Nokia 7.1 - Android 9.0 Pie - 64 GB - Dual Camera - Dual SIM Unlocked Smartphone (Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobile/MetroPCS/Cricket/H2O) - 5.84" FHD+ HDR Screen - Steel - U.S. Warranty, TA-1085 S

I am not someone who believes that spending $750-$1000 or more on a flagship smartphone is a good investment. Sure they're got the top specs, but they don't really do much that a budget phone like a Moto G6 doesn't do for a fraction of the price. That said, I was looking for something a little higher quality and better specced than an average budget device, so this Nokia caught my attention. And my experience has been that at this price point, I'm getting 90% of the experience of a flagship for 50% of the cost. That is a GREAT value. First, the pros/cons: PROS: - Build quality is FANTASTIC, this device looks and feels like a flagship quality device, and I am really stunned that they were able to accomplish this at this price point - Android One is what an OS should be; the device upgraded to Pie (9.0) right out of the box during the setup process, and I have had absolutely none of the problems previously reported with the OS. It is butter smooth and problem-free for me - Screen quality is very good, despite not being AMOLED. You will only notice that it's not AMOLED if you put it next to an AMOLED device and scrutinize it; in day-to-day use the screen is very crisp, and video/gaming looks great on it - Call quality on mine is noticeably better than it was on the G6; I can hear everyone clearly and others report that they can hear me more clearly - Signal strength (cell and wifi both) appears to be good in all of the areas that I've used it, which should be expected with a more recent SoC like the 636 - Performance is good despite what some other reviewers are saying, more on that below - US warranty - not to be overlooked when buying a new device - Size / form factor; this phone is the perfect size to me, with a good-sized screen yet easy to use one-handed CONS: - This device is VERY slippery. The glass design is beautiful, but it makes the device very slippery. I hate to cover up such a good-looking device with a case, but I'd rather do that than drop it - No wireless charging; more of a disappointment than a con, but the device doesn't do wireless charging despite the glass backing. It charges fairly fast with USB-C though - Other than the slipperiness and lack of wireless charging, I really haven't found any yet. I've been looking, too. MEH: - The battery is average in my experience. Not great, but not bad, and it gets me through the day with moderate use (a few calls, texting, some gaming). I'm typically getting home from work with over 50% battery remaining, which is good enough for me - Camera; for me so far this is average - again, not bad, not good. I am going to play around with the camera app some more, and maybe I can improve it some, but if the camera is super-important to you then you might want to look elsewhere, this implementation is just OK in my experience This is my first Nokia device, and I can say that I am tremendously impressed so far. I'm coming from a LG G6, and while that device may be more powerful on paper, in actual use this Nokia blows it away. Why? Well, mostly because of the software. Bad software can really put a damper on the parade even with a high-specced device, and this is the main reason that I was seeking a replacement for the G6. The skin/UI just ruins the experience, and I was looking for something that wouldn't have that problem. Android One will keep you updated for a minimum of two years, with security patches up to three years. But beyond that, it's a very light OS - this is how Android is supposed to run, and the Nokia 7.1 runs it very well. Navigation is buttery smooth, and I haven't encountered any stuttering or lag at all. I really can't overstate what a joy it is to use an Android One phone. You don't realize how much bad software is negatively affecting your experience until suddenly it isn't anymore. Which leads to performance. I've seen people complaining about that aspect, but I am not seeing anything at all to complain about. For starters, the Snapdragon 636 powering this device is obviously not going to be able to match an 845 device, but for a device that's half the price it's silly to expect that it would. That said, it performs very well in my experience. It easily outpaces my LG G6; that device has an older 821 that *should* still smoke the 636 on paper, but in real-world use it doesn't. Much of that is because of the OS / software, but it's also because the 636 is a newer SoC with a newer architecture. On my device it's clocked at 1.8 ghz on 4 cores, and 1.6 ghz on the other 4 cores, and while that sounds underwhelming, it's actually perfectly fine for nearly all applications. For example, I play Rise of Civilizations, which can get VERY laggy during battles, and I am experiencing noticeably less lag than I did with my G6. I've played some PUBG as well, and despite an occasional stutter it's easily playable on the Nokia 7.1. Shadowgun Legends runs buttery smooth with no lag or stuttering. If I can run those games well on this device, then that's good enough for me and a $349 price point.Given that and the ultra-smooth Android One experience, I see absolutely no reason to complain about performance about a phone at this price point. It's actually quite good for a mid-range SoC at this price. So where does this leave it vs the competition? In this price range, you've also got the LG G6, Moto X4, OnePlus 5/5T, Essential phone, Moto Z3 Play, and perhaps the Moto G6. For various reasons, I looked at all of these options and chose the Nokia because of its combination of build quality, modern SoC, size/form factor, price, and (most importantly to me) the Android One OS. Like I said, this was my first Nokia so I wasn't really sure what to expect, but so far this phone has blown me away. At this price point, I really don't think you can beat it.

