Human Cell Gadgets, higher referred to as HMD, could also be doubling down on its efforts to deliver again fashionable Home windows Cellphone designs, following the discharge of the HMD Skyline. A smartphone for the time being related to the codename Sage has been leaked on X, formally Twitter, and it has a really acquainted look.
It shares the Skyline’s very distinctive, Lumia 920-inspired form with squared-off shoulders, a flat rear panel insert, and curves at every nook to make the cellphone extra comfy to carry. The digicam module is an island, and sits within the high left nook of the rear cowl. Identical to previous Lumia Home windows Telephones, the Sage is proven in a number of enjoyable colours — a darkish inexperienced, a blue, and a crimson. The leaked pictures are accomplished by an HMD emblem within the middle of the cellphone’s rear.
An additional submit from the account provides a sequence of specs to the Sage. On the entrance, which isn’t proven within the leaked picture, ought to be a 6.55-inch OLED display with a 90Hz refresh charge, whereas two 50-megapixel cameras ought to sit contained in the module on the again. Elsewhere it’s claimed the cellphone can have a 3.5mm headphone jack, NFC, and an IP52 mud and water resistance ranking.
Nonetheless, the ultimate specification leaks recommend the Sage is not going to be a flagship cellphone from HMD. Apart from being constructed from plastic, it is going to apparently use a Unisoc T760 processor. Launched through the summer time, the T760 chip has made an look in a number of telephones already, together with the 150 British pound ($195) Motorola Moto G35. Nonetheless, we will forgive that is the worth is true, and we proceed to like HMD’s choice to deliver again the effortlessly handsome Home windows Cellphone system designs.
What we don’t know is whether or not the Sage is an precise future smartphone from HMD, however the account leaking the knowledge has been lively since 2023 and posted quite a lot of HMD-specific particulars, so there’s a diploma of credibility to the leak. Nonetheless, for the time being it’s nonetheless unofficial. HMD has solely just lately introduced the Fusion, which is a tackle modular telephones, and introduced the Skyline again in July. It’s additionally on a mission to assist children scale back the period of time they spend utilizing telephones, utilizing characteristic telephones just like the Nokia 3210 and the Barbie Cellphone.
