HMD Fusion revives modular smartphones with swappable "Outfits" | TechSpot

Most of HMD's efforts, like that "repairable" phone are a joke. I'm not particularly impressed with this either, but it seems that the pogo pins provide standard USB, which could enable some fun hacks.

https://assets.ctfassets.net/wcfotm6rrl7u/3KBmYBnMpossUdxFxZOC7Z/6414fafda9add20684dba2f957627eda/HMD_Fusion_Development_Toolkit_-_V1_-_February_2024.pdf

Ironic that the entry level Lumia 520 was more modular than these attempts.

This is just a series of cases.

as long as HMD doesn't allow bootloader unlocking this is DOA

They have microSD, audio jack, okay chip (Snapdragon 4 Gen 2) and RAM (4-8 GB), replaceable batteries and screens, and HMD has pledged spare parts for seven years. That's a good start, but it's a bit overpriced for its specs and currently only available in Europe, so it probably won't sell very well.