The HMD Crest is expected to be released globally after several months of exclusivity in India. However, when it arrives, it will have some differences from the version sold in India.
The HMD Crest was announced in July 2024 as a budget 5G smartphone for India. In December 2024, it was revealed that it would launch globally and therefore would no longer be exclusive to India. Today, new details about the global variant, including the price, have surfaced in a new leak.
According to a post by smashx_60 on First of all, it will be available in a new color: white. When it was launched in India, it was available in midnight blue, royal pink and lush lilac.
Furthermore, while the Indian variant is available with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, the global version of the HMD Crest will have 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Another difference between the two variants is new packaging for the global variant which will not include a charger in the box. The HMD Crest sold in India comes with a charger. Other than that, other features should be the same.
The HMD Crest features a 6.67-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. It is equipped with a Unisoc T760 processor UNISOC T760 5G mobile platform coming to India and a slot for microSD card to add storage space. The phone has a 50MP front camera and another 50MP camera on the back, along with a 2MP depth sensor.
The HMD Crest ships with Android 14 and we don’t expect HMD Global to ship the global version with Android 15. Nonetheless, the source says that the phone will receive 2 Android OS updates and 3 years of security updates.
-The phone comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, audio jack, and a 5,000mAh capacity battery with support for 33W fast wired charging. In India, the phone is priced at ₹14,499 (~$168/€161), but according to the leaked information, the global version of the phone will be priced at $139.99.
There’s no release date yet for the global version of the HMD Crest, but it’s probably not far away.
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