Nokia X30 review
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- 30 Nov 2022
DroidBoye, 30 Nov 2022This is a very good phone but a very ambitious pricepoint. ... moreyou deserve Chinese phones with low ram speed , storage with terrible endurance . go by that crap for cheap
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- 30 Nov 2022
skymfa, 29 Nov 2022The same mobile phone would have been produced with a bette... more... which didn't exist when this phone was designed
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- Yuvarajpatil
- rJ1
- 30 Nov 2022
When. Available in nokia x200 and nokia x 30
- DroidBoye
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- 30 Nov 2022
This is a very good phone but a very ambitious pricepoint. DOA. Only a die-hard Nokia fan will buy this at 520 Euro, even at the discounted 450 Euro this is still mediocre at best.
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- 30 Nov 2022
Carol, 29 Nov 2022You forgot i mentioned the same quality, then specs. cause ... moreAre you a HMD rep or something?
You seem very passionate about defending a brand that is releasing overpriced underspecced trash - and expecting consumers to not vent or express their opinions.
I've used the G60 - and I can honestly tell you, it feels cheap and trashy. The battery life is below average, and the screen is very very average. The sound quality, call quality and volume level is seriously awful, and the promise of "monthly security patches" is an outright lie. At the time of use (Nov 2022), it was still stuck on September's security patch.
Putting the awful call quality to the side, trying to justify the high price of the handset with low specs, no TPU case or charger in the box, is dreadful.
You know nothing about the labour costs of the handset or how HMD is manufacturing it, but if it's any consolation, it's not even manufactured in the EU, and many parts are sourced from abroad/China, just like all those Chinese brands you like to regularly bash and criticize.
I know you're probably going respond to this comment with further defensive gibberish, but the FACT is, HMD can't be taken seriously, they've fallen behind in almost every category. Their phones barely sell, they barely recieve any mainstream reviews or mainstream publicity, and they're barely sold in mainstream markets.
It doesn't take much to guess why that is.
They do however, regularly get trashed by those that are unfortunate enough to use them.
People wouldn't lie for the sake of it. There are many disappointed customers. Just look across the nokia/hmd forums, and youtube comments and read people's posts. Quality control doesn't seem to something HMD are very well acquainted with.
Nokia were a fantastic brand, and did amazing tech in the past, but just by touching the G60, you'll know straight away that this isn't Nokia, or what Nokia would have ever intended their handsets to be or want to be.
The X30 is even worse than expected. Overpriced, underspecced and totally eaten by the often (cheaper) and more competitive competition.
RIP HMD.
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- IWU
- 30 Nov 2022
skymfa, 29 Nov 2022The same mobile phone would have been produced with a bette... moreLet's hope they'll make the X30 Plus with a better chipset
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- Minu
- IWU
- 30 Nov 2022
AnonD-1065015, 29 Nov 2022There crap!Never, as long as you know its pros and cons 😄
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- Minu
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- 29 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2022Sony have some of the best battery optimisation on Android.Totally agreed. Hence probably why the XZ2 Premium had decent battery life with a tiny battery
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- skymfa
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- 29 Nov 2022
The same mobile phone would have been produced with a better Snapdragon SD782 processor.
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
David 040882, 29 Nov 2022Realme 10pro + Oppo F21 pro Motorola Edge 20 Xiaomi Red... moreYou forgot i mentioned the same quality, then specs. cause paper-specs all chinaware can do. I mean, they sell 3 Tb RAM phones, for no 100 euros... ah, sorry, you probalby do not know hat i mean, when i say quality, let's leave it to that. As for realme, oppe, and whatever, i hopped you'll let them out, and name some real brands that carry the quality and the specs and are 200 euros. If you sitll do not understand, i mean samsung, apple, sony, google.
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
AnonD-1065015, 29 Nov 2022There crap!Not the opinion is the problem, the problem is the fact that you're nick fits your personality, i would even go further and call it micro-conductor.
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2022Well, the biggest Xiaomi hater Carol is also the biggest No... moreI do not recall ever going to xiaomi comment sections to bash them. But i'm the hater? Why? cause i make you feal like a m...n when you bash and spread your hate in Nokia comment sections? Or cause i do not agree to support a copy, paste, rewind brand?
Check your perception scale, it makes no sense.
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- Anonymous
- tZ0
- 29 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2022Better than crapmi note 12 seriesA sentiment shared by about 0.1% of buyers. Not significant to even pose a challenge to Redmi.
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2022GSM Arena never considers Motorola phones.
The Edge 30 ... moreActually i am buying NOKIA because i want to help hmd grow, and European brands altogether. Also because of the clean software. As for calling this device garbage, have you used it?
Why do you buy the phones you buy? because cheap, right?
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2022No phones with SD 695 can do 4K video regardless of brands.... moreOk, and how many movies you made? and how many times you watched them on a 4k display?
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- Carol
- 3td
- 29 Nov 2022
cyber, 29 Nov 2022s21 fe cheaper and 10x times better,a53 is 200 euro cheaper... moreWell, they for sure did not beat you to it...
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- 29 Nov 2022
Carol, 29 Nov 2022First of all, if someone wants to support a european brand ... morenokia was good,now is a low end trash,now take it and leave
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- Xenotyro
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- 29 Nov 2022
It's a shame GSMarena didn't review the Nokia 8.3, X20 or XR20. I expect there would have been similar if not greater criticisms than the X30, but they are all worthwhile devices depending on your use cases.
The X30 really should have had a 7-series processor, the decision to use the 695 is either born of cost cutting or not being able to better optimise the battery. My experience of the 480 chipset has been very positive and HMD implemented it especially well on the X20, but the 695 is not enough of a meaningful improvement as it shares the same modem, GPU and limitation on video resolution.
Personally, I find myself initially disappointed with modern Nokia branded devices but come to appreciate them over time as coherent and well-rounded over long term use. The 8.3 for example did not get a fair chance, especially because HMD delayed the release due to COVID and the James Bond marketing tie-in.
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- Carol
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- 29 Nov 2022
Inva, 29 Nov 2022I disagree with the "no stereo speakers" point, a... moreNot that one would get a good enough audio quality to make a party with a phone altogether...