We’ve recognized for some time now that HMD is engaged on a Barbie-branded telephone. It appears that evidently the unique timeline needed to be pushed again by a month, however now it’s official – the Barbie telephone is approaching August 28.
Again in February, the corporate teased a new line-up with a number of telephones scheduled for July, together with a sure pink telephone. The Skyline and Crest fashions did arrive this month (assuming that was the unique plan for them), whereas Barbie is working fashionably late.
A peek on the Barbie telephone from HMD x Mattel
We don’t know a lot concerning the Barbie telephone – it will likely be a flip telephone, which suggests that it’s going to run both S30+ or KaiOS. This tracks with what HMD has been saying about it, positioning it as a “digital detox” telephone that gained’t allow you to doomscroll social media.
After all, the corporate is engaged on a Detox Mode for the Skyline as properly, so that’s considered one of its calling playing cards. That mentioned, Android-powered flip telephones (the non-folding type) are exceedingly uncommon, so we count on one thing just like the Nokia 2780 Flip, for instance.
The picture of the telephone shared on X reveals that the Barbie telephone may be very, very pink – a shade that’s turning into one thing of a signature for HMD after the Neon Pink Skyline drew in a lot consideration.
