HMD appears to be gearing up for a wave of new budget smartphones. While the Pulse 2 series is reportedly in the works, a fresh leak from trusted HMD tipster HMD MEME’S points to two more devices on the horizon. Codenamed “MAHUZE” and “ACCORD,” the phones are expected to launch as the HMD Bold and HMD Crest 2, respectively.

Both are powered by a Unisoc chipset

Let’s start with the more powerful of the two. The HMD Crest 2 (or ACCORD internally) will be powered by the Unisoc T8300 5G chipset. That’s an octa-core processor built on TSMC’s 6nm process, featuring a 2+6 core setup. 

The prime is two Cortex-A78 performance cores clocked at 2.2GHz, while the SoC has six Cortex-A55 efficiency cores running at 2.0GHz for efficiency. 

In performance tests, the HMD Crest 2 scored 743 on Geekbench’s single-core benchmark and 2285 in multi-core, decent numbers for a budget 5G phone. It’s expected to come with 4GB, 6GB, or even 8GB of RAM, depending on the configuration.

On the other side is the HMD Bold. It is rumored to be powered by Unisoc T7250, an entry-level chipset that still brings respectable specs. It features two Cortex-A75 cores at 1.8GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores at 1.6GHz, manufactured on TSMC’s 12nm FinFET process. The Bold is expected to come in 4GB and 6GB RAM variants.

There is no official word yet on the release date or pricing, but if the leak from HMD MEME’S is anything to go by, these phones could land soon. We will keep you in the loop if we get any new details about them.

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