HMD knows times are tough, launches two new budget phones
HMD is driving hard into the low-cost segment, launching the affordable HMD Key smartphone and the HMD 110 feature phones today.
I think I'm reaching the point that I want to move away from a smartphone as my primary device, and move to a well-specced feature phone. I just need something I can use to send messages and make phone calls and take pictures with, and not get distracted by social media or portable games.
The HMD 110 fits some of those requirements. The new $79 feature phone has a 1,450 mAh battery, which offers a 21 hour talk time or about 15 days of standby time.
The 2.4-inch display is only QVGA (that's 320 x 240 pixels), so it's not going to be suitable for watching HD anything on. But the phone does have large, tactile buttons for typing out messages with.
