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The Nokia 5.1 Plus has a 5.8-inch IPS display with a rather unusual 19:9 aspect ratio. The display is powered by 3 GB RAM and a MediaTek MT6771 SoC, the latter of which integrates an ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. The SoC is also known as the MediaTek Helio P60. Nokia has equipped the 5.1 Plus with a meagre 3,060 mAh battery too, although this is on par with the battery capacities of many comparable smartphones. There is also 32 GB of internal storage, which can be expanded with a microSD card should you need more space. Moreover, the 5.1 Plus has a 5 MP front-facing camera and dual rear-facing sensors. All these components should combine to provide the 5.1 Plus with a small performance boost over its sibling, the Nokia 6.1.

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We have seen the Helio P60 before in the Umidigi Z2 Pro, which we covered a few months ago. It will be interesting to see how well the 5.1 Plus fares against the Z2 Pro, particularly as the latter has 3 GB more RAM. Moreover, the 5.1 Plus runs stock Android 8.1 Oreo and is not bogged down by bloatware. Hence, the device should have snappier system performance compared to devices that run more resource-intensive customised versions of Android.

We have chosen to compare the 5.1 Plus against the Nokia 6.1 (Nokia 6 2018), which has a higher resolution display. Additionally, we shall be comparing our test device against the BQ Aquaris X2, the Honor 8X, the Motorola Moto G6, the Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus and the Umidigi Z2 Pro.

We will not include the Nokia 5.1 among our comparison devices though, despite its name suggesting that it may share plenty of attributes with the 5.1 Plus. The latter is considerably more powerful than the former, although the Nokia 5.1 has a higher-resolution display than its namesake. In short, we would not consider comparing the two devices against each other but for their similar names.

The 5.1 Plus looks and feels more expensive than it is. HMD Global has designed the device with a metal frame and a glass back in the style of current flagship devices. Conversely, the Nokia 6.1 has an aluminium back that is tougher than glass and is less of a fingerprint magnet too. The 5.1 Plus also has a notched display that reminds us of the design of the Nokia 7.1, which we reviewed a few months ago. By contrast, the trend towards higher screen-to-body ratios appeared to pass the Nokia 5.1 and the Nokia 6 (2018) by. Moreover, the rear-facing camera housing protrudes slightly from the back of the device, which means that our test device cannot lie flat on a table.

Our test device is well-made considering its price. Gaps between materials are even and narrow, while the card slot also sits flush with the frame. Additionally, the hardware buttons have clear pressure points and feel sturdy when pressed. Moreover, our attempts to twist the 5.1 Plus were in vain as it would not even emit a sound regardless of how hard we tried to bend it.

The 5.1 Plus is sealed shut, which means that the battery is not user-replaceable. The device is also dual-SIM, although it only has a hybrid card slot, so you can either use two nano-SIMs or a single SIM and a microSD card.

The front of the device is covered with Gorilla Glass for added impact and scratch-protection. The 5.1 Plus has a smaller footprint than all our comparison devices, although the Nokia 6 (2018) is marginally shorter than our test device. Additionally, the combination of metal and glass helps the 5.1 Plus weigh only 162 g, which makes it lighter than all our comparison devices.

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Connectivity

HMD Global has equipped the 5.1 Plus with a USB Type-C port, which is not always a given with devices in this price range. Please keep in mind that the Type-C operates at USB 2.0, rather than the faster USB 3.0 or 3.1 standards.

The device also supports up to 256-GB microSD cards, according to HMD Global, which corresponds with the SDXC standard. Theoretically, larger microSD cards should work too, but the device does not support exFAT, which limits file sizes to 4 GB. Furthermore, our test device cannot format microSD cards as internal storage, so apps can only be installed on the 32 GB of internal storage.

The 5.1 Plus also supports modern Wi-Fi standards up to 802.11 ac and Bluetooth 4.2.

HMD Global has equipped the device with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, which puts the 5.1 Plus on par with its competitors. The distribution of ports is unsurprising too. The headphone jack is on the top of the device with the USB port on the underside, while the volume rocker sits above the power button on the right-hand side of the frame. HMD Global has placed the fingerprint sensor on the back of the device. The 5.1 Plus also integrates an FM receiver.

The device scores points for what is under the hood too. The 5.1 Plus is powered by a MediaTek Helio P60 SoC, which integrates an ARM Mali-G72 MP3-GPU. The comparatively low-resolution display, which operates at a native 1520x720 resolution, will also help improve CPU, GPU and system performance as the SoC has to render fewer pixels than it would if there was a 1080p display.

