Heineken might be well-known for making good-tasting beers, but that does not mean its offerings are limited to beverages. Recently, the company unveiled the nostalgic "Boring Phone" that will take you back in time.
The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people’s concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacyIt’s almost enough to make you stop doomscrolling: dull devices are now cool.The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that is feeding the growing appetites of younger people who want to bin their smartphones in favour of a dumbphone. Continue reading
In the fast-paced world of mobile photography, where capturing life’s precious moments in stunning detail has become a necessity, the HMD Pulse Pro stands out as a revolutionary device. This innovative smartphone boasts an impressive 50MP Selfie Camera, setting a new benchmark for selfie enthusiasts and photography aficionados alike. The HMD Pulse Pro’s advanced camera […]
HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too.
Heineken, the beer company, just released a flip phone. Yes, you read that right. The phone is a collaboration between Heineken, a Boston-based clothing label named Bodega, and Human Mobile Devices (HMD), one of the leading manufacturers of "dumbphones".Also: The best phones: Expert testedNamed "The Boring Phone", Heineken's flip phone exudes nostalgic circa 2000 vibes with a translucent shell and 2.8-inch QVGA display. The marketing imagery, cleverly reminiscent of physically scanned pages from...
Google quietly updated the Android version requirements for the Gemini app: Before, you needed a phone running Android 12 or newer to run the app, but now, your phone can be running Android 10 or newer.
HMD has stepped out from the Nokia shadow and announced a new trio of affordable, repairable phones under its own Pulse branding. The HMD Pulse Pro, Pulse Plus and Pulse are notable for a couple of key reasons. For one thing, they're the first phones to carry the HMD branding. This Finnish manufacturer has, for a number of years now, been most notable for licensing out the Nokia name. If you've ever used a Nokia-branded Android phone, you've actually been using an HMD product. As tipped...
The launch includes three budget-friendly handsets, which feature several similarities in terms of hardware.
The Pulse phones share hardware similarities but have much different camera setups.
HMD is preparing to re-imagine another classic Nokia phone – the Nokia 3210 – and it showed a teaser at an event in Kenya (the event was for its own-branded HMD Pulse trio). There are a few things to look at, but let’s start with the classic. The re-imagined Nokia 3210 4G While it doesn’t quite have the legendary status of its successor, the venerable Nokia 3310, the 3210 was still a landmark launch for the Finnish company. Unveiled in 1999, this was the first mass market phone with an...
Police are working to identify a man who allegedly followed a victim and made anti-2SLGBTQI+ comments while continuously harassing them in downtown Toronto last month. The incident happened on March 14 near Bay and St. Joseph streets, just north of Wellesley Street East. The suspect was last seen near Bloor Street West and Avenue Road. He is described by police as a male, possibly in their 50s, and five foot four to five foot six inches tall with a stocky build. Toronto police said that...
Finnish company HMD said in September that it would be establishing an original HMD brand of mobile devices that will exist alongside Nokia phones. Those devices have now been confirmed as the HMD Pulse, HMD Pulse Plus, HMD Pulse Pro, and HMD Vibe. The only one coming to the USRead Entire Article