{"id":199,"date":"2025-03-07T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/?p=199"},"modified":"2025-03-04T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:07:50","slug":"hmd-pulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/hmd-pulse\/","title":{"rendered":"HMD Pulse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hmdpulse-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" style=\"width:314px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hmdpulse-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hmdpulse-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hmdpulse-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hmdpulse.png 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credits hmd.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is perhaps the most basic device relative to the year purchased, and it is a stark contrast to the Oppo Find x8 Pro that came before it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a tool to reset my expectations and a realization of my actual requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out I don&#8217;t need a \u00a32000 flagship, what a surprise! What I need from a phone is fairly simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A device that is comfortable to hold and pocketable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NFC for contactless payments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Android operating system for flexibility, RCS chats and Quick share.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A reasonable camera for photo taking when I don&#8217;t have my DSLR handy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality video camera, the DSLR is unable to take video.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long battery life. I am at the point now where I don&#8217;t even want to see the battery percentage. It just needs to last the full day and go on charge overnight. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This phone manages all but the last 2 points. The camera is not up to the task. However in every other area it performs admirably. It&#8217;s never slow to the point of being annoying, it&#8217;s very stable in that apps do not crash and it doesn&#8217;t need rebooting, the screen is decent and it&#8217;s never not lasted a full day on a single charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the \u00a360 I paid for it this phone is hard to fault. I have written a full review of the phone <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/hmd-pulse-its-not-the-phone-its-you\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.sm1th.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/hmd-pulse-its-not-the-phone-its-you\/\">here<\/a>, but this post isn&#8217;t a review it&#8217;s more how the phone has fit into my life. Will it be my daily driver for the long term? Probably not. With a young son I regularly want to capture quick photos and videos and this phone really isn&#8217;t up to that. In anything less than optimal lighting this produces very noisy and blurry results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way I&#8217;m choosing to think about this is in 10 years time will I be happy with the 2025 version of me choosing to use this phone, and take pretty poor photos\/videos? I&#8217;m going to guess I won&#8217;t. I am fortunate enough to have disposable income, and making a conscious choice now to make a purchase for a long term handy camera that&#8217;s always in my pocket might be a good call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is perhaps the most basic device relative to the year purchased, and it is a stark contrast to the Oppo Find x8 Pro that came before it. It has been a tool to reset my expectations and a realization of my actual requirements. 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