The 5.1 Plus ships with Android One 8.1 Oreo, while our test device arrived with relatively recent Android security patches installed. XDA reported in late December 2018 that the 5.1 Plus had started receiving Android 9.0 Pie, but our test device had not received the update at the time of writing.

The Android One OS is a pure version of Android that Google supplies directly with security and system updates. HMD Global can only control the timing of when updates are released and cannot include any bloatware. Google promises to update devices running Android One for two years from launch.

The lack of third-party software is pleasing and ensures that the system can run in a lean manner.

Communication & GPS

Our test device performed well in our Wi-Fi tests, averaging over 300 Mb/s in both iperf3 Client Wi-Fi tests. Overall, the 5.1 Plus finished on par with the Z2 Pro and the Nokia 6.1, while our other comparison devices finished well short of our test device.

The 5.1 Plus has decent mobile connectivity too and utilises LTE Cat. 4 for up to 150 Mb/s download and 50 Mb/s upload speeds. The device can also connect to almost any network, but 4G connectivity will depend on the region in which you are using the device. Our test device maintained good mobile reception throughout testing.

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The 5.1 Plus uses BeiDou, GLONASS, GPS and SBASS for location services. Our test device struggles to locate us indoors even when we stand next to a window, but this is expected performance from a budget smartphone. Predictably, GPS accuracy improves outside with our test device achieving a satellite fix with up to three metres accuracy, which is impressive.

We also subjected our test device to a bike ride to compare its location accuracy against the Garmin Edge 500, a professional navigation device. The 5.1 Plus plotted an 80-metre shorter route than the Garmin over an 8.66-km bike ride, which represents a 99% location accuracy. The 5.1 Plus cannot keep up with the Garmin in certain scenarios as demonstrated in the screenshots below. In short, the 5.1 Plus is an excellent navigation system that is easily good enough for general navigation tasks.

The 5.1 Plus uses the standard suite of Google telephony apps to handle calls, contacts and texts. The apps function just like they do on other devices that we have tested.

Our test device has decent call quality. Both sides of the call are intelligible, and the speakerphone gets loud enough for making calls from noisy environments. Moreover, the microphone amplifies our voice well and does a good job at suppressing background noise. The included headphones are disappointing though, so we would recommend using other headphones where possible.

The 5.1 Plus has dual rear-facing cameras, with the main 13 MP sensor being supported by a 5 MP depth sensor. The Zeiss branding with which HMD Global adorned the Nokia 8 is missing, but the 5.1 Plus has the same camera app, which looks like the Windows Phone Nokia Lumia camera app. The camera app has numerous settings including a manual mode should you wish to try to take a better photo than the automatic mode can.

Historically, Nokia pioneered innovations in smartphone camera tech, so our expectations remain, perhaps naively, exceptionally high. Our test device takes decent-looking photos though, which are detailed and they look clean. The main camera even does a good job at reproducing small objects and fine lines, which is not always the case for budget smartphones. However, our comparison devices generally do a better job at exposing shots than our test device, as demonstrated below in scene 3. Photos taken in low light are particularly poorly exposed, dominated by image noise and they are visibly blurry.

Overall, the 5.1 Plus has rear-facing cameras that are on par with our comparison devices. Likewise, videos look detailed and sharp, although our test device cannot shoot in 4K like the Nokia 6 (2018) can. Time-lapse and slow-motion videos are available though, albeit the 5.1 Plus can only record the latter in a strikingly low resolution.

The front-facing camera is an 8 MP sensor that takes passable photos, which lack sharpness to our eyes. The camera can only record videos in up to 720p too.

Image Comparison

Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device.

We also took a closer look at the main camera under controlled lighting conditions. ColorChecker Passport demonstrates that our test device reproduces colours vibrantly, although white and black tones are too bright compared to the reference colour. Grey tones look warmer than they should too.

By contrast, the 5.1 Plus did a great job at capturing our test chart. The chart is uniformly sharp across the entire image, and there is no visible fraying of fine lines or text. There is some image noise at the edges of the chart, and the contrast drops off too, but these are minor quibbles.

The 5.1 Plus comes with a USB Type-A to Type-C cable and a charger. There is also some warranty information and a quick-start guide in several languages. There are some headphones too, but the less said about these, the better. They fit poorly in our ears and have underwhelming sound. HMD Global does not currently sell any 5.1 Plus specific accessories, but third-party companies sell cases and screen protectors should you need them.

