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2020 has been an exciting year for smartphones, as many brands are truly upping up their game when it comes to the entry-level segment. Of course, HMD Global also has its offering with the Nokia 3.4. Here’s our full review of the Nokia 3.4.

Design and Construction

Although Nokia 3.4 isn’t the most attractive smartphone, there is, it looks pretty okay. As we mentioned in our hands-on, the phone does feel kind of “cheap” due to its plastic body, but the embossed plastic design is a nice touch, and it reduces fingerprint smudges on the phone. It comes with a good grip and is comfortable to hold due to its slim profile. The unit we have is in Fjord, but you can also get in Charcoal.

Here on its rear, we can find its protruding circular camera module, a circular fingerprint scanner, and the Nokia branding. You may also use the fingerprint scanner to bring down the navigation bar, which is cool.

Upfront, we can find its 6.3-inch HD+ display, punch hole notch, call speaker, and another Nokia branding down on its chin.

Found on the right side are the power/lock button plus the volume rocker.

While on the left side, we have its dual nano-SIM card slot with a dedicated MicroSD slot and a dedicated Google Assistant button that you can also disable in the settings. We have to say that it’s pretty handy, but we almost always mistook it for the power button.

Up top, we got the 3.5mm audio port alongside the secondary noise-canceling microphone.

Down at the bottom resides its primary microphone, USB Type-C port, and speaker grilles.

Display and Multimedia

As for the display, the Nokia 3.4 sports a sizeable 6.39-inch IPS LCD screen with 720 x 1560 pixels. Color reproduction is good, and watching videos is immersive. It gets decently bright outdoors, and you can utilize the Night Light feature to reduce eye strain in low-light conditions. Also, there’s no way to hide the notch.

Audio-wise, it’s subpar. It sounds tinny when set at max volume, but you can use the retail unit’s included earphones to enhance the listening experience.

OS, UI, and Apps

The Nokia 3.4 runs on Android 10, so yes, we get pure Android in here. The UI is clean and straightforward, and we loved it. We get the usual Google apps, and that’s pretty much it. It’s also worth noting that this device is guaranteed to upgrade to Android 11 soon.

As for additional features, it comes with Digital Wellbeing and parental control to keep track of screen time and add content restrictions, and set other limits to help your child balance screen time. Out of the 64GB storage, we get a usable 48GB storage that can be further expanded via microSD.

Camera

The Nokia 3.4 comes with a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 13MP primary camera, 5MP ultra-wide, and 2MP depth. We get an 8MP one for selfies.

As for image quality, they’re average. Photos look decent and sharp in good lighting, though there are shots that look a bit washed out and some a bit saturated. Despite that, we appreciate the little distortion coming off from the ultra-wide lens. The portrait mode tends to struggle a bit in separating the subject from the background. As for low-light shots, well, they’re pretty underwhelming but usable. The night mode does little help to improve the shots, so there’s that.