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Modular smartphones have been an idea in the tech industry for over a decade. Early concepts, such as Google’s Project Ara, aimed to create fully customizable phones with swappable components like cameras, processors, and batteries. While these projects never reached mainstream success, brands like Fairphone and Motorola experimented with modular designs, focusing on sustainability and repairability but these were significantly more expensive. 

However, HMD Global introduced the HMD Skyline, a smartphone with user-repairable parts, launched in Malaysia in July 2024 at RM2399. Unlike fully modular devices, it does not allow hardware upgrades, but it offers self-repair options to extend its lifespan. Could this be the modular phone we've been waiting for?

HMD Global, which previously held the exclusive license to produce Nokia-branded smartphones, has now removed the list of Nokia phones from its website in Europe. This move marks the beginning of a new phase, where HMD shifts focus to their own brand, Human Mobile Devices (HMD). This shift raises questions about the future of Nokia phones and its impact on loyal fans of the brand.

A week after it was accidentally leaked online, HMD Global finally released the Nokia G42, its latest mid-range offering in the European market. Offering some competitive specs for its price, read on to find out more about the device.

HMD Global is set to release another Nokia midrange smartphone soon, though we don’t need to wait until launch to know its design and specs as they were accidentally revealed recently. Called the Nokia G42 5G, read on to find out more about the confirmed specs of the smartphone.

Nokia may be releasing a new rugged smartphone soon as alleged renders of the device have been leaked online. Shared by WinFuture, the device is referred to as the Nokia Sentry 5G.

Nokia today launched its latest smartphone offering for the Malaysian market, the Nokia X30 5G. Built with both sustainability and longevity in mind, the device comes with a 3-year warranty, 3 OS upgrades and 3 years of monthly security updates, with a robust metal frame and a tough display to boot.

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones today launched the latest member of the Nokia G-Series family in Malaysia, the Nokia G21, with a special pre-order price of only RM759 through Shopee. The official retail price of the device is RM799.

Claiming that it’ll have twice as many security updates than its competitors and a whopping 3-day battery life, the G21 comes wrapped up in a brand new sleek design that doesn’t compromise on Nokia’s famous durability.

HMD Global has recently released a short 10 second teaser video on their Twitter account. From what we can spot in the teaser, it appears to be heavily focused on gaming due to the “Are you ready to #GameOn” tag line at the end of the teaser.