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HMD Teams up with Xplora for Kids' Devices

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Friday, 11:27 AM by Rich Brome @richbrome

HMD has "formed a strategic partnership with Xplora, a leading provider of smartwatches for children." The partnership coincides with HMD's growing interest in the devices-for-kids category. HMD recently launched the Barbie Phone. HMD also recently launched The Better Phone Project, a global survey of 10,000 parents with the aim of better understanding needs in the kids category. HMD says it is "in the process of designing a suite of new solutions which serve as viable alternatives to smartphones, including a new type of phone, which are better suited to the needs of children and teens."

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