I cant believe i forgot to include how PHONE CALLS are 😁 zero issues during my use with phonecalls. My biggest gripe in everyday use is those "cheap" feeling haptics and vibration, almost makes me want to turn it off completely and strenght of it can not be adjusted at the time of this comment. Also auto brightness always seems to adjust brighntess too low indoor atleast
There was an update for the Skyline that began rolling out on 21st August which introduced 4K recording for the selfie camera, and you can now shoot in 4K 30fps with stabilisation across all of the rear cameras.
Well, repairabillity is of course a lot more important if they use the ancient Gorilla Glass 3 rather than Victus (or even Victus 2) which most similarly priced phones nowadays have... in fact even much cheaper phones usually have at least GG 5 nodaways.
Android can never match the level of performance Microsoft did in it's short time, because 70% processing power of Android wasted in data collection and processing in the name of providing better services.
@@Lee1188UK From what I understand they have said that August update should fix issues and improve things but imo that should have been there at launch .. well we will see if it actually gets better or not
@KimTe63 and that's my point. You'll always find bugs in software once you start using it consistently, but something that obvious should have been found during acceptance testing.
Thank you for the review. Tell me please, does it have always on display function, that can show information and notifications constantly, not only for 10 seconds like many other phones? Thanks.
@@Nimit-im3bk Its DOOM 💪🏻💪🏻 classic from the 90s , nowadays available to pretty much all devices 😁 can't believe you didn't know the game but glad to help 😎
I liked all the photos that Skyline took. Video looked good too but once again HMD messed up the audio and it didn't sound like rain at all as it did so well on Pixel, maybe a software update can fix the audio? Anyway, I was surprised how well its cameras performed, close to a tie in my opinion. Pink colour on box and hypeting that pink all the time is weird marketing because I'm absolutely sure this is a phone prominently for male audience and I wouldn't buy a pink phone and I don't buy black phones either. On cheap Pulse phones HMD had chosen to put great looking colours but not on their most expensive phone which is just weird. And HMD should definitely make a public announcement, saying that "we're sorry, we made a mistake and we're now making things right and are now giving Skyline 3+4 years of updates also to those who already bought it". HMD Pulse models are very cheap at 90-160 Euros and they get the same 2+3 years as this 400-600 € Skyline that's almost unbelievable and it makes no sense at all. A close to flagship priced HMD phone like Skyline deserves much better and it shouldn't be killed at launch with such a terrible decision. An easy repairable phone gets just 2+3 years of updates is almost an insult to the whole idea of keeping this phone for many years. But I do like Skyline much, it's just that like this it's kind of an unnecessarily flawed phone and sorry HMD but I don't consider buying one because of those mistakes I mentioned. Greetings by the way from Turku 🇫🇮 Finland.
In standard mode, the 4X zoom is just cropped from primary sensor. Not using telephoto. Only pro mode allows 4X zoom using telephoto. th-cam.com/users/shortsXW7WqETCmoI?si=_jau1iyWp5F0z47c
Hello! does the phone have the ability to mute the camera sound? does it have the function of waking up the screen when receiving notifications? and the ability to turn it on and off with a double tap? It's possible to swap the back button of nav bar to the right? Last question, when it turns on does it always make that sound? I think it can't be disabled unfortunately... From your video it seems that the photos and videos are not very good, I have tried several smartphones lately but none of them satisfied me on a photographic level especially Nothing phone 2a very poor to the colors and speed of the shutter Thanks
You can disable camera shutter sounds, it does have function to wake screen when getting notifications. Double tap to wake is available but no lock with double tap (also lift to wake is there). About nav bar I can't answer right now because I don't know. Photo quality seems to be hit n miss, sometimes photos are good but as a overall camera package it seems lacking despite on paper specs being decent 😥
I know lol... sry about that. didn't notice when I added music as last part of production it went over that part too. Well anyways it weirdly sounds much better in video than in person . Speakers are veeery average to even bit low quality . Loudness however is high
@@Deng1ong Good question, seems like no you can't when I tried. I didn't even think about it been used to Google pixel but shame you can't remove it ..
As usual Nokia's camera app game is not the best.. Luckily you can just opt for a 3rd party camera app. This camera is fire though. Razer had the same problem in its time as a smartphone brand. Good sensors for its time, absolute dookie software for it. I'm going to get a hold of one and put it through its paces the same I did for my Razer phone 2 that I still use to this day. I may have to customize it a bit.. I'm not seeing vapor chamber cooling and that's going to be a problem for me that I intend to rectify if it becomes an issue.
