HMD Skyline

The HMD Skyline has a standard candybar form factor — it does not fold and is not built to rugged standards. It measures 159.8 mm tall, 75.656 mm wide, and 8.9 mm thick, with a total volume of approximately 107.6 cm³ and a weight of 209.5 g. The device carries an IP54 rating, meaning it offers protection against dust ingress and water splashing from any direction. One of its more distinctive design traits is a perfect French Repairability Index score of 10, reflecting that the device has been assessed as highly repairable under the French regulatory framework.

The HMD Skyline features a 6.55″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 px and a pixel density of 402 ppi. Its 144Hz refresh rate allows for smooth on-screen motion, and the panel supports HDR10 and an Always-On Display mode, though HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are not supported. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 3, and there is no secondary display. The device does not have a second screen.

The HMD Skyline is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, a 4nm chipset featuring an octa-core CPU arranged in a big.LITTLE configuration with four cores running at 2.4 GHz and four at 1.95 GHz, supported by Heterogeneous Multi-Processing and 8 threads in total. The SoC includes integrated LTE, TrustZone security, and an Adreno 710 GPU clocked at 940 MHz with support for DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2. The device ships with 12GB of DDR5 RAM running at 3200 MHz across two memory channels, with a maximum supported memory amount of 16GB and a peak bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s, alongside 256GB of internal storage. The chipset has a thermal design power of 5W and a turbo clock speed of 2.4 GHz. In benchmarks, the device scores 1015 in Geekbench 6 single-core and 2970 multi-core, 9492 in PCMark Work 3.0 performance with a battery endurance result of 816 minutes, and 254 in 3DMark Steel Nomad.

The HMD Skyline has a triple-lens rear camera system with sensors at 108MP, 50MP, and 13MP, backed by a CMOS sensor, optical image stabilization, and 2x optical zoom. Autofocus options include phase-detection and touch autofocus for photos as well as continuous autofocus during video recording, though laser autofocus is not available. The rear camera supports 4K video recording at 30 fps, slow-motion capture, timelapse, HDR mode, burst mode, and in-camera panoramas, while RAW shooting and manual controls for exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance are also on hand — manual shutter speed, however, is not supported. Video recording does not include HDR10 or Dolby Vision output, and 3D capture is absent as well. A single LED flash is fitted at the rear with no dual-tone or RGB configuration, and there is no front-facing flash. The 50MP front camera is a single-lens unit positioned above the display rather than beneath it, and it does not have its own flash.

The HMD Skyline runs Android 14, a free and open-source operating system that supports multiple user accounts and includes on-device machine learning alongside offline voice recognition and voice commands. On the privacy side, the OS offers clipboard warnings, location privacy controls, and camera and microphone access management, along with the ability to block app tracking — though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are not present. Customization options include dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, and customizable notifications, while focus modes and app offloading are not available. The system also supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, Live Text, sharing intents, a child lock, battery health check, and an extra dim mode. Games can be played while downloading, and phone tracking is supported, but Wi-Fi password sharing, Quick Start, and the ability to use the device as a PC are not included. OS updates are not delivered directly from the vendor.

The HMD Skyline houses a 4600 mAh removable rechargeable battery with a battery level indicator, and a charger is included in the box. Wired fast charging is supported at 33W, while wireless charging runs at 15W. The device also supports reverse wireless charging at 5W, allowing it to share power with other compatible devices.

The HMD Skyline features stereo speakers and supports both aptX and aptX HD for higher-quality Bluetooth audio transmission, though aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are not available. The device does not include a 3.5mm headphone jack, and there is no built-in radio.

The HMD Skyline supports 5G connectivity and comes with a cellular module, accommodating one physical SIM alongside one eSIM. Wi-Fi coverage spans Wi-Fi 4, 5, 6, and 6E, and the device reaches theoretical download speeds of 2900 Mbit/s and upload speeds of 1500 Mbit/s. Bluetooth 5.2 and NFC are both present, and the handset connects via USB Type-C with USB 2.0. An external memory slot is available for storage expansion. On the sensor side, the device includes a fingerprint scanner, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, barometer, GPS, and Galileo satellite navigation support. Features such as crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, ANT+, a heart rate monitor, infrared sensor, DLNA certification, 3D facial recognition, iris scanner, HDMI output, motion tracking, optical tracking, and a built-in projector are all absent. No stylus is included in the box.

The HMD Skyline includes a video light for use during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, and the device uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper screen.