Nokia 3.1 review: cheap smartphone stands strong by Android One

Design and screen...

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A budgetsmartphone with a luxury housing, extended screen and Android One. The Nokia 3.1 costs only 150 euro, but if you get enough smartphone for the money? You read about it in this review.

Design and screen

The Nokia 3.1 is a very handy device. It lies comfortably in the hand and by the relatively long, narrow screen, it looks fine road. Thanks to the excellent resolution of 1440 by 720 pixels of hd screen, view your photos and videos in crisp, beautiful colors. Huge sharp it is not, but in this price range is full-hd is still not the norm. In addition, the extended screen is ideal for long periods of time for videos to watch, especially if you the unit is tilted.

The case looks and feels luxurious. The matte back makes the device is not as fast out of my hands slipping. Moreover, you will have less problems with grease or sweat stains that stand out on a smartphone with a shiny back.

In addition, the Nokia 3.1 is remarkably light (138 grams) and reasonably thin (8,7 mm). The camera the back is pretty high and placed in the middle. Because of this, I am almost never with my fingers for the camera. So screen so at a quick picture is not accidentally you lens, a plus.

Hardware

Under the hood we find a MediaTek 6750 chip with 2GB of RAM. The budgettoestel has a fixed low price to thank for, because the speed regularly to be desired. Heavy apps and multitasking make the device quickly, slowly, and sometimes it takes a lot of effort to have a lot of apps behind each other to open or a game to start. When you are browsing or on social media, you notice less of the slow chipset.

The Nokia 3.1 is equipped with a gyroscope, allowing you there are also augmented reality games or apps can run. In addition, it has dualsim support; useful if your work and private separated. The budgettoestel has no finger print scanner. In addition, the 3.1 a internal storage of 16GB. When this is too low for you, you can clear the memory with a micro sd card to expand up to 128GB.

Software

The Nokia 3.1 is an Android One device, which means that it is on the stockversie of Android running. This are all must-have-apps of Google are already on the device. Store photos in Google Photos, notes, and other documents in Google Keep, or do video calling with the Google Duo. Because there is no skin is added, the smartphone contains no unnecessary apps or software Nokia.



The 3.1 runs out of the box on Android Oreo 8.0. This is a recent version where you have a little more forward, may, if it is Android Pie now available. That this Nokia device runs on Android One pays especially in the regular security updates, which is three years long appear. You can also account for two years larger Android updates, although it is still unclear when the update to Android 9.0 (Pie) will appear.

Camera

The camera on the back has 13 megapixel, and in so doing, the smartphone for devices in the same price range. You have a silent hand to ensure a perfect sharp photo and also situations with less light are pretty tricky for the phone. The unit has during the day sometimes struggling to in addition, the right exposure, and you need multiple times a focus to choose the sought after picture.



Filming is done in hd resolution and also that does not look very great. Still shoot the phone fine moving images, and knock the colours are fairly. To somewhat compensate for the photo and video quality, the Nokia a auto-update option in the camera app. This is the photo already edited for the shoot, so you don’t have every photo in a filter need to paste.

Battery

The whole is supplied with power from a 2990 mAh battery, which you can easily take the day to get through. However, don’t expect amazing battery life when you power throughout the day, used extensively by to play games, edit photos, or videos to watch.

During my test period I noticed that the unit is energy-saving and trying to be where it may. So try it is the amount of apps that run in the background to reduce with notifications, and drops the battery level hardly if you use the phone for a while not used.

Alternatives

In the price segment where the Nokia 3.1, has the budgettoestel of Nokia some formidable competitors. The Motorola Moto E5 is, for example, equipped with a finger print scanner and an led flash at the selfiecamera. In addition, the Moto E5 a battery of 4000 mAh, which lasts much longer.

The specifications of the Huawei Y6 (2018) are similar to that of 3.1 and with a Face Unlock option it does not. Also from my own barn you can get for a few tens more better Nokia smartphone. The Nokia 5, 2017 is still a great device. The Nokia 5.1 that at the same time as 3.1 is released, for a few tens of extra an interesting option. Also this Nokia-devices by the use of Android One can count on an update to the Android Pie in the autumn.

Conclusion Nokia 3.1 review

Nokia makes its new offerings by Nokia 3.1 a budgettoestel to offer. The unit has reasonable hardware and a luxurious appearance. Similar to previous Nokia devices, especially the fact that the Android One is an important reason for this unit to consider. By well-organized and clean software to provide you with a fast and easy-to-use Android experience.

This distinguishes it from similar devices in this price range. Find your performance or camerakwaliteit important, then it is smart to also to other devices to watch. This is yet to make a profit for Nokia, and pushes the critical users might be a bit faster in the direction of the slightly more expensive Nokia 5.1.

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28 August 2018, 22:00 | Views: 308

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