipated after final month’s HMD Pulse collection launch, the Vibe shouldn’t be one hundred pc similar with any member of that world trio. Whereas the non-Plus and non-Professional Pulse, as an illustration, packs a Unisoc T606 processor and 5,000mAh battery, the HMD Vibe comes with a presumably extra highly effective Snapdragon 680 chipset and considerably smaller 4,000mAh cell below the hood.
Regardless of its not-very-impressive dimension, the 4,000mAh battery is claimed to be succesful sufficient to maintain the lights on for 2 entire days between (10W) prices. That may solely be carried out with a really frugal display, and certainly, you are a modest HD affair right here with a diagonal of 6.56 inches.
A lot of the different specs are equally unremarkable, even for a $150 worth level, together with a 13 + 2MP twin rear-facing digicam system, 5MP selfie snapper, IP52 water and mud resistance, a single speaker, and on the intense facet, each a headphone jack and microSD card slot.
That leaves the HMD Vibe with 128 gigs of inside space for storing and a 6GB RAM rely as its key promoting factors, particularly in comparison with the aforementioned
Moto G Play (2024), which solely provides 64GB storage and 4GB RAM at an similar $149.99 worth level.
Sadly for HMD, Motorola additionally incessantly sells the
Moto G 5G (2023) for 150 bucks as an alternative of its $250 listing worth with 128GB storage, 4GB RAM, a hefty 5,000mAh battery, a silky clean 120Hz HD+ show, and, effectively, 5G connectivity. That is a mighty spectacular worth proposition that the 4G LTE-only HMD Vibe cannot actually match proper now.
