HMD launches its first rugged smartphone, a rebranded Nokia XR21

Finnish firm HMD, often known as makers of Nokia telephones, has already launched its first telephones, the Pulse household, which have an attention-grabbing promoting level apart from their low value: repairability.

Whereas HMD isn’t going to enter the flagship marketplace for apparent causes, we anticipated the handset producer to provide you with some distinctive fashions that will make its units stand out.

Sadly, the newest HMD announcement proves the alternative. HMD has simply launched its first rugged 5G smartphone, the XR21 (picture above). The difficulty is that this isn’t actually a brand new telephone, however a rebranded Nokia XR21 (picture under).

Design and specs are the identical, which is slightly disappointing contemplating the Nokia XR21 was launched one yr in the past. What’s even worse is that the newly introduced HMD XR21 nonetheless comes with Android 13 out of the field as an alternative of Android 14.

So far as value goes, clients can get the HMD XR21 for at least €600 in Europe, which is slightly unusual contemplating that Nokia XR21 is €200 cheaper and has the identical specs.

As a reminder, the HMD/Nokia XR21 is a 5G rugged telephone that sports activities a 6.49-inch IPS FHD+ show with 120Hz refresh charge and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus coating.

On the within, the telephone contains a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G processor, 6GB RAM, and 128GB inner storage. The rugged handset packs a twin digicam (64MP + 8MP), a 16-megapixel selfie snapper, in addition to a 4800 mAh battery.