Had 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 beneath the enduring model that after dominated the cellular trade?
If it makes you are feeling any higher, HMD continues 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 sooner or later since then, the HMD Vibe was evidently discreetly launched within the US.
Whereas we missed that regional announcement, we’re right here in the present day to let you know that the budget-friendly Android 14 telephone is now
up for grabs stateside exclusively from HMD’s website. Priced at a really affordable $149.99 in a single 128GB storage variant, the Vibe cohabits with such gadgets because the Nokia G100, C300, and XR21 on mentioned web site whereas clearly competing towards 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 will not be one hundred pc equivalent with any member of that international trio. Whereas the non-Plus and non-Professional Pulse, as an example, 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 beneath the hood.
Regardless of its not-very-impressive measurement, the 4,000mAh battery is alleged to be succesful sufficient to maintain the lights on for 2 entire days between (10W) costs. That may solely be achieved with a really frugal display, and certainly, you are a modest HD affair right here with a diagonal of 6.56 inches.
Many of the different specs are equally unremarkable, even for a $150 value level, together with a 13 + 2MP twin rear-facing digital camera system, 5MP selfie snapper, IP52 water and mud resistance, a single speaker, and on the brilliant facet, each a headphone jack and microSD card slot.
That leaves the HMD Vibe with 128 gigs of inner 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 gives 64GB storage and 4GB RAM at an equivalent $149.99 value level.
Sadly for HMD, Motorola additionally incessantly sells the Moto G 5G (2023) for 150 bucks as an alternative of its $250 record value with 128GB storage, 4GB RAM, a hefty 5,000mAh battery, a silky easy 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.
