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$48 4G hotspot that doubles as a 'smartphone' with a 3.2-inch display(techradar.com)
10 points by ammojamo 17 hours ago | 4 comments
  • WarOnPrivacy16 hours ago

    It's like being rickrolled. An article chats up a device as an awesome buy but has no links to buy one (even tho they're an affiliate publisher). Ditto for the article they linked to.

    Anyway, GSMArena device specs: https://www.gsmarena.com/hmd_touch_4g-14208.php

    Reddit hands on: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1o69beb/the_hmd...

    AmazonIndia: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0FSKWJX31 ₹3,999 or fully impossible to buy in the US for $45.13

    You can also not buy it from the manufacturer because it's out of stock. https://www.hmd.com/en_in/hmd-touch-4g

    But if it was in stock, you need to "Enter PIN code to check availability" before you can buy anything. ex:https://www.hmd.com/en_in/hmd-150-music

    No one is saying where you get a pin.

    • samarthr19 hours ago |parent

      Looking at the locale in the url, I would suspect that is an Indian pincode (not unlike a us zip code). Try 560103 for bellanduru in Bangalore.

  • Adam202516 hours ago

    HMD’s $48 4G hotspot-smartphone hybrid is an interesting step toward minimal, travel-friendly devices. Curious how its battery life and software experience perform in daily use.

  • naIak11 hours ago

    4G in 2025?