@@minukarodrigo nokia 5, nokia 5.3, nokia 3.2 and nokia 4.2. After 2 os updates all the phones were slow like unusable. Slow charging speed, call quality issues. Terrible camera which got even slower and when use gpay to scan and pay it takes forever to scan. Despite calling customer care a million times all they can do is a template response. Im using a samsung phone now and I'm really happy with this.
@@DarthAwar I know but phone does have OIS when taking just photos but and it cant for reasons I dont know use it for specifically 4k video .. thats the only mode which does not offer either OIS or EIS
@@KimTe63 if it only works in photo mode it's not really OIS, As that is a series of Springs (usually connected to the lenses but sometimes instead the sensor!) work via vibration absorbing it can not be turned off it is just EIS That's why when you touch the camera in a tear down it jiggle look at Jerryrigeverything channel, If It doesn't move the lens or sensor it had no OIS and instead just EIS (Slight Cropping and reorientation of the frame!) aka pure software tricky nothing is actually Stabilised in real time but instead corrected after the fact! It's like WDR is real Dynamic Range caught by hardware, HDR (aka fake or digital WDR!) is software calculations after the fact aka Encoding
@@DarthAwar Yea I know what OIS is and this phone does have it . It just does not have it for every camera apparently. Remember this thing has 3 rear cameras . Whatever the case is, shooting 4k video sucks with Skyline😁
It really is 😁 I mean in everyday use I couldn't even tell its slower than my pixel 8 so it has that going for it but 100% they should have put in something better for 499$ phone .. not to mention very poor speakers, haptics
@@kondzik8624 well it comes down to price but if they are same price 1000% Pixel . Its way better phone than skyline every single way . Even its more expensive i would go for Pixel everytime
@@kondzik8624 About Wifi calling i cant say , its not something i need or ever use so i have no idea about that . I think it can last through a day but its not amazing battery by any means
@@eldi03rin chip is definitely its achilles heel.. on paper it has pretty nice camera setup for 499$ but so far in practice it does not quite live up to the specs. I think 8 gen 2/3 is asking bit much but still should have something better than what it has
I cant believe i forgot to include how PHONE CALLS are 😁 zero issues during my use with phonecalls. My biggest gripe in everyday use is those "cheap" feeling haptics and vibration, almost makes me want to turn it off completely and strenght of it can not be adjusted at the time of this comment. Also auto brightness always seems to adjust brighntess too low indoor atleast
I think they should make a phone with previous lumia camera hardware plus modern software and chipset
There was an update for the Skyline that began rolling out on 21st August which introduced 4K recording for the selfie camera, and you can now shoot in 4K 30fps with stabilisation across all of the rear cameras.
My next smartphone is hmd skyline 😋
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Kyu? @@mravi3565
Mine is HMD Pulse Pro 💚
can't wait to get my hands on this beauty❤❤❤❤
Camera software is really poor. I truely understand now why hmd is not growing like nokia in the past 😢
in youtube videos the camera comparison was very decent compared to pixel and iphone?
Great idea..To be able to replace batteries yourself....I lost a phone in a battery change by the Technician ...Will buy one just for that feature...
Well, repairabillity is of course a lot more important if they use the ancient Gorilla Glass 3 rather than Victus (or even Victus 2) which most similarly priced phones nowadays have... in fact even much cheaper phones usually have at least GG 5 nodaways.
Lo raro es que la marca no haya desaparecido ya. Poca calidad y precios altos. No se puede vivir del recuerdo de Nokia.
Android can never match the level of performance Microsoft did in it's short time, because 70% processing power of Android wasted in data collection and processing in the name of providing better services.
Surely they'd have tested all of the camera functions prior to it's release?! The 4K video was awful.
@@Lee1188UK From what I understand they have said that August update should fix issues and improve things but imo that should have been there at launch .. well we will see if it actually gets better or not
@KimTe63 and that's my point. You'll always find bugs in software once you start using it consistently, but something that obvious should have been found during acceptance testing.
@@Lee1188UK I'm almost certain it was known issue before launch but they didn't want to delay it . Not so uncommon these days unfortunately 😁
Was there an ad free music player installed in it? That is something that really bothers me using android phones 😢 I am so fond of x press music ❤
Indians people are waiting HMD mobile (Nokia)
$500 for this ? 😒 not a worthy opponent
Thank you for the review. Tell me please, does it have always on display function, that can show information and notifications constantly, not only for 10 seconds like many other phones? Thanks.
