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Nokia 3

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Last Updated PriceRs 16,400

Highlights

Nokia may have taken a big-hit almost a decade ago when it went from hero to zero in a matter of years but the company’s releases at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona duly suggests that those struggles will now bear fruit. The Nokia 3 is one of the 4 different smartphones announced at the conference and this particular device sits in the budget to mid-ranged price bracket.

All aluminum exterior

The Nokia 3 is similar to its more expensive counterpart, the Nokia 5, in terms of build materials as they both feature aluminum unibodies with a metal frame separating the front and back panels. However, this smartphone features three capacitive buttons atop the front bottom bezel unlike the Nokia 5. Its 8.5mm width further adds to its negatives and we wouldn’t had spared this much thickness even if the smartphone was dust or waterproof.

Nothing special about the display

That’s because we’re talking about a 5.0 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 294ppi pixel density but with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. Equating to a 720p resolution, the Nokia 3 complies with the norms of modern day smartphones but it’s all we’ve seen many times before. That being said, we’re not taking anything away from its satisfactory performance.

A tale of twin cameras

The reason we’ve referred to the Nokia 3’s cameras as “twin cameras” is not because the smartphone has a dual-lens primary setup. Rather the device’s primary and secondary cameras both contain 8 megapixels worth of power which is great for the selfie camera at-least. Other than the megapixels, you also get geo-tagging, touch-focus and an LED flash with the primary sensor as well.

Pretty much budget-level hardware

The smartphone is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor with 2 gigs of RAM. Not a 100% lag-free, the built-in Android Nougat would still do well with this much processing power. 16GB internal storage and an external card slot are mainstay features while a front-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 2650 mAh non-removable battery and 4 different color schemes bring the curtain down on this budget release from Nokia.

Nokia 3 pros:
  • The build quality is excellent; not many budget smartphones can boast of this
  • 8 megapixel selfie sensor is surely a huge plus
  • Fortunately, Nokia didn’t ditch the fingerprint scanner
  • Not many budget smartphones contain Corning Gorilla Glass display protection
Nokia 3 cons:
  • Really thick at 8.5mm
  • Could’ve done better with its display resolution
  • The primary camera is pretty plain with little to no features

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Specifications

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    5.0 inchesDisplay
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    2 GB RAMRAM
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    2630 mAhBattery
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    8 MPBack Camera
General Features
Release Date2017, February
SIM SupportSingle SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Phone Dimensions5.65 x 2.81 x 0.33 in
Phone Weight140 g
Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Display
Screen Size5.0 inches
Screen Resolution720 x 1280 pixels
Screen TypeIPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
Memory
Internal Memory16 GB
RAM2 GB RAM
Card SlotmicroSD, up to 256 GB
Performance
ProcessorQuad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPUMali-T720MP1
Battery
TypeNon-removable Li-Ion 2630 mAh battery
Camera
Front Camera8 MP
Front Flash Lightnull
Front Video Recording720p
Back Flash LightYes
Back Camera8 MP
Back Video Recording720p@30fps
Connectivity
BluetoothYes
3GYes
4G/LTEYes
RadioFM radio with RDS
WiFiYes
NFCYes