The 5.1 Plus comes with 24 months manufacturer’s warranty. Please see our Guarantees, Return policies and Warranties article for country-specific information.

The Nokia 5.1 Plus has a 10-point multi-touch display, which worked reliably during testing. The display has a smooth finish that proved easy to use during our tests too. Moreover, we noticed no delays while playing Gismart's Piano Free app between our fingers touching the screen and the input being replicated on-screen.

The 5.1 Plus has Google GBoard preinstalled as its default keyboard, which functions just as well as it does on other devices that we have reviewed. You could download another keyboard from the Google Play Store if you prefer though.

The fingerprint sensor is on the back of the device and worked quickly throughout testing. Unfortunately, the fingerprint sensor could not unlock our test device from standby, which is something that we have come to expect from other smartphones.

However, HMD Global has integrated lift-to-wake and tap-to-wake features to simplify using the device. Unfortunately, we still had to swipe again after unlocking our test device with our fingerprint regardless of how we woke it from standby.

The 5.1 Plus has a 5.8-inch display that operates natively at 1520x720. The resolution results in a somewhat odd 19:9 aspect ratio and a pixel density of around 290 PPI. Our test device achieved an average maximum brightness of 502 cd/m² according to X-Rite i1Pro 2, which is better than all our comparison devices except for the BQ Aquaris X2. The 5.1 Plus also has a decent 0.36 cd/m² black value and an impressively high 1425:1 contrast ratio. Only the Z2 Pro of our comparison devices achieved better results in this regard, but the 5.1 Plus blows away devices like the Honor 8X and the Nokia 6 (2018). The Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus has an AMOLED display though, which means that it theoretically has an infinite contrast ratio and can deliver absolute black tones. Moreover, our test device has an 89% evenly lit display, which is respectable but is slightly less homogenous than the Aquaris X2.

We should mention the resolution though as all our comparison devices have Full HD displays. The display in the 5.1 Plus has 1,094,400 pixels, which is less than half of the 2,527,200 that the Honor 8X has. However, in daily use, most people will only notice the difference in resolution if they look closely at the 5.1 Plus next to any of our comparison devices. There are positives to having a lower resolution display, which we will cover in the Performance section of the review.

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Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

We also subjected the 5.1 Plus to further tests with a photo spectrometer and CalMAN analysis software. The results demonstrate that our test device is comparatively colour accurate upon delivery. The 5.1 Plus achieved DeltaE ColorChecker deviations of 5.2, which puts the device in second place behind the Galaxy A6 Plus and is just above the ideal target of 3. Typically, you would have to spend a lot more to get a smartphone with a more colour-accurate display than the one in the 5.1 Plus. Our additional tests flag a slightly blue tint to grey tones, but we did not notice this with our eyes, so we doubt that this would be an issue for most people in daily use.

Display Response Times

The 5.1 Plus is easy to use outdoors thanks to its bright display. The screen got bright enough to overcome most reflections that it encountered during our tests and even those in direct New Year’s sunlight. Correspondingly, our test device is readable in the shade too.

Our test device has strong viewing angles too thanks to its IPS display. There are hardly any brightness, colour or image distortions even at acute angles, although black backgrounds look more greyish, which is typical for most displays.

The 5.1 Plus is powered by a MediaTek Helio P60, which we have also seen in the Umidigi Z2 Pro. The octa-core SoC consists of four Cortex-A73 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores that each clock up to 1.81 GHz. The Helio P60 integrates an ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU and is complemented by 3 GB of RAM.

The Helio P60 is considerably more powerful than the Helio P10 found in the Nokia 5.1. Our test device finished on par with the best of our comparison devices in most benchmarks, although it consistently fell short of the Honor 8X with its HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC.

The ARM Mali-G72 GPU also performed well in benchmarks partially because of the 5.1 Plus’ low-resolution display. However, our test device does not get the maximum from its GPU though as demonstrated by comparing GPU benchmark results against what the Umidigi Z2 Pro also achieved. The latter scored more in off-screen benchmarks despite having a higher-resolution display and even scored 25% higher in certain benchmarks. We suspect that the reason for this is that the Umidigi clocks up to 2 GHz while the 5.1 Plus is limited to 1.81 GHz, which is a 5% lower clock speed per core.

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The hamstrung CPU speeds do not prevent the 5.1 Plus from scoring well in browser benchmarks, although it scores up to 10% lower than the average of Helio P60-powered devices that we have already tested. We conducted our browser tests using Chrome 71, for reference.