Don't get me wrong, this is a really great phone for the cost, and if you're not a super heavy user of your devices, this is a great mid-tier phone to have. The major problem is, as I said in my title, the only part of this phone that really got any attention to detail was the screen and the build quality. the screen's brightness and Fidelity are fantastic, and the same thing can be said about how the phone feels and looks in your hand. It is incredibly slippery, I will admit, and I've had to buy a case for it out of necessity. The microphones are pretty bad, the headphone jack is almost completely useless, the headphones that came with the phone you could basically just throw those away and don't bother about them, the speaker(s?) built-in are okay but not great, and that about sums it up. Everything aside from the screen and the case are absolutely mediocre at best, and pretty awful at worst. Using Bluetooth for your car audio and for headphones is highly recommended it you value decent audio in any capacity, as it is by and far vastly superior to the headphone jack. Overall, the fact that I'm not tied to a contract with it, and I could pay it out right in like one go fairly easily, makes up for the fact that a lot of those things are holding back the phone significantly. The fact that this has essentially stock Android is it's saving grace, and the 636 Snapdragon inside of it is adequate enough for this price range for you to be satisfied with performance across the board. If the other phones from Nokia are this unbalanced, then I would recommend staying clear of them until they get some of those issues addressed, and maybe go for Xiaomi for a better balance, although they don't provide NFC for most of their phones, which the Nokia 7.1 does have, so that may be a deal breaker for some.

****Update @ 16 months: still love it and haven't broken it yet with the drops. I see all these new bad reviews and feel bad, they must've gotten a lemon because mine is still snappy as hell, and the battery was starting to get bad, but with the newest update I'm back to all day usage with end of the day at over 70%.**** I've had this for about 10 months, so here's the scoop: Positive: • Battery still lasts all day with moderate use. • Charges fast. • Screen is crisp and clear, high dpi, and LCD so you won't get burn in! • Touch is good, I can't even type on my Moto e5 anymore because it annoys the crap out of me with it's lag. • Soo much storage! I take so many pictures and I only fully cleaned it out once. • Also sdcard yay! Or 2 SIM cards which is nice as a split business phone. • Speaker is LOUD, music sounds good. I can hear people talking on speaker phone from across the room. • It is APTX, which means music in my car on Bluetooth sound crystal clear and amazing. This was one of the main reasons I bought it. • It updates a lot and fixes things on its own! • Nokia asks me every so often for feedback, and I like that they are taking initiative. • I've dropped this more times then my Moto x and I still haven't broken the screen. I don't know if that's saying much, it's a pretty low standard. This was my second reason for buying, thanks Jerryrig! • It is carrier unlocked! Yes, that's right, you too can say a big ef you to any carrier and just get a new one, it's as simple as getting a new sim card! • Camera is amazing, see pics. This was the only thing holding me on to my moto x, but I also had a Lumia before so I had faith it would deliver. It also has Google lens which searches by similar pictures, it's pretty neat, and a photo editor that does a nice job built in. (Pics posted are unedited) • It has this cool option to swipe down the notification tray with a swipe of the finger print sensor, I can't live without this now. There's also a shortcut to open tabs by dragging up on the home icon. • It's beautiful. I still just twirl it around sometimes just to admire it. • It's the perfect size, I can one hand it just fine. • Cheap for the specs! Negative: • Sometimes it just glitches out, like the screen will freeze and then it shuts off. This has happened to me maybe 5 times? •One time it shut off and wouldn't turn on untill the Nokia tech walked me through a button code to restart. On a positive note, I got connected to a real person very quickly, I could understand them, and they fixed it quickly, overall tech call of maybe 5 mins. • At the very beginning sometimes my alarms wouldn't go off, this was a magic feedback fix. I just complained in the pop up and it hasn't happened in 7 months. • Sometimes the fingerprint reader lags, or it doesn't recognize it untill I tap a few times. This actually happens pretty often. • I don't like how I have to unlock my phone for it to start playing music from Spotify, when it's already connected and I get back into my car. I am grasping at straws to complain about this thing. I might marry it.

