Nokia 8
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- P650SE
- nF6
- 13 Jul 2021
Well after keeping this phone in storage for several months, I decided to start using it as my primary device... I'm just disappointed because the display on this phone is awful IMO. You leave any image on the screen for 2 minutes and it's burned into the display no matter what brightness you have it. There's this awful reddish coloured staining around the entire screen, most visible on grey backgrounds.
Now, I found out that if you download a screen dimmer app (like Twilight) and set the intensity to 0% and screen dim either 5% or 10% it drastically reduces the problem to the point where it is barely noticeable. So it's fine now. But here comes the second problem:
The colour calibration of this panel is horrible. Colours are far too oversaturated and not remotely accurate... The colour temperature is also very blue-ish which is uncomfortable to look at indoors. Futhermore the manufacturer doesn't give a SINGLE option to adjust the display colours. There is no sRGB mode. The display calibration was so bad to the point I unlocked the bootloader just so I could get access to a custom kernel with KCAL support.
But turns out this was mostly a waste of time. With a custom kernel you have RGB sliders, as well as sliders for saturation, intensity, hue, contrast. Now, you can improve the colour temperature with these options at least - but turns out the saturation slider is useless since it doesn't actually reduce the 'neon-like' vibrancy of the colours...
All of this is a shame because everything else about the phone is nice. There are not many compact phones anymore with 16:9 aspect ratio. And it has QHD resolution too which is great.
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- ALFAQL
- HBQ
- 08 Jul 2021
Minu, 05 Jul 2021How is your screen on-time with the original battery btw?Hey, max screen time yesterday was 7 hours 57 minutes (I was charging it a little during the day). Screen usage since full charge: 1 hour 58 minutes. Notice that I reset it to the factory settings several days ago. It's now much faster with animations turned off, but still I experience occasional reboots, although more rarely.
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- ALFAQL
- HBQ
- 08 Jul 2021
Additional problems I'm currently facing:
- When you have a static image on screen for several minutes an then you change it, you can see the remaining traces from the previous image. Sometimes it's pink, especially on a black background. Pretty common problem with matrix among these devices as I found out on other forums.
- Overheating for no reason.
- Lags, freezes, camera stops working.
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- Minu
- ter
- 05 Jul 2021
ALFAQL, 04 Jul 2021I would agree with you here, friend. I'm owner of this... moreHow is your screen on-time with the original battery btw?
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- ALFAQL
- HBQ
- 04 Jul 2021
Additional problems I'm currently facing:
- When you have a static image on screen for several minutes an then you change it, you can see the remaining traces from the previous image. Sometimes it's pink, especially on a black background. Pretty common problem with matrix among these devices as I found out on other forums.
- Overheating for no reason.
- Lags, freezes, camera stops working.
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- ALFAQL
- HBQ
- 04 Jul 2021
ErwinMR, 05 Jun 2021This phone is very bad. I change the battery with original ... moreI would agree with you here, friend. I'm owner of this phone since 2019. I was really enjoying it until now. I've also encountered a problem with random reboots which is related to the battery. So it seems that it's not that simple to replace it with a new one without breaking the screen... And yes, the price for that is really high! A real disappointment right now... I think I'm gonna buy a new one.. I've been a longtime fan of Nokia, but I guess I'm losing my faith in it...
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- ErwinMR
- Ki7
- 05 Jun 2021
This phone is very bad. I change the battery with original in authorize service centre.. TWICE. Yet the restart problem come again after several months. I never buy Nokia phone again.
The cost of battery also ridiculous. I can buy low end android phone with that price. But i'm in love badly with Nokia. I need to wake up and leave all good things with good old Nokia behind :'(
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- Acute
- S6%
- 29 May 2021
Phone has been good for trips to US, Japan, but battery is now knackered - only holds charge for a couple of hours. Pity the battery is such a pain to replace, as phone is fine apart from that.
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- Anonymous
- Hxc
- 29 May 2021
Hi my colleague has Nokia 8 he is unable to delete any SMS any suggestions please
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- Che
- t7L
- 29 May 2021
Performance is superb, but the battery sucks. The heck Nokia, invest on battery.
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- Minu
- IWS
- 28 May 2021
Anonymous, 23 May 2021Please is there any way to differentiate between the origin... moreI haven't seen any fake models though, and please check whether the seller is trusted or not. Also please avoid buying used phones
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- Anonymous
- Nu6
- 23 May 2021
Please is there any way to differentiate between the original of this product and the fake...I saw a nice offer on it in my country.. but my problem is that it's not from a trusted dealer .. and there are lots of fake nokia and Samsung phones in my place... please any way to spot the fake and know the original of this product...
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- Anonymous
- fss
- 08 May 2021
Have this phone now for three years and still going strong, screen still looks like new and didn't put a screen protector on. No issues with battery, performance,, still working like the day I bought it. Dropped it a few times. Charger still like new. Very durable phone.
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- Minu
- ter
- 06 May 2021
P650SE, 06 May 2021Nah, I won it bidding in an online auction so the price cou... moreThat's good though. Btw I use mine mostly with dark backgrounds and dark mode (in case you're wondering) and I didn't notice any kind of ghosting
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- P650SE
- mqt
- 06 May 2021
Minu, 06 May 2021I haven't noticed any ghosting though, maybe your phon... moreNah, I won it bidding in an online auction so the price could've gone a lot higher than that. The condition of the phone is almost like new so I don't suspect there is anything wrong with it, and I already know the blue tint is normal from multiple reviews and user comments I read about the matter.
I think I'm just very sensitive to noticing the ghosting. It only happens when you scroll on a dark background, whereas if you scroll on a white background then the response times are perfect. I tested the same scenarios on an iPhone XR and it's definitely better on that phone IMO.
But since I bought the phone for £65 I can easily sell it and get 100% of my money back in return, so there's no loss. It was nice to try the Nokia as an experiment at least.
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- Minu
- ter
- 06 May 2021
P650SE, 06 May 2021Hi man! Oh, yeah about the Nokia... I guess you were hoping... moreI haven't noticed any ghosting though, maybe your phone is faulty (hence why it was sold to you at 65 GBP)
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- P650SE
- mqt
- 06 May 2021
Minu, 06 May 2021hi again, how was ur experience with the nokia 8?Hi man! Oh, yeah about the Nokia... I guess you were hoping for a positive answer but to be honest with you, it's just been stuffed in a drawer ever since I bought it, lol. Because the display just doesn't seem quite as responsive as my ZUK phone, on the Nokia I can see slight ghosting trials when scrolling on a dark background, it is too distracting for me to live with. And I still find the colour temperature overly blue-ish.
Anyway, I went to the store and tried iPhone XR, I was really pleased with the display, the resolution is slightly low (326ppi) but colours are perfectly calibrated and accurate, not too oversaturated, and there are zero traces of ghosting. So I probably just switch to iOS at this point, maybe it will be fun (something different after 8 years of Android) and I can return to Android when something more suitable comes onto the market. And I'll always keep my Lenovo ZUK Z2 as a secondary phone anyway.
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- Minu
- ter
- 06 May 2021
P650SE, 17 Apr 2021Very interesting. That's exactly what I needed on mine!hi again, how was ur experience with the nokia 8?
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- Minu
- ter
- 30 Apr 2021
sergyu, 29 Apr 2021the best thing on this phone was the led flash and jack... ... moreThat has to be the brightest I've seen so far! Also the speaker has to be the loudest on a flagship!
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- sergyu
- 3ce
- 29 Apr 2021
the best thing on this phone was the led flash and jack... i mean the led are so bright and powerful