Subjectively speaking, browsing the Internet feels snappy on the 5.1 Plus. Even complex websites and media content load quickly, which is impressive for a device at this price point.

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The Nokia 5.1 Plus has 32 GB of eMMC flash memory, of which around 22 GB is available upon delivery. HMD Global has equipped the device with reasonably fast storage that delivered above-average performance in benchmarks. Our test device finished bottom overall in our comparison table, but the gap between bottom and top is small.

Our test device also performed well in AndroBench 3-5 when tested with the Toshiba Exceria Pro M501, our reference microSD card. The 5.1 Plus cannot reach the card’s maximum potential transfer speeds, but it is on par with our comparison devices and outscored the class average.

The ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU handles almost all games smoothly and at high graphics. Many titles are playable at 60 FPS thanks to the 720p display, although more-complex games like Asphalt 9: Legends and PUBG Mobile average below 30 FPS, which is not an enjoyable gaming experience. By contrast, Shadow Fight 3 averaged nearly 50 FPS at high graphics. Interestingly, all three games that we ran on the 5.1 Plus averaged almost the same FPS regardless of the graphics preset at which we set them. Hence, some graphics settings must be set automatically, which renders the graphics presets somewhat redundant.

The positional sensor and touchscreen worked well throughout our games tests. Our test device reacted promptly and accurately when playing Asphalt 9: Legends, so you should have no issues when playing games in daily use.

The 5.1 Plus manages its surface temperatures relatively well. Our test device averages a respectable 30.45 °C when idling, which rises to a maximum of 34.8 °C under sustained load. The 5.1 Plus is on par with the Nokia 6 (2018) in this regard, although the latter is significantly cooler at idle.

Moreover, our test device does not thermal throttle either. We subjected the 5.1 Plus to a looped GFXBench Battery Manhattan benchmark, during which frame rates dropped by around 1%. Such a small change does not constitute thermal throttling, so you should have no problems pushing your 5.1 Plus hard in daily use.

The 5.1 Plus has a single speaker on the underside of the device. The speaker is decent and provides a balanced frequency response at mid and high frequencies when the volume is set at medium. The speaker in our test device reaches a maximum of 85.6 dB(A), which is comparatively loud. Predictably, there is no bass, but even larger laptop speakers struggle to reproduce bass tones accurately. In short, the 5.1 Plus has a good speaker for its class.

The device also supports aptX for high-resolution Bluetooth audio. Moreover, the headphone jack also delivers clean-sounding audio.

Nokia 5.1 Plus audio analysis

(+) speakers can play relatively loud (85.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) nearly no bass - on average 24.6% lower than median
(±) linearity of bass is average (13.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) balanced mids - only 4.1% away from median
(+) mids are linear (5.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) higher highs - on average 12.4% higher than median
(+) highs are linear (3.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) linearity of overall sound is average (24.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 51% of all tested devices in this class were better, 11% similar, 38% worse
» The best had a delta of 13%, average was 25%, worst was 44%
Compared to all devices tested
» 70% of all tested devices were better, 6% similar, 23% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 21%, worst was 53%

Nokia 6 2018 audio analysis

(+) speakers can play relatively loud (87.2 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) nearly no bass - on average 29.6% lower than median
(±) linearity of bass is average (7.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) balanced mids - only 4.4% away from median
(±) linearity of mids is average (7% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) higher highs - on average 6.9% higher than median
(+) highs are linear (3.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) linearity of overall sound is average (23.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 41% of all tested devices in this class were better, 13% similar, 46% worse
» The best had a delta of 13%, average was 25%, worst was 44%
Compared to all devices tested
» 64% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 28% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 21%, worst was 53%

The power consumption of the 5.1 Plus is on par with our comparison devices. Our test device consumes a minimum of 0.56 W at idle, which puts it first in our comparison table. However, power consumption rose to a maximum of 5.2 W under load during our tests and averaged 3.11 W when pushed hard, both of which are on the high side compared to its competitors. Overall, the 5.1 Plus consumes slightly more than the average of Helio P60-powered devices that we have currently tested, but this does not make it a particularly power-hungry device.

The 5.1 Plus should be QuickCharge capable. Our test device recharged fully in under two hours with the included charger.