What's the name of the shooter game you were playing around 03:30?
@@Nimit-im3bk Its DOOM 💪🏻💪🏻 classic from the 90s , nowadays available to pretty much all devices 😁 can't believe you didn't know the game but glad to help 😎
imagine this one comes with the nokia logo and within $200-250
thanx for review❤
How is the call quality and signal reception? Any proximity sensor issues?
Gutes Video. ❤
Love the look of the phone, but why make a phone repairable and then only support it for 3 years?
I liked all the photos that Skyline took. Video looked good too but once again HMD messed up the audio and it didn't sound like rain at all as it did so well on Pixel, maybe a software update can fix the audio? Anyway, I was surprised how well its cameras performed, close to a tie in my opinion. Pink colour on box and hypeting that pink all the time is weird marketing because I'm absolutely sure this is a phone prominently for male audience and I wouldn't buy a pink phone and I don't buy black phones either. On cheap Pulse phones HMD had chosen to put great looking colours but not on their most expensive phone which is just weird. And HMD should definitely make a public announcement, saying that "we're sorry, we made a mistake and we're now making things right and are now giving Skyline 3+4 years of updates also to those who already bought it". HMD Pulse models are very cheap at 90-160 Euros and they get the same 2+3 years as this 400-600 € Skyline that's almost unbelievable and it makes no sense at all. A close to flagship priced HMD phone like Skyline deserves much better and it shouldn't be killed at launch with such a terrible decision. An easy repairable phone gets just 2+3 years of updates is almost an insult to the whole idea of keeping this phone for many years. But I do like Skyline much, it's just that like this it's kind of an unnecessarily flawed phone and sorry HMD but I don't consider buying one because of those mistakes I mentioned. Greetings by the way from Turku 🇫🇮 Finland.
Does the HotSpot are working properly?
How is the battery life compared to Nokia XR21?
Hyvä arvostelu! Ja plussat siitä, että äijä on Kannuksesta :)
In standard mode, the 4X zoom is just cropped from primary sensor. Not using telephoto. Only pro mode allows 4X zoom using telephoto.
th-cam.com/users/shortsXW7WqETCmoI?si=_jau1iyWp5F0z47c
I wish it was unlocked so I could use alternative OS.
beautiful design.. only less appealing is camera module. it should be more elegant.
Need its own dialer with call recording feature****
I really like this phone.
NOKIA LUMIA LIKE THIS BUT I DONT LIKE STOKE ANDROID HMD MAKE HIS OWN UI LIKE COLOUR OS ❤
Does it support Dual Sim mode (eSIM + Physical SIM) + MicroSD ?
in Malaysia market only USD420
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Hello!
does the phone have the ability to mute the camera sound?
does it have the function of waking up the screen when receiving notifications? and the ability to turn it on and off with a double tap?
It's possible to swap the back button of nav bar to the right?
Last question, when it turns on does it always make that sound? I think it can't be disabled unfortunately...
From your video it seems that the photos and videos are not very good, I have tried several smartphones lately but none of them satisfied me on a photographic level especially Nothing phone 2a very poor to the colors and speed of the shutter
Thanks
You can disable camera shutter sounds, it does have function to wake screen when getting notifications. Double tap to wake is available but no lock with double tap (also lift to wake is there). About nav bar I can't answer right now because I don't know. Photo quality seems to be hit n miss, sometimes photos are good but as a overall camera package it seems lacking despite on paper specs being decent 😥
I am hoping get 2 HMD PRO AND HMD PULSE PLUS
Is this an unlocked phone?
Thank you for your report
If you're going a speaker test, please mute ALL background music.
I know lol... sry about that. didn't notice when I added music as last part of production it went over that part too. Well anyways it weirdly sounds much better in video than in person . Speakers are veeery average to even bit low quality . Loudness however is high
can you disable the google taskbar in the launcher settings? Can stand it on my homescreen
@@Deng1ong Good question, seems like no you can't when I tried. I didn't even think about it been used to Google pixel but shame you can't remove it ..
@@KimTe63 yea thats rough. I never use the searchbar at all. It being locked to the homescreen is a bummer
@@Deng1ong I have to admit neither do I 😁 it does not bother me that much tho but now I kinda wish it was removable lol..
