Playing with an HMD Skyline for an upcoming video on Qi 2.
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Playing with an HMD Skyline for an upcoming video on Qi 2. Some strange decisions, but this is the most elegant back removal mechanism I've seen on a phone yet. Glass back in metal frame, feels just as premium & solid as closed devices. A single screw on the bottom pops up the glass in a corner
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@Techaltar
I assume this is due to the new EU regulations, right? Is replacing the battery easy? -
@Techaltar is it still water resistant?
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@aroma It might be a motivating factor but I doubt that's going to apply retroactively and HMD could have legally just gotten away with the same level as other brands I guess. The bigger point seems to be that they want to make repairability a core selling point of their brand
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@vitSkalicky A quick Googling tells me it's IP54, meaning a little bit but nor properly water resistant
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@Techaltar I’m not super ip to date with the business side there but how do you think they decide on using either the HMD or Nokia brand name? I would expect a feature like this to be easier to market under the Nokia name (longevity, etc. )?
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@FlorianG I think the implication is that Nokia might not licence their brand to HMD until forever so they have to build their own brand
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@Techaltar
> Build a repairable phone.
> Give it 3 years of software updates.
> HMD moment. -
@etua_en Truly baffling