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The 5.1 Plus has a 3,060 mAh battery, which performed well in our battery life tests. Our test device achieved excellent runtimes at idle, which underlines our power consumption results. Moreover, it lasted a respectable 12:59 hours in our Wi-Fi battery life test, which puts it fourth in our comparison table. However, our test device performed particularly poorly in our battery life under load test, which ends with the 5.1 Plus second bottom of our comparison table overall.

Pros

Cons

The Nokia 5.1 Plus is a balanced smartphone. There is nothing particularly wrong with the device, although it does not get the most out of its SoC. Most people would not notice this without having a device like the Umidigi Z2 Pro against which to compare the 5.1 Plus though, so this should not prove an issue in daily use. Moreover, the 5.1 Plus does not do anything that necessarily sets itself out from the Nokia 6.1, although the more modern design of the 5.1 Plus may appeal more to some people. This is a matter of taste though.

The Nokia 5.1 Plus is a well-balanced and affordable smartphone that hardly puts a foot wrong.

There are plenty of positives to talk about too. The 5.1 Plus is elegantly and robustly designed with a powerful SoC, plenty of RAM, a decent camera and a pure Android experience.

Overall, the positives outweigh the negatives with the Nokia 5.1 Plus, and it is a device to which we give a clear recommendation to buy. There are small gripes like the inability to format a microSD card as internal storage and that the SoC is not fully utilised, but these do not detract from the Nokia 5.1 Plus being an excellent budget smartphone.

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Big plans.The Nokia 3.2 brings a large IPS display, a modern design and Google Assistant integration to the party to outdo other budget smartphones. Android One makes the device an attractive option, but will its lack of a fingerprint sensor prove to be a deal breaker? Read on in this detailed review to find out.

The Nokia 3 series has graced our offices before. First, we tested the eponymous Nokia 3, then the Nokia 3.1 and finally the Nokia 3.1 Plus. The latter showed that HMD Global had decided to take the series in a different direction, bringing large display phones to what had initially been a small phone series.

Now we have the Nokia 3.2, which is even larger than the Nokia 3.1 Plus. HMD Global has not released a Plus version this time, but perhaps it saw no reason to with the Nokia 3.2 already having a 6.26-inch display. The device starts at 149 Euros (~US$170) for the 16 GB version, rising by 10 Euros (~US$11) for the 32 GB model. This makes the Nokia 3.2 slightly cheaper than its direct predecessors, although you can pick up the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 3.1 Plus for closer to 120 Euros (~US$137) and 130 Euros (~US$148), respectively.

We will compare the Nokia 3.2 against other comparably priced budget handsets, including its predecessors. Our comparison devices will include the Honor 8A, Huawei Y6 (2019) and Xiaomi Redmi 7.

The Nokia 3.2 is much wider and longer than its predecessor. It is not much thicker though, but it is over 40 g heavier. Incidentally, the Nokia 3.2 is heavier than all our comparison devices too.

HMD Global currently sells the Nokia 3.2 in grey or black, both of which have plastic back cases. Its design is much simpler than the Nokia 3.1 too, which came in more daring colours and with a colour-accented frame. By contrast, the Nokia 3.2 has a much higher screen-to-body ratio thanks to its waterdrop notch, giving it a more contemporary look than its predecessor.

Overall, the Nokia 3.2 looks cheaper than the Nokia 3.1 Plus too, which is compounded by the omission of a fingerprint sensor and the single rear-facing camera. The former’s 500-mAh larger battery brings the two to within 1 g of each other though.

The Nokia 3.2 is surprisingly well-made despite the materials from which it is made. While we can temporarily deform the display by applying pressure to it, the back case does not twist or bend regardless of how hard we try to do so. A last point on the plastic back: Its shiny finish is a fingerprint magnet.

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Connectivity

HMD Global currently sells the Nokia 3.2 in three variants. The cheaper of the two available here costs 159 Euros (~US$181) and comes with 32 GB of flash storage. There is also a 16 GB version that costs 10 Euros (~US$11) less. Both come with 2 GB of RAM. HMD Global sells a 3 GB of RAM version with 32 GB of storage and a fingerprint scanner too, but this is not available in Central Europe at the time of writing.

All variants have two nano-SIM slots and a dedicated microSD slot, meaning that you need not choose between dual-SIM functionality and microSD card expansion. Incidentally, the Nokia 3.2 supports the ExFAT file system, allowing it to read files larger than 4 GB.

The Nokia 3.2 supports Bluetooth 4.2 too, although it would have been nice to see Bluetooth 5.0 instead. The inclusion of an FM radio transmitter and a notification LED is useful at least.

