By cryptoadmin 
The Nokia Lumia 1020 is again, nicely, type of. An enterprising tech fanatic (and Redditor) has stuffed the innards of an Apple iPhone SE 3 right into a Lumia 1020 case to create one thing referred to as the “NokiApple LumiPhone 1020 SE." It is a fully-functioning smartphone that, extra importantly, seems actually superior.
It's extra than simply an iPhone SE wrapped in a Lumia case. Redditor OceanDepth95028 kicked the mission up a couple of notches by making certain that the iPhone internals work with a fingerprint reader on the again of the system. In addition they added a customized SIM card slot and made the Lightning port appear to be a micro-USB port, as initially reported by 9to5Mac.
Modder matches a 2022 iPhone right into a 2013 Lumia 1020 physique. Every part contained in the system is from the 2022 iPhone SE 3, the final iPhone with rounded edges and a bodily residence button. "The one side from the 1020 is the outer shell and show glass." https://t.co/jdMcf7LjCK pic.twitter.com/9FfPixbmsz
— Antonio Vieira Santos (@AkwyZ) February 17, 2025
Not solely does this cellphone perform, it even helps 5G. It additionally receives OTA updates, which is smart contemplating that it’s, basically, a working iPhone SE 3. The maker needed to transfer some buttons round to get every thing to suit and so they took liberties with the digicam button, which might now act as a quantity key swap or a shutter button.
The iPhone SE 3 makes use of the A15 Bionic chip, so this frankenphone is able to working trendy apps. The gadget’s designer says, regardless of being a one-off mission, this system might be used as an on a regular basis smartphone. The one caveats? The Redditor couldn’t get Apple Pay or wi-fi charging to work. However nonetheless, take a look at this factor! It’s very fairly, because of the design of the unique Lumia 1020.
in any case these years, the nokia lumia 1020 stays one of the crucial superbly designed telephones ever pic.twitter.com/mez6eXFDbM
— keshav (@keshavchan) January 27, 2025
For the uninitiated, the Nokia Lumia 1020 got here out within the latter half of 2013. It was one of many extra in style telephones that ran the now-defunct Home windows Cellphone OS, because of its signature look and the improbable digicam system. The iPhone SE is Apple’s funds smartphone and, lo and behold, a brand new entry is reportedly headed our means within the close to future.
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cell/smartphones/someone-squeezed-an-iphone-se-3-into-a-nokia-lumia-1020-and-it-looks-amazing-162705983.html?src=rss