HMD Skyline Review | Lumia reborn as Android

This is my review of recently released HMD Skyline smartphone

Things i didnt mention in the video, im gonna say here
First of all bit on the speakers, now in the video it does not translate fully compared to live listening and in my opinion , speakers here are loud but thats about only good thing about them, otherwise they sound very average

Automatic brightness keeps phone always too dim and only when there is sunlight it really ramps up, otherwise i feel like its always too low even when there is decent amount of light. Something very fixable with software update tho

Haptics & Vibration does not feel very good, it feels too strong and lacks fine feel that good haptics have . Also vibration is very loud, you can hear vibration of message for example across the room.. now positive thing is you definetly feel it but its bit loud to my liking

This one i actually forgot to add in video WHOOPS, Sunlight visibility of the screen? Actually even in very sunny environment you can easily make out everything on screen buuut it does not compete with top of the line phones here ( 1000nit advertised peak brightness )

Batterylife so far for me have been good, ofcourse depends how i use the device but ive been getting around 6-7h SOT in normal day to day use.

Overall i do like the Skyline but just cant help but to think 499$ / € starting price is bit too high for what you get. 399 would ideal starting price for my money. I would really like to compare this to Nord 4 and other similar priced devices if i get the opportunity

One thing I really appreciate is MicroSD support here , paired with good fast MSD card you can have plenty extra space for photos and video for cheap! I already had Samsung 512gb card so happy days

Stay tuned for in depth camera shootout VS Pixel 8 in the coming days

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00:00 Cool intro
00:31 Talk about build, OS
02:47 Benchmark numbers and gaming
04:30 Speakers, haptics, vibration
06:07 Main camera samples
08:22 Ultrawide camera
09:55 Low Light (only few)
10:49 Telephoto samples
11:59 Selfie camera
12:19 4K video sample
13:14 1080P Video w/stabilization
13:50 "Ultra Steady" Video 1080P
14:21 Worth 499$? Conclusion