HMD could resurrect the classic Nokia Lumia 1020 – but it’s likely to be more tribute than trailblazer
A leaked silhouette suggests the Nokia manufacturer is revisiting the photo-focused Lumia 1020
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Nokia manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD) may be revisiting the classicLumia 1020design for its first quad-camera smartphone, if images shared byGSMArenaare anything to go by.
The reportedly leaked images show a slab phone outline with a circular camera island featuring four cutouts, which suggests the image could illustrate HMD’s first quad-camera phone.
The design is evocative of the Nokia Lumia 1020, considered one of the best camera phones of its time when it launched in 2013.
The Lumia 1020 made its mark by shipping with a single 41-megapixel rear camera at a time where phone cameras still lagged significantly behind dedicated point-and-shoot cameras, which gave both Nokia and the now-defunct Windows Phoneoperating systema welcome profile boost.
For comparison, the contemporaneousiPhone 5sandiPhone 5cwere both equipped with an 8MP rear camera, while theSamsung Galaxy S4managed 13MP.
HMD will have its work cut out if it wants to outdo current phones to the same degree. TheSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultrasports a 200MP wide lens alongside four other specialist lenses, and we predict that theiPhone 16series will all come with 48MP main shooters.
HMD itself packs a 108MP main sensor into theSkyline, its flagship phone, which would be hard to best while sticking to the company’s low prices.
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It’s for this reason we tentatively think a new Lumia 1020-style HMD phone will be more of a tribute than a true successor, adopting design cues from the original without quite the same technical ambition.
A leaked outline doesn’t give us enough information to make any solid predictions, though, so HMD may yet surprise us if this design makes it to market.
The phone is also likely to carry a new name more inline with HMD’s current repertoire, as the leaked silhouette features the HMD logo rather than that of the Nokia sub-brand.
HMD was formed in 2016 when Nokia repurchased its mobile phone business fromMicrosoft, following the sale of said business in 2014.
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Jamie is a Mobile Computing Staff Writer for TechRadar, responsible for covering phones and tablets. He’s been tech-obsessed from a young age and has written for various news and culture publications. Jamie graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. Since starting out as a music blogger in 2020, he’s worked on local news stories, finance trade magazines, and multimedia political features. He brings a love for digital journalism and consumer technology to TechRadar. Outside of the TechRadar office, Jamie can be found binge-watching tech reviews, DJing in local venues around London, or challenging friends to a game of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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