While Windows Phone is now a mere footnote in the grand history of smartphones, one of the most iconic things of that era is the Nokia Lumia smartphones with their iconic bright color shells and distinct looks, so one Hackintosh enthusiast has decided to make the best out of it – by transplanting iOS into it (sort of).
The “Apple” Lumia 1020
Some quick rundown on the original smartphone: the Nokia Lumia 1020 is one of the few devices that ran Windows Phone operating system, and aside from that bright color looks, it also featured a huge 41-megapixel camera – in 2013. That’s the era where most smartphones barely pack 12 megapixels in a camera, so Nokia’s camera prowess at the time was certainly making this a pretty capable device all things considered.
One such enthusiast in the r/hackintosh subreddit has posted their work showing the Lumia running iOS on the screen, and when we say it’s a transplant, we mean it. All of the iPhone SE 3’s internals – motherboard, cameras, display panels, Lightning port, SIM tray, 5G antennas, speakers, and even Taptic Engine – all gets shoved into the Lumia’s shell and made them all fit. The user even found a way to integrate the camera shutter button into the iPhone guts through a workaround – take that, iPhone 16!
Of course, there are some sacrifices: wireless charging doesn’t work, same goes to Apple Pay (which relies on NFC); and on the Lumia’s side, the standout 41MP sensor is not compatible with the iPhone, while the headphone jack in the original unit is now non-functional, as Apple has long abandoned this connector many years ago. For what it’s worth, it runs the iOS 18.3.1 just like a normal iPhone SE 3 would, now with the added aesthetic points. Perhaps the upcoming iPhone SE 4 can try this look?
Pokdepinion: Quite insane this even worked, given the sheer difficulty in dealing with smartphone components.