Sadly, HMD Global has opted for a micro USB port rather than the reversible and more future-proofed USB Type-C. Worse still, the port does not hold cables tightly, so we occasionally found ourselves having to reconnect the charging cable during our tests.

The Nokia 3.2 is an Android One-certified smartphone, meaning that Google rather than HMD Global supplies it with system and security updates. The former guarantees that it will roll out two major system updates and three years of security patch updates.

This is impressive stuff, especially considering that the Nokia 3.2 ships with Android 9 Pie. Hence, the device should receive Android 11, or whatever Google eventually calls it. Inexplicably, the company had only pushed February 1, 2019, security patches to our review unit when we tested it earlier this month, making them over four months outdated.

The OS contains no bloatware besides the usual set of Google apps, which is rare among budget smartphones. Oddly, HMD Global claims that it has optimised the display for streaming but has not certified it for streaming content in HD. Correspondingly, you can only stream DRM-protected content from services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix in standard definition (SD).

Communication & GPS

The Nokia 3.2 supports all modern Wi-Fi standards up to IEEE 802.11n. Our review unit averaged just 44.7 Mb/s in our iperf3 Client Wi-Fi tests with our Linksys EA8500 router though, putting it at the bottom of our comparison table. Overall, it finished on par with the Nokia 3.1 Plus and a way off the Nokia 3.1.

HMD Global has included the bare minimum LTE coverage for using the Nokia 3.2 in Europe. Correspondingly, you may find it difficult to connect to an LTE network outside that region, so the Nokia 3.2 may not be for you if you regularly make intercontinental trips.

The device supports LTE Cat.4 for up to 150 Mb/s download and 50 Mb/s upload speeds. Our review unit maintained decent network reception on the German D2 network during our tests in built-up areas.

The Nokia 3.2 can locate us with up to four metres accuracy outside, which is impressive for a device at this price. It cannot do so indoors though.

We also took our review unit on a bike ride to compare its location accuracy against our Garmin Edge 520 reference bike computer. The Nokia 3.2 deviated by 190 m over the 3.8 km route that the Garmin recorded, which represents a 95% accuracy. The smartphone did occasionally cut corners to keep up with us, but it did not make any huge errors. Overall, the Nokia 3.2 is accurate enough for general navigation tasks and has a surprisingly good GPS module considering its price.

The Nokia 3.2 uses the standard suite of Google telephony apps for handling calls and messages. The apps are clearly laid out and intuitive to use, in our opinion.

Our review unit has decent call quality using its earpiece or speaker. Calls sound loud without being distorted, and our call partner always remained intelligible. The built-in microphone picked our voice out well too.

The cameras in the Nokia 3.2 are a bit of a let-down. The device has a 5 MP front-facing sensor, which is 3 MP small than the corresponding sensor in the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 3.1 Plus. Likewise, while it shares its 13 MP rear-facing sensor with its predecessors, HMD Global has omitted the secondary sensor that is in the Nokia 3.1 Plus. Confused? So are we.

The 13 MP rear-facing sensor in our review unit takes underexposed and noisy photos in low light, but we expected as much from a smartphone at this price. Photos shot in cloudy environments look overly dark too, with clouds and dark areas of the scene dominating the resulting photo. Photos taken in good lighting look pleasing though, with the flowers in scene 1 contrasting well against the leaves and large brown areas of the photo.

Video recordings also look mediocre and suffer from the same issues that photos do. The 13 MP sensor also graduates exposure levels in changing light conditions. It does so comparatively quickly, but the changes are noticeable

The 5 MP front-facing sensor has its deficiencies too. Our test photos look overly warm for some reason. They are comparatively detailed though.

Image Comparison

Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device.

The rear-facing sensor cannot convince us under controlled lighting conditions either. The camera oversaturates most colours compared to the ColorChecker Passport reference colours, while it struggles to reproduce dark fonts against coloured backgrounds. Our test chart looks rather dark too, although this does help mask any contrast inconsistencies.

The Nokia 3.2 comes with a 10 W fast charger, the charging speed of which we shall cover in the Power Management section of this review. The device also comes with a matching USB cable and a SIM tool.

The Nokia 3.2 has a 24-month limited manufacturer’s warranty too. Please see our Guarantees, Return Policies & Warranties FAQ more country-specific information.

The touchscreen in our review unit is accurate even into the corners of the display, while the glass has a pleasantly resistive finish. You should have no issues with performing swiping or multi-finger gestures.

