The first smartphones to carry the branding of the Finnish company, the HMD Pulse Series, was introduced last week in a few European markets. The lineup includes three devices: HMD Pulse Pro, HMD Pulse+ and HMD Pulse. The company has disclosed that its own-brand phones will be available in India as well.
HMD India stated that it will disclose the name of the first HMD-branded smartphone to be launched in the nation next week. There have been no additional announcements regarding the anticipated devices thus far. The recently released HMD Pulse phones are rumoured to be headed towards India.
HMD Pulse series specifications
HMD Pulse series features a 6.65-inch HD+ LCD screen with 720×1,612 pixels of resolution. The display supports a refresh rate of 90Hz and has a 600-nit peak brightness. Under the hood, there is a 12nm Unisoc T606 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage that can be further expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. The phones run on Android 14 out of the box.
In terms of optics, the HMD Pulse Pro boasts a 50-megapixel main sensor along with a 2-megapixel depth sensor. A 50-megapixel selfie camera is also included.
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The HMD Pulse+ and HMD Pulse on the other hand have 50-megapixel primary cameras and a 13-megapixel camera. The devices have an 8-megapixel front-facing camera for taking selfies and video calling.
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The series is backed by a 5,000mAh battery. The HMD Pulse Pro can be charged at 20W and the remaining two models at 10W. The phones come with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, including an e-compass, proximity, ambient light, and accelerometer. All three variants come with a 3.5mm headphone socket, a USB Type-C port, support for 4G LTE, Wi-Fi AC, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and GPS.
