HMD is back with another couple of phones, both of which cost less than $130. Targeting the budget market, the HMD Key is billed as an all-day phone without the cost, while the HMD 110 adds an extra option for the digital detox crowd.
At $129, the HMD Key is one of the cheaper entry-level smartphones in Australia. I typically don’t use the moniker “smartphone” because nearly every modern phone is smart, but the delineation is necessary here when it sits alongside the HMD 110.
Priced in Australia at an even cheaper $79, the HMD 110 is a “feature” phone, the label given to handsets that deliberately don’t support most apps, like social media platforms. It’s a funny label, considering that feature phones actually have fewer features, which is entirely by design.
Going back to the HMD Key for a moment, its specs include a 6.52-inch display with a 576 x 1280 resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. That’s pretty standard for an entry-level phone, so don’t expect high-res AMOLED brilliance here.
It also has an 8MP main rear camera, with a 5MP selfie camera on the front. On the inside, there’s 32GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM, with the option of a further 2GB via virtual memory. HMD advertises the phone as lasting up to 47 hours on a single charge.
The HMD Key ships with Android 14 Go Edition, with two years of quarterly security updates. There’s no word on further OS updates, so it seems what you see is what you get.
As for the HMD 110, its petite 2.4-inch screen comes with an old-school numerical keypad. Time to brush up on your SMS slang.
Both phones are out now in Australia and would pair nicely with a cheap SIM plan.
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