Live Q&A with Miika Mahonen

Will the 6.2 and 7.2 be the first HMD phones where you provide detailed change logs with software updates? Or will you continue with the unhelpful "Security patch, UI enhancements and stability improvements" comments?

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Since the 6.2 and 7.2 have such great camera hardware how come you decided not to provide a xenon flash for them? This would have given users a great alternative to your already great night-mode which unfortunately requires that people at parties stay still when taking photos whereas a xenon flash would allow us to really capture the moment of them embarrassing themselves on the dance floor

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Please can you talk us through the lifecycle of development for the 6.2 and getting them to market, and how they are managed once in the market? For example, how long ago were designs and specs for these phones first produced? When did hardware development begin? When were first prototypes produced? How did the specs change along the way, which features were dropped?

Pleas can you also say how different parts of HMD are involved in this process? E.g. which departments are responsible for what?

Once the phones are being sold and have been released in all markets what happens then? Which part of HMD is responsible for ongoing support, particularly monitoring hardware failures and producing software updates?

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As you are surely aware the community have been asking for years for HMD to release a "software recovery tool" which allows customers to recover bricked devices (this does still sometimes happen with OTA updates unfortunately). The 6.2 and 7.2 will be very popular products so please can you tell us if HMD will release a recovery tool for these phones? If not, please can you explain the technical reasons why this is not possible, as so far we have not been able to work out what has prevented HMD from providing software which will surely reduce the number of warranty claims and demands on local Nokia care centres.

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The dedicated night mode is a welcome addition. At the other end of the shooting-spectrum, how come HMD have still not added a dedicated action mode to the available presets in the 6.2 and 7.2? For example, the aforementioned parties as well as sports would benefit from this preset.

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Please can you tell us what activities took place in which HMD offices around the world to bring the 6.2 and 7.2 from the drawings board to market? Who did what in London, Espoo, Dubai, Shenzhen and Taiwan?

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What involvement did ZEISS have in the development of the 7.2? What was their contribution? Did they have any involvement in the 6.2? As an imaging consultant?

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Tough question

When will you publish the environmental profiles for the 6.2 and 7.2? https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/environmental-profiles

In particular, use of restricted substances, which regulations were complied with (including California proposition 65), whether conflict minerals were used, charger energy rating and power consumption and how much of the phone's materials can be recycled?

These environmental profiles do include some social impact considerations, but they don't go far enough, so it's also important to know about the use of child labour in the mining of raw materials and fair wages and treatment in the manufacturing and assembly factories - where can I find information about how HMD ensures these?

How much consideration do you give to these factors when you are designing a phone? What compromises do you make to the design, materials and components to reduce the socio-environmental impact beyond what is necessary to meet regulations? Are you happy with the end result or do you think HMD could have done more to reduce the impact?