Sadly, I have to give this phone 1 star due to 4 issues; First: The cellular reception was poor from day 1. Difficulty making/receiving phone calls in buildings of any significant size. Wifi is fine, but the cell radio is quite weak. In my 2 story brick rowhome, I have to step outside to make or receive calls. This was an issue from day 1. Second: The charging port has loosened over time. Charging is intermittent now, and only getting worse. Of course, it got bad enough to notice literally 2 weeks after the 1 year warranty ran out. USB-C ports are loose and have to be jiggled to make contact and start charging. Side effect: Makes using Android Auto very annoying because every time it loses connection, it exits out of android auto and I lose my turn by turn navigation or music. Third: Touchscreen is also getting flaky. Have to lock/unlock the phone to get it to respond to screen presses. Or press and hold very long to get it to register. This also just started happening a few weeks ago, right after the 1 year warranty expired. This may be related to the next issue: Fourth: Android 10 has really slowed down this device. Its in the Android One program so its supposed to accept new Android versions with ease. But Android 10 has noticeably slowed down the performance of the phone to an unacceptable level. Opening the on-screen keyboard takes multiple beats, and opening complex apps can take multiple seconds. If you've used a 1-year old Moto G phone, you are familiar with the frustration in its level of responsiveness. Recommend not buying. I'm extra annoyed the hardware problems all started happening right around the warranty expiration so by the time I realized it as a problem, the warranty had expired. Aug 2020 update: Nokia warrantied the bad charging port even though it was past its 1 year warranty mark. So kudos to Nokia for that. However, the poor cell reception (on AT&T in a major US city) and slow responses are still an issue. I pre-ordered the new google pixel. I"ve had this Nokia for under 2 years and I'm done with its issues.

