Human Cell Units, higher generally known as HMD, could also be doubling down on its efforts to deliver again well-liked Home windows Telephone designs, following the discharge of the HMD Skyline. A smartphone in the mean time related to the codename Sage has been leaked on X, formally Twitter, and it has a really acquainted look.
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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 snug to carry. The digicam module is an island, and sits within the prime left nook of the rear cowl. Similar to outdated Lumia Home windows Telephones, the Sage is proven in a number of enjoyable colours — a darkish inexperienced, a blue, and a purple. The leaked pictures are accomplished by an HMD brand within the middle of the cellphone’s rear.
An extra put up from the account provides a sequence of specs to the Sage. On the entrance, which isn’t proven within the leaked picture, needs to be a 6.55-inch OLED display screen with a 90Hz refresh price, 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 score.
Nevertheless, the ultimate specification leaks recommend the Sage won’t be a flagship cellphone from HMD. Apart from being made out of plastic, it’s going to apparently use a Unisoc T760 processor. Launched throughout the summer season, the T760 chip has made an look in a couple of telephones already, together with the 150 British pound ($195) Motorola Moto G35. Nevertheless, we will forgive that is the worth is true, and we proceed to like HMD’s determination to deliver again the effortlessly handsome Home windows Telephone gadget 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 energetic since 2023 and posted a wide range of HMD-specific particulars, so there’s a diploma of credibility to the leak. Nevertheless, in the mean time it’s nonetheless unofficial. HMD has solely 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 function telephones just like the Nokia 3210 and the Barbie Telephone.