Nice
Old buzzling vibration motor in 2024 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Zoom 20x ?
Can it run Project Renegade?😂
As usual Nokia's camera app game is not the best.. Luckily you can just opt for a 3rd party camera app. This camera is fire though.
Razer had the same problem in its time as a smartphone brand. Good sensors for its time, absolute dookie software for it.
I'm going to get a hold of one and put it through its paces the same I did for my Razer phone 2 that I still use to this day. I may have to customize it a bit.. I'm not seeing vapor chamber cooling and that's going to be a problem for me that I intend to rectify if it becomes an issue.
Short answer: no.
if it runs android its not a lumia
Disappointing HMD done horrible advertising for this phone, i didnt even notice this phone released
Don't bother this phone is going to be terrible. I used to have hmd nokia Android phones and all of them are terrible
@@நவீன்குமார்-ப5ன which issues have you faced so far? Haven't had any issues in my family's Nokias
@@minukarodrigo nokia 5, nokia 5.3, nokia 3.2 and nokia 4.2. After 2 os updates all the phones were slow like unusable. Slow charging speed, call quality issues. Terrible camera which got even slower and when use gpay to scan and pay it takes forever to scan. Despite calling customer care a million times all they can do is a template response. Im using a samsung phone now and I'm really happy with this.
We need a new OS!! android and iphone are it. Just terrible. Ill rake my old palm pre web os any day
S24 Ultra body
It's Lumia Design, years before S24 Ultra.
No OIS is a big No No!
@@DarthAwar it does have ois but still photos but 4k video is missing any kind of stabilization both EIS and OIS which is a shame
@@KimTe63 EIS is not OIS and from what I saw no OIS in film which means no OIS at all
@@DarthAwar I know but phone does have OIS when taking just photos but and it cant for reasons I dont know use it for specifically 4k video .. thats the only mode which does not offer either OIS or EIS
@@KimTe63 if it only works in photo mode it's not really OIS, As that is a series of Springs (usually connected to the lenses but sometimes instead the sensor!) work via vibration absorbing it can not be turned off it is just EIS
That's why when you touch the camera in a tear down it jiggle look at Jerryrigeverything channel, If It doesn't move the lens or sensor it had no OIS and instead just EIS (Slight Cropping and reorientation of the frame!) aka pure software tricky nothing is actually Stabilised in real time but instead corrected after the fact!
It's like WDR is real Dynamic Range caught by hardware, HDR (aka fake or digital WDR!) is software calculations after the fact aka Encoding
@@DarthAwar Yea I know what OIS is and this phone does have it . It just does not have it for every camera apparently. Remember this thing has 3 rear cameras . Whatever the case is, shooting 4k video sucks with Skyline😁
Rouded screen in a corner phone ? Feels cheap Chinese product vibe.
Iphone screen is rounded too. So, iphone feels cheap chinese product vibe.
@@นพเดช-ค9พ phone body has a corner but screen is rounded . Screen to body ration is terrible here
İt is son of Nokia Lumia 830.
Processor is trash for price
It really is 😁 I mean in everyday use I couldn't even tell its slower than my pixel 8 so it has that going for it but 100% they should have put in something better for 499$ phone .. not to mention very poor speakers, haptics
@@KimTe63so what do you think about conprison pixel 8 vs hmd skyline which one would you choose?
@@kondzik8624 well it comes down to price but if they are same price 1000% Pixel . Its way better phone than skyline every single way . Even its more expensive i would go for Pixel everytime
@@KimTe63 ok, thanks. Does Pixel 8 has wificalling and its acceptably durable?
@@kondzik8624 About Wifi calling i cant say , its not something i need or ever use so i have no idea about that . I think it can last through a day but its not amazing battery by any means
hmd will be buried in no time...
pretty disappointed..
it should be snapdragon 8gen3 or 2..and cheap price...
@@eldi03rin chip is definitely its achilles heel.. on paper it has pretty nice camera setup for 499$ but so far in practice it does not quite live up to the specs. I think 8 gen 2/3 is asking bit much but still should have something better than what it has
screen design is TERRIBLE
Worst design
Well I think design is fine but overall it just isn't worth 499$
Im from Indonesia. Where I Can Buy This Phone?
The downgrade of this beautiful phone is the chipset,, snapdragon 7s is not good in this 2024,,
doesn't look like Lumia phone
Was there an ad free music player installed in it? That is something that really bothers me using android phones 😢 I am so fond of x press music ❤