Nokia will expand its range further with a new budgetsmartphone. The Nokia 2 is not only cheap, but also has a strong battery.
Nokia 2 official: you need to know
The Nokia 2 is from available next month for 99 euros. It is the first smartphone from the company which is under the 100 euro is diving, and so also the cheapest device of the Finnish manufacturer to date. The Finns say, with the Nokia 2 to focus on the more than two billion people worldwide who still have no smartphone. Up until now, the Nokia 3, with a suggested retail price of 149 euros, the cheapest device.
On paper the hardware isn’t particularly powerful. So, the Nokia 2 a Snapdragon 212-chip with a fairly limited 1GB ram. Also the storage is 8GB on the tight side. About half is already used by Android and bundled apps, so you only have a little space for our own apps, photos and music.
Battery goes for two days
Nokia’s new smartphone, it must then also particularly of the large battery. Which has a capacity of 4100 mAh, about fifty percent larger than most smartphones of this size. According to the manufacturer, it is enough to have two days with a full battery charge. In this price range you will find rarely smartphones with such a large battery. Only the Motorola Moto E4 Plus offers a larger 5000 mAh battery, but that device is a bit more expensive.
The device has a 5 inch screen with a hd resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. Many other smartphones in this price range offer a lower resolution of the sharp image is a clear advantage for Nokia. Also the housing looks to be in order: that is made of the same aluminium as the more expensive Nokia smartphones. On the back is an 8 megapixel camera, front a 5 megapixel camera.
Upon his release runs the Nokia 2 is still on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat). However, promises the manufacturer that an update to Android Oreo as soon as possible appears. Nokia is one of the few manufacturers that are budgetsmartphones regular updates provides. The company has recently pledged all of its smartphones next year to Android P update.
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