Upcoming HMD Branded Smartphones Patents Surface: Check Out the Details

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Highlights
  • HMD Global will debut two new smartphones in Q3, 2024.
  • The Finnish brand confirmed its upcoming smartphones at MWC 2024.

HMD Global has applied for a patent for the upcoming HMD (Human Mobile Devices) branded smartphones with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The Finnish brand has secured patents for four designs of the upcoming HMD-branded smartphones.

HMD-branded Smartphones Design Appear

A recent ITHome report suggests that HMD has applied for over 642 patent designs of smartphones to chargers. HMD is expected to launch smartphones that are sustainable for the environment. The patent design reveals that HMD will launch the smartphones in Gray, Blue, Green and Pink shades.

The rear panel will likely include a dual rear camera setup with an LED flash placed inside a rectangular camera module. The patent design hints that the power button will double up as a fingerprint scanner and will be placed on the right side of the device, along with the volume rockers.

The images also reveal some equipment fitted with the device, and the details of those are unknown at the moment. The EUIPO database doesn’t reveal any other specifications of the forthcoming devices.

Everything We Know About Upcoming HMD Smartphones

HMD earlier confirmed the launch of a repairable smartphone in July. The Finnish brand also plans to debut a clamshell Barbie foldable smartphone in May.

The teasers shared by the brand confirm that HMD will equip the upcoming repairable smartphone with a 108MP primary camera. The repairable smartphone is tipped to debut under the Fusion or Legend moniker.

A couple of upcoming HMD smartphones with the codenames Legend and Legend Pro were spotted in the Geekbench database. The Geekbench database reveals that the UniSoC T606 will power the upcoming smartphones. The chipset will pair with up to 8GB of RAM and will debut with Android 14 out of the box. HMD is said to pack a polycarbonate material on the rear. The smartphone is also confirmed to require a smaller number of steps to replace a screen.