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(Pocket-lint) - Since relaunching arsenic a HMD Global brand, Nokia has gone gung-ho successful the affordable telephone market releasing respective accessible Android phones each twelvemonth arsenic it seeks to screen beauteous overmuch each terms conception nether £300.
For 2021 it shifted its strategy somewhat and came up with 3 ranges. The G-series, C-series and X-series, with the erstwhile being the low-end, affordable scope with large batteries. That's wherever the caller G50 fits in. It's a comparatively affordable 5G telephone with tons of artillery powerfulness and a large screen.
Design
- 173.83 x 77.68 x 8.85mm
- Plastic physique - 220g
- 3.5mm headphone port
- Ocean Blue and Midnight Sun colours
There's thing of a inclination successful the affordable smartphone conception to physique rather hefty devices. A large portion of that is the tendency to connection market-leading artillery beingness and a large screen. Ergo large phone. At 220 grams the Nokia G50 is rather a dense instrumentality arsenic phones go. Again, predominantly down to the battery.
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Apart from that, the telephone has a reasonably emblematic Nokia look to it. That means the cameras connected the backmost are housed successful a circular enclosure that protrudes from the rear sheet of the phone.
That sheet itself successful our Ocean Blue colour features a gradient decorativeness that is darker astatine the sides and airy successful the middle. You tin surely spot wherever the colour gets its sanction from too, it has a somewhat greenish tint to it, positive is finished successful a matte/frosted texture alternatively than being glossy. That should mean it doesn't pull fingerprints arsenic easy arsenic immoderate glossier devices.
As acold arsenic buttons and fixtures go, it's a reasonably modular affair. There's a measurement rocker power supra the power/lock fastener connected the right. This powerfulness fastener is recessed into the framework and besides has a built-in carnal fingerprint sensor.
On the other broadside you'll find a Google Assistant button. Press it erstwhile and Google Assistant pops up connected screen. The bottommost borderline features the accustomed Type-C port, talker holes and mic. There's besides a 3.5mm headphone larboard successful the apical borderline for those who inactive usage wired earphones/headsets.
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From the beforehand you tin archer there's an effort to support up with the inclination of having a large surface with skinny bezels, but being an affordable devices means those bezels are inactive comparatively chunky. The chin oregon bottommost bezel is overmuch thicker than the framing astir the sides, portion the selfie camera lives wrong a v-shaped notch that cuts into the show astatine the top.
On the full it feels similar rather a hefty, solid, integrative device. Pretty overmuch precisely what you'd expect from an Android telephone astatine the little extremity of the market.
Display and software
- 6.82-inch LCD display
- HD+ 720p resolution
- 450nits emblematic brightness
- V-shaped notch for selfie camera
- Android 11 - Android One device
Nokia's been 1 of the biggest proponents of the Android One program, truthful it's nary astonishment to spot the G50's container bearing the logo. That means a mates of things.
Firstly, the bundle is escaped of bloat and further features that different manufactures add. It keeps the acquisition down to the essentials. Secondly: bundle updates. It's designed to get predominant updates and support supporting them for a fewer years.
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It launches with Android 11 retired of the box, and that's displayed connected a truly large 6.82-inch LCD panel. Being a much affordable device, that LCD surface features HD+ resolution. That means 720p, alternatively than 1080p oregon 1440p. So don't spell expecting it to enactment the apical flagships to shame.
On archetypal impressions the surface surely seems decent enough. While it's not eye-catching, it appears to show colours successful a earthy manner and is agleam capable to marque it useful. It's the size that volition beryllium the large gully for astir radical though. At 6.82-inches, it's 1 of the largest screens connected the market.
Hardware and Specifications
- Snapdragon 480 processor with 5G
- 4/6GB RAM and 64/128GB storage
- MicroSD paper support
- 5000mAh artillery with 18W charging
There are a mates of things connected the spec expanse worthy highlighting. Battery beingness is 1 of those. The G50 features a mega 5000mAh battery, making it 1 of the largest capacities retired there. With the debased solution surface and debased powerfulness processor, that should mean it lasts a bully magnitude of time. In fact, Nokia promises two-day artillery beingness from the G50.
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Nokia's latest telephone besides has 5G support. In a telephone nether £200 successful the UK, that's not each that common. That should mean accelerated downloads and speedy information connections successful those areas that person coverage.
While information downloads mightiness beryllium fast, we wouldn't expect the telephone itself to acceptable the satellite alight with its speed. The Snapdragon 480 it ships with is 1 of the little extremity processors, plan predominantly to not beryllium a hindrance, alternatively than being ace fast. For those who privation a telephone that conscionable helps them get the basics done, it's much than bully enough.
This is arsenic good arsenic either 4GB oregon 6GB of RAM and 64GB oregon 128GB storage. You're not constricted to that retention either. The telephone has a microSD paper tray, truthful you tin usage that to grow and adhd more.
Cameras
- Triple camera system
- 48MP main camera, 5MP ultrawide + 2MP extent sensor
- 8MP selfie camera
There are 3 cameras connected the backmost of the G50, but it's apt if you get this telephone you'll instrumentality to utilizing conscionable 1 of them. The superior sensor is simply a 48-megapixel one, and volition pixel bin down to 12-megapixels. It besides features autofocus support.
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The different 2 cameras a considerably little resolution. The ultrawide - with its 5-megapixel sensor - means you tin instrumentality overmuch wider shots, but they won't look arsenic crisp arsenic the main camera. The 3rd camera is 2-megapixels and is determination purely to stitchery other information for extent erstwhile utilizing things similar representation mode.
It feels similar yet different lawsuit wherever an affordable telephone shaper feels the request to adhd aggregate lenses to the backmost due to the fact that that's the existent trend. Rather than adding them due to the fact that they adhd to the experience.
Of course, we'll reserve afloat judgement until we've tested it throughly.
First Impressions
On archetypal impressions, there's thing terribly breathtaking astir the Nokia G50. It seeks to connection the things that substance successful an un-fussy manner and appears to bash that. You get a large battery, large surface and you're future-proofed acknowledgment to 5G enactment and having the Android One programme for bundle updates.
When you comparison it to what's connected connection from immoderate lesser known and less-easily-available phones from Chinese brands similar Realme, Redmi and Poco, it doesn't look each that competitive. But wherever it has the borderline is that you're much apt to find a G50 connected a telephone store shelf.
Still, each immoderate radical privation is simply a large telephone that tin past for ages connected a afloat complaint and helps them enactment successful interaction with people, store and bash societal media. With 5G becoming much wide-spread, it makes consciousness to person a fund telephone jumping connected committee the 5G bid and getting up to speed, acceptable for the future.
Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 22 September 2021.
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