HMD Skyline: Revolutionary Smartphone with Repairability
Human Mobile Devices is a proud tech disruptor and among Europe's biggest smartphone mobile manufacturers. The company is also leading the mobile market in the zones of repairability and digital detox. Human Mobile Devices has released its premium handset – HMD Skyline, a phone built for the creators with top-tier functionality, repairability and outstanding design at remarkably affordable cost.
HMD Skyline: A smartphone with dumbphone functionality for a digital detox
Skyline has been built with GenZ users in mind, so the camera offers a range of suitable capabilities:
- The 50MP front camera comes with autofocus and eye-tracking to ensure sharp selfies
- Creators will enjoy the in-built 'selfie gesture' hardware, which means all users have to do is to look at the phone while making the universal peace sign to activate the camera
- Video selfies can be filmed in 4k
- The 108MP Hybrid OIS triple rear camera offers portrait mode with 50mm shots with natural bokeh effect
- Close-ups are achieved with the x4 zoom function
- Night Mode 3.0 balances exposure with fine detail. Scenery and group shots can be captured using the 0.5 ultra-wide mode
- AI Capture Fusion adds maximum detail to zoom images
- The Skyline launches in two colourways, Neon Pink and Twisted Black, with up to 48-hour battery and Qi2 magnetic charging for slick wireless charging stations.
From August, the smartphone will come with an in-built digital detox mode with bespoke app and contact blocking. This will let users organise their detox to their social and professional needs, allowing them to focus on the real world and enjoy a balanced smartphone experience whenever they need to pause the digital world and take a break from living online.
HMD design brilliance and right to repair
45% of Gen Zs say they're more likely to buy an electrical device if they can easily repair it themselves.
HMD Skyline is the first mobile phone with Gen2 repairability. By removing the back cover and screws, the phone user (or a repair centre) can fix broken screens, bent charging ports, scratched back covers and depleted batteries. The HMD Skyline screen is 65% easier to repair than HMD's first repairable smartphone, the G22.
Human Mobile Devices supports repairable design
Gen Z superstar snapper Rosanna Elettra is ready to test drive the new HMD Skyline, capturing a group of Gen Z friends on a night out.
"I've had the joy of capturing acclaimed artists like Rhianna, Central Lee, Aitch and Cara Delevingne and in this industry you can get a call out of nowhere for a job that will completely change your career so it's great to have the option to shoot with a smartphone like HMD Skyline,” said Rosanna. “What's amazing about this device is how it's been designed to not only be your faithful pocket camera, but also how easy it is to repair and the fact that it has Detox Mode, everyone needs a break from the digital noise so it's definitely a welcome new Mode to a smartphone."
"Human Mobile Devices is human by design…and that's what we've done with HMD Skyline, put consumers first. There are so many great functions on this phone to call out,” said Lars Silberbauer, Global CMO of Human Mobile Devices. “The camera is a creator's dream, but you've also got unrivalled repairability options and a step-changing detox mode too. We are making smartphones easy to repair, and we inspired the digital detox movement for 'balanced relationships' with technology when we brought back feature phones. HMD Skyline is the next step: it's repair and detox all in one. And it looks absolutely beautiful to boot."
"Human Mobile Devices has set a new bar for repairable design,” added Kyle Wiens, CEO at iFixit. “This is what happens when a design team considers repair from the start. Human Mobile Devices' approach to disassembly is a quantum leap forward".
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