Nokia 3 review: Un-Finnished Business

30 June 2017
A Nokia for the masses! And not the 3310. Risen from the ashes, the legendary Finnish brand makes a fresh start. "Connecting people" the Android way. It's a nice sentiment for sure, but one that’s mostly fueled by collective nostalgia over the Nokia golden age, back in the 90s.

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  • 02 Jul 2017

Sonu4678, 02 Jul 2017Yeah, live in your little world. 950/Xl whatever might have... moreActually, you can. Windows aside, the camera is still top notch as you can see for yourself on pages that Steve Litchfield (All About Symbian, All About Windows Phone, Android Beat) writes for, as well as on SmartCamClub and everywhere that people still use it as a comparison. Just because a phone is new, doesn't necessarily mean that the camera is better than the old ones. Also, "back in the day" was just 2 years ago. ;-)

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    • Nostalgicos
    • N5N
    • 02 Jul 2017

    Quite a positive review considering that all it's competitors on that price range seems to be clearly better phones

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      • harwey
      • JbV
      • 02 Jul 2017

      So,this is the return of (once greatest) Nokia..except for the badge,everything inside this 3 is far inferior to absolutely everything you can buy for 150$ nowadays.Same thing with the 6,looks OK,great build,but for 350$ you have ocean of choices,and almost all of them with (far) better specs.

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        • AnonD-143546
        • PA7
        • 02 Jul 2017

        Sonu4678, 02 Jul 2017Nokia mobile care? Why would there be one? This company was... moreGood, that's how important to do research before commenting :)

        300 Nokia Mobile Care plus 100 Nokia Mobile Care that offer pick-up service in India alone :)

          SpiritWolf, 01 Jul 2017Microsoft has nothing to do with this startup. BTW, i am st... moreYeah, live in your little world. 950/Xl whatever might have had great camera back in the day but you can't really compare it to today's flagships.

            AnonD-143546, 01 Jul 2017"Value is the name of the game nowadays and it's really tou... moreNokia mobile care? Why would there be one? This company was banned for making any product for few years. There is a maintenance cost associated with these service centers. I don't think there would be any mobile care remaining that function well.

            EDIT - I was pleasantly surprised to know there are still over 300 Nokia priority stores all over India. Wow!!! I take back my statement.

              Indian, 01 Jul 2017Camera Quality Good...Separate Memory SD Card Slot.. 10 hrs... moreDid we read the same review? Stop being so blind.

                AnonD-656673, 01 Jul 2017This thing is priced at 9.5k INR in India!!Better buy Redmi 4 at that price or note 4 for 2k more. I love Xiaomi, they give solid phones at solid price.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • IVy
                  • 02 Jul 2017

                  SpiritWolf, 01 Jul 2017Yes, i sorely miss Symbian but destroying it after merge is... moreI still use my 808 as my daily driver.. And a cheap lenovo A806 for android stuff.. I just can't bring myself to use any other camera until i find one that is able to surpass the 808.. I have considered the latest flagships including the 950 but still very far from 808 image quality.. Maybe Nokia 9 will beat the 808.. or I'll probably have to wait until Nokia 12 LOL

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                    • HerrHobbler
                    • ppv
                    • 02 Jul 2017

                    MT6737, 2GB of RAM and crappy camera? Just get yourself Oukitel U7 Plus for around 70 bucks at most and you will get perhaps not that great built quality (precision of that removable back is really questionable) but smooth interface (yes, if you connect to WiFi after few hours and your email client is loading mails and Google Play is updating you will experience lag) but other than that its smooth. And if you want more performance, better camera, better batery and metal built, get Oukitel K6000 Plus for 170 bucks...
                    Nokia 3 for its price is just gimmick...

                      Net is weird.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • qNh
                        • 01 Jul 2017

                        Nokia said they are pushing good build quality and software support, they never actually promised remarkable chipsets.

                          Anonymous, 01 Jul 2017I Sincerely hope Microsoft didn't ruined Nokia's good s... moreMicrosoft has nothing to do with this startup. BTW, i am still using 950Xl and it beats every nowadays phone in camera department. Yes, my GF has whatever latest Samsung Android abomination it is. S8?

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                            • 01 Jul 2017

                            AnonD-14584, 30 Jun 2017Nokia in the past was the best mobile phone manufacturer in... more😂😂😂...hahahahah, chinese are the COPYCATS, NO INNOVATION, PLAIN ME TOO MANUFACTURERS... those designs come from NOKIA... no reviews, shall i say, very very few reviews are credible nowadays..most reviews are subjective opinions, i dont rely on reviews, since most reviewers are fanboys themselves...

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                              • gN$
                              • 01 Jul 2017

                              As a nokia fan i am saying this ... unfortunately

                              This phone gets beaten by galaxy J3 2017

                              -- J3 has better cameras plus selfie flash

                              --- Extraordinary battery life ( due to 14nm soc expect 90h+ rating even with 2400mah battery eg A3 2017 )

                              ---- higher antutu score 35k vs 28k for Nokia 3.. ( though since it uses touchwiz this is more or less a tie source - YouTube )

                              ---- Nokia 3 is definitely more tougher and sturdy , j3 also looks good in metal body ESP in black colour

                              After sale services and brand let's consider it a tie

                              The only thing going for Nokia 3 is it will be updated to 8 fast and for those that love stock ui .. j3 may never get updated

                              Still worth it to get j3 2017..

                              Samsung is smart they pushed the launch of j3 to July instead of august earlier because of Nokia 3

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                                • AnonD-473228
                                • uv7
                                • 01 Jul 2017

                                nokiapoweruser report nokia 3 has great battery life...
                                i know its a nokia site
                                but now I'm confused
                                gsm also see good battery for video playback and other stuff...

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                                  • Le$
                                  • 01 Jul 2017

                                  Galaxy Note 2 category level from 2012, that is not enough in middle of 2017

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • m5k
                                    • 01 Jul 2017

                                    This review makes me a little worried for the Nokia 5 and 6. I'm seriously considering the Nokia 5 but might wait until GSM have done their review. Otherwise I might wait for the Samsung J5 2017 (whenever that will launch!). The Moto G5 was meant to be the main contender but the design is a big let down.

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                                      • SvB
                                      • 01 Jul 2017

                                      Phones are not for games. You can play on xbox or a pc not on a phone.
                                      This is a buget phone wich will probably go free with an operator contract
                                      Great build, good background
                                      Go buy xiaomi and good luck with service repairs

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                                        • PA7
                                        • 01 Jul 2017

                                        Qwerty2017, 01 Jul 2017Xiaomi has great software updates and has HUGE line-up of d... moreThat's the point, we can't conclude a device is bad just because it's spec, I don't say that Chinese brand devices is bad (I have one), my opinion pointed to this review alone.

                                        PS: don't need to be caps locked, it's just showed you are like paid commenter.