Leak reveals innovative feature phone with touchpad

With phones like the Nokia 110 4G ($48 on Amazon), HMD Global has been offering feature phones with a classic design for years – devices that are particularly popular as secondary phones without distracting social media apps. The leaker @smashx_60, who has frequently revealed accurate information in advance about unreleased HMD Global products over the past few years, has now published the first images of a next-generation HMD feature phone.

The device stands out not least for its heavily rounded body. The right side features a power button and a volume rocker. On the back, there is a single camera and an LED flash. Pogo pins should allow the device to be charged on a wireless charging station. The front features an almost square display, which is relatively large by feature phone standards. Below the screen is a keypad with a T9 layout.

The standout feature of this model is that this keypad can be transformed into a touchpad when needed, though the leaker is not yet certain whether HMD Global will use a flip-out or removable cover for this purpose. This touchpad should make scrolling through long texts and web pages much more comfortable, since it prevents a finger from covering the already quite small touchscreen. So far, it is not known when or at what price this feature phone will be released, and the model name has not yet been announced.