HMD Embraces Fabula Design after all?
With the recent leak of HMD feature phones, the idea of Nokia pulling its logo from the phone industry is becoming more and more a reality. The leaks of HMD devices that share a bit of the long-forgotten Fabula design suggest that the HMD logo wasn’t intended there in the first place. However, since phones are usually developed over about a year, HMD might have used the design and gone with their own devices instead.
Now, we are still waiting for that Fabula design-inspired device, and the HMD Tomcat or Nighthawk might just be the one. There have been some leaks of renders and hardware specs on Twitter—sorry, X—from an account named HMD Meme’s that look pretty real. I cannot confirm whether the source is reliable, but the renders do resemble those mockups we saw before HMD’s MWC2024 announcement.
The same account leaked some info about the HMD Rocky, Tomcat, and Nighthawk, which seem plausible but were known before. Here are those three devices’ supposed specs and shots, so you can take it from there.
Let’s start with the affordable HMD Rocky
- LCD 6.5″ HD+, 60Hz typ
- 13MP AF + QVGA / 5MP Selfie
- Unisoc SC9863A 1.6GHz
- 4/64GB, 4/128GB – Android 13
- 5,000mAh + 10W, USB-C 2.0
- IP52, Back Fingerprint, 3.5mm jack etc.
- HMD TA-1631, TA-1635, TA-1637
If the source is right, this is HMD Tomcat.
- Amoled FHD+ 120Hz, PureDisplay HDR10+
- SD7sGen2 SoC 4nm.
- 108MP OIS + UW + Depth / 32MP
- 8GB, 12GB/256GB Storage
- Android 14 OS
- 4,900mAh + 33W
- IP67, BT5.2, NFC, FPS on Display, Dual Speakers, OZO Playback, PureView, 3.5mm jack etc.
- Coming in JULY
Apparently, the HMD Arrow shares the Fabula-like design with the HMD Tomcat, but both will have completely different specs. Now, I don’t know whether the Nighthawk and Tomcat will be some variants and share anything in common, or if those two will come with completely different designs and specs. Maybe the Nighthawk could turn out to be the HMD Arrow. I’m just guessing, so don’t take this seriously. Time will tell.
One of these two will probably be the first Project Fusion device, and judging by the source’s renders, the Tomcat definitely isn’t the one since I can’t see connectors for the smart outfits. However, it is coming in July, so hold on for a few more weeks.
