Nokia X30

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• Imbukwa
• rr2
• 26 Feb 2023

Nokia fan, 25 Feb 2023Is Nokia a better brand than Huawei? I really want to love ... moreNokia under HMD global has weaknesses.

1. Poor customer care.
2. No spare parts if phone gets spoilt. Maybe battery spare parts are available.
3. OS updates take forever to come and when they arrive they come with lots of bugs that HMD take forever to fix.
4. Its a low specs phone.

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• Anonymous
• uw6
• 26 Feb 2023

Nokia fan, 25 Feb 2023Is Nokia a better brand than Huawei? I really want to love ... morePixel 6a or Nothing Phone 1 best value for money.

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• Hoova
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• 26 Feb 2023

Nokia fan, 25 Feb 2023Is Nokia a better brand than Huawei? I really want to love ... moreRedmi would be the best choice. There's some bloatware and ads, but there are instructions online on how to disable these completely, it's a two minute process.

About Huawei, if you can find a p30, that phone was awesome. Best camera ever, quality build, fast processor, and last model to have Google services. Unfortunately, its software is outdated now, so it'll need a 3rd party ROM.

Nokia x30 is a beauty, but there are better choices at this price range, like the Pixel 6a. In my mind, the Nokia should be priced at 270.

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• X5u
• 25 Feb 2023

Is Nokia a better brand than Huawei? I really want to love nokia phones but I don't wanna be teased among my peers who use iPhones and Samsungs.
I don't know which is the so called perfect brand to pick, for one I love stock android, for another, I want a phone that will be respected when I hold it. Please help (and I also think vivo and oppo aren't good value for money because they are overpriced)


Which brand is good enough and affordable with decent specs, preferably a brand that has less bloatware?
I'm a kid under 18 but I'm into smartphones and the smartphone world

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• thedeev1
• 0Cn
• 25 Feb 2023

Wish this had wireless charging and USB 3.1. That would further improve on the sustainability mantra as it would make the phone more future-proof and give an option to charge should the port break and the user is unable to replace.

Oh and the usual: MicroSD slot and headphone jack.

Nokia almost had it - pure, clean (best-looking Android skin imo) software, solid build quality, decent power and cameras, good battery and a compact-ish size. Also an OLED screen on a Nokia for once!

Motorola Edge 30 Neo is one step ahead of this phone because it's got the perfect form factor and wireless charging. One step closer to the perfect mid-ranger for me...

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• Anonymous
• dMn
• 25 Feb 2023

i had nokia 5 and 5.1 plus those were the best phones ever

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• Carol
• mek
• 25 Feb 2023

Minu, 24 Feb 2023The problem with HMD is that they don't respond to the... moreHei Minu, they actually have a live chat where you can talk to a person, just search for nokia phone support on duckduckgo and you'll already be finding nokia official site, there you can down scroll and find the live chat.
They actually resolve a lot of issues/ core issues... of corse no bugs, as they are at developers level.

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• Carol
• mek
• 24 Feb 2023

Anonymous, 24 Feb 2023Update to my previous message... When HMD has good devel... moreWhat? The difference between what i say the whole time and what you claim is like day and night.
Slower developement and updates because of not beeing a giant like google and "good quality profesionals" (Whatever that means... but for sure something you keep on talking about) are two very different things. You need to keep your receiving ear in check, it makes no sense.

Even so, they are actually not very slow at updating, they are okayish. There are other companies, as i already said, that even tough are huge in comparison, still don't update their devices as fast as hmd. Here i could count almost all android manufacturers. So if you do not like hmd just buy google, and stop complaining for no reason... by god, the entire conversation makes no sense.

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• 24 Feb 2023

Imbukwa, 24 Feb 2023HMD global has failed. Too many complaints regarding Nokia ... moreThe problem with HMD is that they don't respond to their online community.
The best thing anybody having issues with their phones can do is typing an email

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• Minu
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• 24 Feb 2023

Hoova , 18 Feb 2023May I ask for your opinion, why would I buy this and not th... moreBetter build quality, camera lenses, user experience and storage basically. Nokia's phones give better photos compared to Pixels when Google camera is used.
Apart from that, everything else is similar.
You can decide what you purchase. It's your own money. Here the X30 is cheaper than the 6a (which is only grey imported by certain shops)

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• Imbukwa
• rr2
• 24 Feb 2023

HMD global has failed. Too many complaints regarding Nokia X30, X10, G21,etc on their Nokia forums and HMD won't listen. The success of a business is when customers come back to buy the product again. But like HMD, they won't have returning customers.

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• Imbukwa
• rr2
• 24 Feb 2023

Anonymous, 21 Feb 2023Yeah true. It is not an excuse but you simply compromise to... moreI agree

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• Sin
• 0Rf
• 24 Feb 2023

Hoova , 22 Feb 2023I couldn't disagree more. The last couple of Android u... moreFor me
No good has. Ever come from Android updates on Nokia phones or any modern phone

Android 4 phones from 2014 benefits as being updated too android 6 is good for app compatibility
so the heavy os smoothness performance loss is worth the trade off
Although the phone run sluggish it be able run any mainstream apps
Or even most modern games if only the hardware was better

But in the case of Android 8 phone updating too android 10 it's really taken its toll on my phone
Not only did performance insufferable at times less bad at other times

I have 16gb storage the os used 2gb but the updates taken away another Full 10gb of my storage I lost

So I only have 4gb storage left too work with for apps
This is not enough available storage

My smartphone middle of the rood not the best not the worsed either
Better then Nokia 2.1 not as good as Nokia 5.1

I have Nokia 3.1 crappy base version sadly
definitely say updates didn't do it any favours

possibly bugs existed before the updates but this kinda crap should be fixed before even releasing a phone on the original software

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• Anonymous
• uwC
• 24 Feb 2023

Anonymous, 23 Feb 2023Your words reads as, "As, i said, hmd cannot be com... moreUpdate to my previous message...

