HMD Crest specifications, advantages and disadvantages
HMD Crest specifications
The HMD Crest smartphone was announced in July 2024 with a price tag of $180 (Rs 14,999 in India) approximately. The display is the first thing you see on a smartphone, which is why the company has equipped the smartphone with a 6.67-inch OLED display with Full HD+ resolution. Additionally, you will also receive a dust- and splash-resistant coating on the device. The smartphone is powered by the 6nm Unisoc T760 chipset with Mali-G57 GPU. The device runs on Android 14 operating system and is available in Midnight Blue color variants. As for the RAM, the phone is available in 6GB of RAM, along with 128GB of internal storage with a microSDXC card slot.
The HMD Crest budget 5G smartphone sports a dual rear camera system with a 50MP primary sensor and a 2MP secondary depth camera. The selfie camera has a 50MP sensor, which can take better selfies with great quality. As for video recording, the phone can only record a maximum of 1080P videos at 30FPS from the rear camera. Apart from this, the HMD Crest arrives with a 5000mAh battery setup that will support 33W fast charging.
| Specifications | HMD Shield |
| Grid | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G |
| Announced | July 2024 |
| SIM card | Dual SIM |
| Dimensions | 163.9 x 76.4 x XX mm |
| Weight | 205 grams |
| Size | 6.67 inches |
| Show | OLED display Ratio 20:9 Density of ~395 PPI |
| Protection/Others | Able to repair it yourself Dust and splash resistant. |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| OS | Android 14 |
| Chipset | 6nm – Unisoc T760 |
| CPU | Eight cores 1x 2.2GHz Cortex-A76 processor 3x Cortex-A76 4x Cortex-A55 |
| GPU | Mali-G57 |
| Card slot | microSDXC |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Internal | 128 GB |
| Camera | 50 MP (wide angle), AF 2 MP (depth) LED flash, HDR Max: 1080p@30fps |
| Selfie | 50 megapixels |
| Loudspeaker | Yeah |
| 3.5mm connector | Yeah |
| Wireless network (WLAN) | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, ED |
| GPS | GPS, Galileo |
| NFC | No |
| Infrared port | No |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type C |
| Sensors | Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity and compass. |
| Battery | 5000 mAh 33W with cable |
| Colors | Midnight Blue |
| Expected price | $180 (Rs. 14,999 in India) approximately |
Pros and cons of HMD Crest
Based on the above specifications, you can see the List of pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages) of the HMD Crest smartphone.
Advantages
- Huge 5000mAh battery life with 33W fast charging support.
- There is support for audio jack.
- It comes with support for Android 14 operating system.
- A side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
- It comes with an OLED display.
- Budget 5G smartphone.
- It comes dust and splash resistant.
Cons
- Gorilla glass protection is missing.
- There is no support for custom UI.
- There is no support for 4K video recording.
- Without gyro-EIS support for video recording.
- Default nits brightness or refresh rate.
- No NFC support.
- Does not support reverse or wireless charging.
