Football, music, children: HMD’s new phones take care of a lot of niche
Hot on the heels of last year Barbie Flip PhoneHMD returns with more niche phones to please those whose preferences and needs fall beyond the ordinary binary iPhone/Android.
Some companies have shook the Mobile World Congress 2025 Here in Barcelona, ​​without new phones to show – but not HMD. He brought his A-game to the mobile show, with a load of fresh products.
HMD, short for human mobile devices, is best known for making Nokia phones. It may not be a surprise that the company is re -updating the classic Nokia phone – 3210 – but this time in the colors of the Barcelona football club.
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Nokia 3210 FC Barcelona Edition
The company has a continuous partnership with the elite European football team, announcing its first device with the topic of FC Barcelona last year. This last update of 3210 Includes hidden messages from players, personalized wallpapers and the classic Snake mobile game, this time is played on a football field. I took it for a whirlwind at the launch of HMD at the start of Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium, and it turns out that I am just as bad as always in a simple but addictive game.
Meanwhile, the HMD Barça Fusion is a smartphone of a collecting edition engraved with the signatures of 11 of the star players of the club. HMD also promises Easter eggs that will appeal to fans, and you can even wake up from the voice of one of your favorite players in the morning.
The HMD Barça 3210 will cost 79 British pounds in the UK (about $ 100 converted) and the HMD Barça Fusion will cost £ 229 ($ 290), with the exact availability dates and countries will still be confirmed.
HMD’s partnership with Barcelona has led to a number of special phones.
HMD Fusion X1 Phone for Teens
No Barcelona fan? One of the other HMD phones may be more suitable for you. Fusion X1 is the company’s first smartphone for teenagers created by the back of their A project better phones – Efforts to bring families in the process of designing devices.
The Fusion X1 allows parents to control children’s phones with a monthly XPlora subscription. This allows parents to control internet and social media surfing, in addition to school regime. The subscription also provides continuous tracking of the location of intervals of 20 seconds with safe zones, emergency SOS calls, low battery signals and access to remote devices-your teenager will be excited. The Fusion X1 is available for pre -order now for £ 229 ($ 290) and will be available from May.
Fusion X1 is a smartphone, but HMD is best known for making phones with features. The functional telephone market is decreasing, but the company says it has denied the overall trend, and last year not only has acquired a market share but saw two -digit growth. No wonder he returned to the show with a handful of function phones this year.
HMD 150 and 350 for music lovers
Together with the HMD 2660 – a classic flip phone – the company presented two phones for music lovers. The big point for the sale of the HMD 150 and 350 is their retro feeling, combined with prominent speakers, FM radio stations and long battery life, makes them feel like the perfect festival phones. Let’s hope that no one uses these statements to play public transport.
The HMD 2660 is now available for a low price of £ 69 ($ 90), and the HMD 350 and 150 will cost even less, only £ 29 ($ 40).
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