When HMD has good developers to employ Android on a new system (mobile) why can't these same developers can update Android quickly in a better way? Manufacturers can't launch good new mobiles without an efficient and effective Product Development team which includes good software professionals. If you say that this mobile Nokia X30 is excellent it goes without saying that HMD has good quality software professionals which contradicts your argument. The rest follows.

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• Carol
• mek
• 24 Feb 2023

Anonymous, 23 Feb 2023Since you speak about software (Android) development a lot ... moreI never said that it is too hard for a small company to do updates without professionals (whatever that means for you), i said that is slower and i also called the main reasons, well i called it "a reason", there are obviously more then one, so apologize for that small detail that i took out of the context. i didn't knew that there will be hard for a person to see that i am not actually talking about just one reason. But thanks for pointing out that i need to be more structured when i write.
Anyway, i do not know all the steps of android updates, i correlate with this field of work because i work in it (not as developer), and it is not easy as most people think. There are times where it takes a lot of developers and hours of work, even weeks, just to find the cause of a bug and fix it, of course that so many hours invested in just one bug is not the norm but comes frequently in developement and especially after deployment of a software.
Each company has (or well, should have) core developers and normal developers that work on a project, there are also elite developers that also innovate software but we let them out of discution as it can get confusing, especially because android is already "there". The usual is, core developers work on software "engine" implement new features or further develope a software, while the normal ones take the core project and develop it further for the hardware needed to be deployed on or depending of customer requirements, implement or take out features. There are of course also other factors to be taken in consideration and work to be done, so this are just examples. In Android world will not be way more different then this.
I do not know how hmd plans it's developers on what projects and how many hours, but i presume that they have a team of 10 or so for each device released, maybe even more. Once a device get's obsolete, the team get's to another project, if there are to few developers, there might be "one developer assigned to two or more projects" situation.
I think this is enough for you to comprehend that developement is not a copy paste situation made by a lot of greedy people.
If is not enough, well i do not care what you think. I answered and wasted my time writing here just because you were somehow ok and not full blown trolling as most here do.

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• Anonymous
• uwX
• 23 Feb 2023

Carol, 23 Feb 2023Glad that you had a good experience. The same for the future!A small piece of information. Android UPDATES are not difficult in any way than manufacturing (assembling) a mobile phone and making it work by employing the necessary software (OS). Also, there are plenty of formalities and licenses which has to be taken care of by the respective manufacturers which are more difficult than Android UPDATES. Though, Android UPDATES seems to be a huge task it is not so for the manufacturers. After Google's introduction of Project Treble these Android Updates have gone simpler than ever. What it requires is the will to give it properly. If you are interested, find out the differences between updating an Android 11 system to Android 12 and Android 12 system to Android 13. I retire from this discussion now. Take care. Bye.

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• Anonymous
• uwX
• 23 Feb 2023

Carol, 23 Feb 2023Glad that you had a good experience. The same for the future!Since you speak about software (Android) development a lot and over emphasize that it is too hard for small manufacturers to do it unless they employ great professionals, can you please explain in layman's terms about the software developments needed to employ Android to a specific hardware and how Stock UI and Custom Ui plays its part during its implementation.

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• Anonymous
• uwX
• 23 Feb 2023

Carol, 23 Feb 2023It is very self-explanatory, 1. they do not have enough d... moreYour words reads as,

"As, i said, hmd cannot be compared to giant companies, their developement is slow, and there is a reason why. Not enough developers (that are already very hard to find if you can't afford to pay them 150 € per Hour), they are as many as half of a department at Samsung."

Please clarify...

May I explain it the way it is....

1. HMD is not a giant company.
2. Their development is slow. (This means HMD's growth is slow). If you mean something else by saying things in your own way, it is not ethically acceptable.)
3.Their development is slow and THERE IS A REASON WHY. NOT ENOUGH DEVELOPERS.
4. Developers are hard to find if you can't afford to pay them €150 per hour. (which means that Nokia's development is slow because they don't have enough of developers and they can't afford to pay €150 per hour)
5. The reason why their development is slow than giant companies. (which means that HMD is a small company or in other words HMD isn't a giant company.

Readers can't make the necessary corrections as per your wish. Any sentence has its own meaning and it can't mean the way you want it to be as long as you are on Earth. If you haven't wrote the words as highlighted by me in CAPITALS then there is a chance to accept your explanation. Anyhow, please Google to find out how big or small HMD is. While communicating (in any language) there may be grammatical errors but, not context errors. Grammatical errors would be automatically corrected by the receivers of your messages, whereas context would always mean the way as it is expressed. Thanks for your explanation.

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• Carol
• mek
• 23 Feb 2023

Hoova , 23 Feb 2023I also had Nokia 7 Plus went from Android 8 to 9 then to 10... moreGlad that you had a good experience. The same for the future!

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• Carol
• mek
• 23 Feb 2023

Anonymous, 23 Feb 2023Your words reads as, "As, i said, hmd cannot be com... moreIt is very self-explanatory,
1. they do not have enough developers.
2. Developers are already hard to find, even harder if you can't afford to pay them a good premium per hour.
3. That is why their is a slower developement then in giant companies.
4. The whole hmd personal is probably half of one department in let's say, Samsung mobile devision.

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