I won't go into too much detail where others have already gone as far as specs, performance, build quality, etc. but since i bought this phone for my non-techie spouse, and after a few days of use on Cricket Wireless network, here are few comments that might impact your use and lean you to buy or not buy: - The phone will upgrade to Android Pie (9.0) at start up right out of the box so be prepared for that when you get the phone - cell phone coverage and LTE work fine on cricket wireless (AT&T network), BUT Cricket Visual Voicemail app does NOT work since Android Pie (9.0) upgrade. you can still access voicemail via usual call number, but if you want to read the voicemails there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do that right now until they fix the app to work with android 9.0 - aside from voicemail, after Pie 9.0 upgrade, i think the phone runs fairly smoothly as far as performance. it is NOT as fast as a Qualcomm 800-series processor (my LG G6 Snapdragon 821 seems quicker/more responsive) but it is not super slow or laggy all the time. so i think initial performance concerns from others may have been impacted by the fact that it launched with android 8.1 and not 9.0. DISCLAIMER: my wife is not a gamer so the apps that seem to launch smoothly are basic ones like google maps, texting, contacts, google search, calendar, etc. - camera is nice but not amazing; if you need a great camera look to a more expensive phone like the iphones, samsungs, google pixels, xiaomis, etc. but this is basically a good phone camera (would give it a 7 out of 10) and slightly better than my daughter's Moto G6 which is a less expensive mid-ranger. low-light photos may suffer. - battery life: my wife gets through the day fine on light to moderate usage without gaming. - the build quality is nice but still glass so it is a bit slippery (ordered a case), has that "small" phone feel but the screen is great. my wife has small hands so she did not want a big phone - the software is nice and clean without bloatware because of the android one program - the fingerprint reader is not as big as other phones we've used so sometimes hard to find on back with index finger - the glass attracts fingerprints TL;DR: EXCELLENT - software (android 9.0 and quick updates), display quality, size (for those who like smaller, one-handed use phones), build quality/looks, works with Cricket wireless, still has headphone jack, USB-C quick-charging GOOD (not necessarily great)- camera, performance, battery life BAD - not all apps optimized for Pie 9.0 (like cricket visual voicemail), glass (screen and back) attracts fingerprints, fingerprint reader is a little small and close to flush with back so takes some time getting used to finding it blindly OVERALL: quality phone and probably best android One phone you can get specifically for US market UPDATE (JAN 7): Cricket Visual Voicemail App DOES WORK. need to wait for the text/notification from Cricket to activate before setting up on the app. so now, that complaint is OFF the LIST.

I was looking forward to trying an AndroidOne device, but now I understand that the stock Android operating system just has to be too broad to cover so many different types of devices; the proprietary “junk” that most companies add to the operating system actually does help Android run smoother on their devices. The phone has great specs, but can’t seem to utilize the hardware very well; it tended to be very glitchy at random, frustrating times. The battery life was extremely disappointing and the adaptive battery feature never seemed to become helpful. The screen is actually really nice and very detailed, but if you spend a lot of time outside in the sunshine, the LCD just won’t quite cut it and the brightness will kill your battery even faster. The camera is pretty decent most of the time, as long as you are standing still and pretty close to your target (the Statue of Liberty is beautiful at night from a ferry, but I got zero decent pictures of it).

Let me preface by saying I love this phone.... I really do.... it's a good value, the design aesthetic is beautiful.... HOWEVER.... I've had this phone since December 2018 and just about 2 months or so ago, the charging port started to become loose - this appears to be a common issue for many Nokia devices. At the same time I got mine, I also ordered my mom a Nokia 3.1. Hers is starting to have the same issue as well. Apparently, if you use Nokia phones while charging them, or as you plug and unplug the charger cable over time, the charger port becomes extremely loose and wobbly. It started off as a minor annoyance; not quite connecting/engaging the charge, but if you wiggled the cord, it would charge. After a while, the fast charge wouldn't engage, but the normal charge would still go. It continued to progress, with various degrees of not-charging.... we went from annoyance to full on failure within a couple of weeks. There were times it would only charge if I had the cord at a certain angle and pinched the phone in my hand. Other times I could get it to charge just by propping the phone up and angling the cord. Finally, it would not charge at all without consistent pressure on the cord at exactly the right point. At the end, I was practically performing acrobatics to get this phone to charge. There are multiple forum posts on the official Nokia forums regarding many different models with this same issue…. I wish with all my heart that Nokia would issue a statement or address the issue in some way but I can’t find any official response or even an acknowledgement of the issue. These are excellent phones aside from this problem. I am extremely sad and disappointed, as I was extremely, extremely happy with my 7.1 until the charging port went wobbly. As this issue seems to be across the board with all of Nokia’s USB-C charging ports…. I’m afraid I can’t recommend them to anyone at this time. I got 7 months out of it. If you submit it to Nokia to get it fixed, what I’ve gathered is, there are long lead times because of insufficient part availability, and the issue will resurface again because replacing a faultily designed object with another faultily designed object isn’t actually fixing anything, it’s giving you another 6 months or so until your warranty is up and you have to replace it on your own (but you can’t find the legit OEM part so you’re basically done for anyway and have to order a new phone.) 2 stars for the aesthetics and the attempt to build a good quality mid-range phone. They almost got there.