The Nokia 3.2 comes with Google GBoard preinstalled as its default keyboard. The keyboard worked just as well as it has in other devices that we have tested. Google GBoard has numerous customisation and language options, but you can install another keyboard app like those downloadable from the Google Play Store.

HMD Global may advertise the Nokia 3.2 as having a fingerprint sensor, but that is not always the case. The European variant lacks one, with the only biometric identification being the 2D facial recognition. The device uses its front-facing camera to recognise your registered face, which is not as accurate as a fingerprint would be. Moreover, you must first press the power button before the device authenticates your face, making it less practical than a fingerprint sensor would have been too. The detection is relatively accurate, but keep in mind that similar-looking people could unlock your device. They could also just use a picture of you too.

The power button also serves as a notification LED, which is novel. HMD Global has included a dedicated Google Assistant button as well.

The Nokia 3.2 has a 6.26-inch IPS display that has over an 80% screen-to-body ratio thanks to its waterdrop notch. The panel operates natively at 1520x720 in a 19:9 aspect ratio, a resolution that puts it on par with our comparison devices.

Unfortunately, our review unit has a comparatively dim display, with X-Rite i1Pro 2 recording its average maximum brightness at just 391 cd/m². The displays in our comparison devices get from 13% to 39% brighter, by contrast. The display in the Nokia 3.2 is also just 86% evenly lit, which is markedly worse than our comparison devices.

We should also point out that our test device suffers from a brightness control issue. Initially, everything worked fine. Inexplicably, the brightness stopped changing and got stuck at a certain level. The problem kept cropping up throughout our tests before disappearing again. Restarting the device did not rectify things, nor did switching auto-brightness off and on. We do not know whether this is a localised issue or something more widespread, either.

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Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Disappointingly, the display uses pulse-width modulation (PWM) to regulate brightness. PWM can cause health issues like eye strain and headaches, although the flicker of the Nokia 3.2’s display should affect only a limited number of people. We recorded the panel flickering at 1,866 Hz at 10% brightness and below, which should be beyond most people’s perceivable range.

Our review unit also has a comparatively high black value, which we measure at 0.55 cd/m². This gives dark areas a grey tint and limits the contrast ratio to 755:1. Subjectively, colours look duller than they do on the displays of our comparison devices.

Worse still, the display suffers from a blue tint. DeltaE colour deviations are a bit high too, even if they are on par with our comparison devices. In short, the Nokia 3.2 has a distinctly colour-inaccurate display.

Display Response Times

All these deficiencies combine to make the Nokia 3.2 difficult to read outside on sunny days. Our photo below demonstrates this, but you should have no readability issues on most days. The panel has stable viewing angles though and gives no cause for concern.

The Nokia 3.2 is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 429-powered smartphone to grace our offices. The SoC integrates a quad-core processor and a Qualcomm Adreno 504 GPU. It hardly stands out from the SoCs in its two predecessors though and generally scores marginally less than the MediaTek MT6750N in the Nokia 3.1. The gap is larger between the Snapdragon 429 and the MediaTek Helio P22 MT6762 powering the Nokia 3.1 Plus, with the latter scoring 20% more in AnTuTu v7. Overall, the Nokia 3.2 finishes towards the bottom of our comparison tables and has below-average performance for a device at this price. We noticed slowdowns and lags during heavy multitasking too.

Things look even worse in synthetic 3D benchmarks, with the Adreno 504 consistently scoring a few frames less than comparable GPUs. The ARM Mali-T860 MP2 and PowerVR GE8320 have more grunt, and that is not saying much.

Moreover, the Nokia 3.2 falls short of the Nokia 3.1 Plus in browser benchmarks, as it does with the Nokia 3.1 too. In daily use, we found ourselves waiting for media content to appear. Websites load quickly, but the fluidity of scrolling animations is rather mediocre and can become choppy.

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We can praise the Nokia 3.2 for the speed of its internal storage though. It generally outperforms our comparison devices, while its microSD card reader has comparatively fast transfer speeds too.

The Adreno 504 is powerful enough to play simple or older titles like Angry Birds 2 smoothly, but you will need to look elsewhere if you want to play more complex games. The Redmi 7 is one such alternative, although some games will look rather choppy.

We experienced no issues with the touchscreen and associated sensors during our gaming tests. Fast-paced titles like Temple Run 2 worked perfectly, with the touchscreen reacting promptly to our swipes.

