Nokia Mobile Website Renamed to HMD: End of Nokia-Branded Phones?

HMD Global, which has been making Nokia-branded smartphones for the previous seven years, will promote its personal line of HMD-branded units quickly. The newest transfer by the Finnish firm is predicted to mark an finish to Nokia branded smartphones. HMD is at the moment teasing its upcoming product portfolio providing just a few clues on what you may subsequent anticipate from HMD telephones. One notable change is the change within the X service consumer ID and web site tackle. The primary HMD-branded smartphone is predicted to debut in the course of the Cellular World Congress (MWC) 2024 occasion in Barcelona.

Nokia.com/telephones web site now redirects to HMD.com. Its X ID has now shifted to @HMDglobal as a substitute of @nokiamobile signifying the corporate’s transition. HMD’s official website states that the corporate is establishing an authentic HMD model alongside bringing telephones from all-new partnerships.  “We’re nonetheless makers of Nokia smartphones and Nokia dumbphones, however we’re getting warmed as much as deliver you much more, together with authentic HMD units, and telephones from all-new partnerships” the web site reads. The portfolio will embrace smartphones, tablets, and have telephones. 

In a teaser video shared on the corporate web site, HMD World highlights the at the moment emphasised Human Cellular Gadgets identify behind its abbreviation. It states that HMD is the “producer of Nokia telephones”.

HMD World was established in 2016 after Microsoft offered its rights to the Nokia model for ten years. The Nokia 6 was launched as the primary handset by HMD World again in 2017.

Particulars concerning the identify of the primary HMD smartphone and its launch date are unknown at this second. As per previous leaks, the handset is claimed to be codenamed N159V and features a twin rear digital camera unit, led by a 108-megapixel major rear sensor with help for optical picture stabilisation (OIS). It’s anticipated to return in black and cyan color choices with plastic frames. It’s anticipated to be launched on the MWC occasion in Barcelona scheduled to happen in February final week. The HMD model is predicted to co-exist alongside its Nokia telephones.