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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2024
Bought this as a replacement for my mothers old mobile after she managed to kill it in the sink!
This Nokia is great as a basic phone, it has quite a vibrant screen, the buttons have a good tactile response and the keypad illuminates in the darkness. The call quality over a 4G network is just as good as a top end smartphone as it works with networks that allow the use of HD Voice codecs.
Now the not so good parts - Firstly for a tech-phobic elderly person , you're going to have to help them set it up. The menus and set up process can be a bit tricky to start with. Similarly it takes some getting used to the format to add numbers to the phonebook or use the SIM tool kit.
The camera is, as you'd probably expect at this price point, absolutely terrible. It's good enough for an "emergency photo" of, say, an item in a shop to send to someone, but you're not going to be taking family portraits with this. Similarly, the screen - while very clear and capable for text, really isn't for viewing snaps on. There is a media player, which is very good but the video player... well... lets just say 405 line TV was double the resolution - but, it /does/ actually play videos kindof!
The battery lasts about 5-6 days here in a 4G strong signal area so ideal for my mother who forgets to charge things, and there is a headphone socket to listen to music and it has a radio built in that can play over the speaker or the headphones.
Overall a great little phone for being a phone, and perhaps a useful music player, just don't expect it to be a iPhone or Pixel! For what it does (except photos), it does it well.
This Nokia is great as a basic phone, it has quite a vibrant screen, the buttons have a good tactile response and the keypad illuminates in the darkness. The call quality over a 4G network is just as good as a top end smartphone as it works with networks that allow the use of HD Voice codecs.
Now the not so good parts - Firstly for a tech-phobic elderly person , you're going to have to help them set it up. The menus and set up process can be a bit tricky to start with. Similarly it takes some getting used to the format to add numbers to the phonebook or use the SIM tool kit.
The camera is, as you'd probably expect at this price point, absolutely terrible. It's good enough for an "emergency photo" of, say, an item in a shop to send to someone, but you're not going to be taking family portraits with this. Similarly, the screen - while very clear and capable for text, really isn't for viewing snaps on. There is a media player, which is very good but the video player... well... lets just say 405 line TV was double the resolution - but, it /does/ actually play videos kindof!
The battery lasts about 5-6 days here in a 4G strong signal area so ideal for my mother who forgets to charge things, and there is a headphone socket to listen to music and it has a radio built in that can play over the speaker or the headphones.
Overall a great little phone for being a phone, and perhaps a useful music player, just don't expect it to be a iPhone or Pixel! For what it does (except photos), it does it well.
