HMD is once again making its Barbie-branded flip phone available for purchase. The company announced today that the HMD Barbie Phone has been restocked after its initial rollout last year and a launch in India last month.
HMD Barbie Phone Overview
Like before, it’s still the same flip phone wrapped in hot pink plastic and Barbie iconography. Not much has changed. The device sticks to the basics, designed more as a style statement or a nostalgia piece than anything approaching modern smartphone functionality.
The Barbie Phone runs on the S30+ operating system, which is more in line with early 2000s feature phones than anything seen in the current Android landscape. It has two displays: a 2.8-inch QVGA inner screen and a 1.77-inch QQVGA outer display that also doubles as a mirror.
Internally, it’s powered by a Unisoc T107 chipset, 64MB of RAM, and 128MB of internal storage. The latter can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card.
The device supports Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, along with a USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. There’s an FM radio that works both with and without headphones, and a built-in MP3 player rounds out the entertainment options.
For taking photos, there’s a 0.3-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash. It likely won’t do much beyond capturing extremely low-res memories.
The 1,450mAh removable battery keeps the phone running through its limited list of features. On paper, the battery size sounds teeny tiny, but with minimal hardware, it should be enough to last a few days on standby.
Availability
The phone ships with a few themed accessories, including Barbie-branded back covers, stickers, and a beaded lanyard. And there’s only one color option, Power Pink.
The HMD Barbie Phone is available now from the official site for Rs 7,999 in India and $129 in the US.
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