After months of teasers, HMD has finally announced its Barbie-themed flip phone. The device is more or less a gamified version of the Nokia 2660 Flip, but it does come with a few software tweaks, as well as a major styling makeover.
As you might expect from a collaboration, pink plays a big role. The phone comes with a pink, removable 1450mAh battery, a pink USB-C cable, a color-matched polishing cloth, and a few extra accessories. These include two interchangeable back covers, a beaded phone strap, clip-on phone charms, and Barbie stickers.
The HMD Barbie Phone has a 2.8-inch main screen and a 1.77-inch external screen. It is equipped with a Unisoc T107 chipset with 64MB of RAM and 128MB of storage, which is expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card slot. It has a single VGA camera (0.3MP), Bluetooth 5 connectivity, a headphone jack, and a USB-C port for charging and data transfer.
The software side of things is covered by the S30+ operating system in most markets, although the US version will run on KaiOS. HMD has expanded the phone’s user interface personalization with custom Barbie icons, wallpapers, and ringtones. The Barbie phone also gets a digital wellness tip, a Barbie Meditation app, and self-care reminders.
The price of the HMD Barbie phone is 129$/129€/99£ and is now available for sale in most countries around the world, with the US version set to go on sale in October.