This phone has been great. The screen resolution is superb, but the battery life is a little short. Though I may have a skewed view coming from budget phones oriented toward battery life. It runs the games I play just fine, including games with 3d models and lots of flashy effects. It does run really hot when playing graphics intensive games or while charging. I haven't used the finger print reader as I have no interest in it. On the camera, it takes great pictures even in low light. Finally one of my favorite things about this phone is that it's pure android. No amazon apps, no facebook, or even a lot of google bloat. TL;DR Screen's great, camera's great, battery life is meh, and no bloatware. 9/10 Would recommend.

Nexus 5Xの後継として購入。 決め手はNokiaブランド、クリーンなandroid OS、USBがType-Cであること。 かなり安かったので届くまで少し不安でしたが、 いざ開梱すればなかなか綺麗じゃないですか。 最新の3Dゲームは知りませんが動作はサクサク、下手なコンデジより良く写るデュアルカメラ 、バッテリーの持ちも悪くない。良い買い物しました。 強いて難点といえばWi-Fi特に5GHzの掴みが弱いか？途切れるほどではないので実用範囲ですが。

En general el teléfono es bastante bueno, la calidad de ensamble es muy notable, no se siente que se vaya a desarmar. El diseño en general es muy elegante; pareciera un teléfono más costoso, solo que por el cristal de la parte posterior se siente un tanto resbaladizo (Con su funda eso se resuelve). La pantalla es excelente, debido al Notch y los marcos pequeños tienes una pantalla de buen tamaño en un teléfono relativamente pequeño; la resolución es un poco más de FullHD, excelente nitidez, tiene compatibilidad con HDR. Recién que recibí el teléfono, tenía android 8, unas semanas después recibió la actualización a Android 9 Pie. Aunque no suelo ser exigente con la cámara ya que prefiero una DSLR para fotos, pero la cámara del teléfono no te decepcionará, toma fotos bastante decentes y con ayuda del HDR obtendrás buenos resultados; captura video en 4k, cámara lenta, etc.

通常の動作などは問題なかったです。 自分の場合は、マイネオの電話アプリを使うのが目的でした。インストールから設定までは、いけましたが最後の確認で電話が鳴らないので絶望しました。 今は使っていませんが予備用として置いています。

Vengo de usar un iphone 6S, emigre a android one y lo hice con Nokia por experimentar algo nuevo a lo que ha venido ofreciendo IOS y no volver a pagar mas de 10k por un equipo. Puede decir que este equipo es un iphone (por sus materiales) con android one. Al abrirlo quede impresionado, ya que se ve mejor que en foto (adquirí el color gris), recordé aquellos equipos y sus materiales con que Nokia se caracterizaba por encima de su competencia. Nokia ha hecho muy bien al utilizar lentes de la marca ZEISS, (debo destacar que las camaras Sony, semi y profesionales ahora son tendencia y usan esta marca de lente). -Su diseño y materiales son premium (Mejor que un Samsung S9, Pro Mate y nivel de iphone) -Pantalla HDR se ve muy bien. -Las fotografías son muy buenas. -Donde puede quedar a deber este equipo es en su procesador pero se entiende por el precio, aunque fluye muy bien sin llegar a ser excelente.

背面ガラスでエッジもあり高級感のある外見をしています。最初にAndroid9にアップデートすれば日本語化は可能です。ただカメラのアプリだけは英語のままです。(大体の意味はわかります) 操作はさくさくで、よほどハードな3Dゲームでない限りは快適に動作すると思います。ただ日本未発売な為、アクセサリーはほぼありません。故障すれば買い換える気持ちでこの値段ならありかなと思います。