HMD wants you to look at the Vibe 2 5G and see an AI phone. At Rs 10,999, it is the first handset in India to ship with Indus by Sarvam AI baked in at the system level, and that is the line on every banner. Spend a week with it, though, and the assistant fades into the background while something far less glamorous does the real work - a 6,000mAh battery that refuses to die, and a 120Hz screen that has no business looking this fluid at the price. The marquee name sits above the title. The battery is the actor who actually carries the picture.

HMD wants you to look at the Vibe 2 5G and see an AI phone. At Rs 10,999, it is the first handset in India to ship with Indus by Sarvam AI baked in at the system level, and that…

HMD (Human Mobile Devices) on Thursday launched HMD Vibe2 5G smartphone in India under the sub-₹10K category. The phone is IP64-rated for water and dust resistance