The Nokia 3.2 runs hot even when idling. Our review unit never feels cool to the touch when we are using it, with two areas exceeding 35 °C. This is unacceptably hot, as are the surface temperatures under load.

The front of the device averaged 39.1 °C when we pushed the system hard, with one area peaking at 41.3 °C. In short, the Nokia 3.2 will feel uncomfortable to hold if you are gaming.

The Nokia 3.2 has a mono speaker at the bottom edge of its frame. Oddly, the speaker in our review unit is about 3 dB(A) quieter than the one in the Nokia 3.1. Positively, the speaker does not distort when playing music at maximum volume, nor does it over-emphasise high-pitched frequencies. Bass tones are all but absent, but this is the case with almost all modern laptops and smartphones.

Overall, the speaker in the Nokia 3.2 is good enough for occasionally listening to music or watching YouTube videos. We would still recommend using external audio equipment where possible though, as headphones or speakers will deliver a better listening experience than the speaker can. Both Bluetooth and the headphone jack worked perfectly during our tests.

Nokia 3.2 audio analysis

(+) speakers can play relatively loud (82.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) nearly no bass - on average 29.4% lower than median
(±) linearity of bass is average (8.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) higher mids - on average 6.5% higher than median
(±) linearity of mids is average (9.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) higher highs - on average 6% higher than median
(±) linearity of highs is average (10.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) linearity of overall sound is average (28.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 78% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 16% worse
» The best had a delta of 13%, average was 25%, worst was 44%
Compared to all devices tested
» 85% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 11% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 21%, worst was 53%

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Nokia 3.1 audio analysis

(+) speakers can play relatively loud (85.9 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) nearly no bass - on average 36.8% lower than median
(±) linearity of bass is average (7.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) balanced mids - only 4.8% away from median
(±) linearity of mids is average (7.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) higher highs - on average 5.6% higher than median
(+) highs are linear (3.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) linearity of overall sound is average (26.3% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 63% of all tested devices in this class were better, 9% similar, 28% worse
» The best had a delta of 13%, average was 25%, worst was 44%
Compared to all devices tested
» 77% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 18% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 21%, worst was 53%

The Nokia 3.2 consumes about as much power as the Nokia 3.1 Plus, which is to say that it is less efficient than most of our comparison devices. By contrast, the Huawei Y6 (2019) and Nokia 3.1 both average at least 20% lower power draws than our review unit.

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The Nokia 3.2 has a 4,000 mAh battery, which lasted 15:58 hours in our practical Wi-Fi test. We conduct this test by running a script that simulates the load required to render websites. We also adjust the display the approximately 150 cd/m². We do this for all the devices that we test. Our review unit lasts longer between charges than our comparison devices, although only by 4% compared to the Nokia 3.1 Plus despite having a 500-mAh larger battery.

Nokia includes a 10 W quick charger in the box, as we mentioned earlier. The charger recharges our review unit in under 2 hours.

Pros

Cons

The Nokia 3.2 costs the same as the Nokia 3.1, but it offers a larger display and a few more features than its predecessor. While this is praiseworthy, the Nokia 3.2 does not stack up as well against the Nokia 3.1 Plus, which has better cameras than our current review unit. All variants come with fingerprint scanners too unlike the Nokia 3.2. Additionally, and much to our dismay, the latter has a darker display than its predecessors.

We like that the Nokia 3.2 has a 4,000 mAh battery as well, although it only lasted marginally longer than the 500-mAh smaller battery in the Nokia 3.1 Plus during our Wi-Fi battery life test. There are no caveats about the GPS module though, which is impressively accurate for a smartphone at this price. The dedicated Google Assistant button will probably prove useful for some people too.

Our review unit suffers from an annoying screen brightness bug though, which reoccurred throughout our tests. We were dismayed to see the Nokia 3.2 running outdated security patches despite being an Android One-certified device.

The Nokia 3.2 does a lot differently to its predecessors but simultaneously without doing much better either.

The main selling point of the Nokia 3.2 compared to its predecessors is design. The Nokia 3.2 has sharper looks than the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 3.1 Plus, although we would recommend the latter of the three if you are not swayed by looks. The Nokia 3.1 Plus has more features than the Nokia 3.2 and almost the same performance, while costing considerably less. This does not make the Nokia 3.2 a bad smartphone, but it has done little to convince us of its merits compared to its predecessors.

Nokia 3.2 - 06/25/2019 v6^(old)
Florian Schmitt

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