Nokia 3.4

From the last two decades, Nokia has evolved from candy bar style devices that featured unbreakable hardware to the Lumia series which adopted the windows software for running. But it has been a few years now that Nokia has completely relied upon the Android OS for running their devices for offering varied services to the users. Same has been followed in the Nokia 3.4. The latest smartphone which is going to hit the Indian smartphone market soon is featuring the Stock Android along with the latest chipset. Nokia 3.4 belongs to the affordable price range and here is a brief review of this smartphone for knowing it much better.

Nokia 3.4 Price in India

Nokia 3.4 is available in three colour options Dusk, Charcoal and Fjord. The smartphone comes in two variants, one with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage and another one with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The starting price of Nokia 3.4 is 159 Euros, translating into Rs.13,700. The smartphone will hit the Indian market by the end of November.

The design is the first advantage of the Nokia 3.4 and this smartphone has perhaps the most beautiful case in the ultra-budget class. There is the traditional finish quality and the back cover is made of durable polycarbonate material with original 3D embossing to help reduce slipping. The frame of the Nokia 3.4 is made of Aluminium for providing additional strength.

The body of Nokia 3.4 looks brighter than the Nokia 2.4.  The fingerprint is located under the main circular camera block on the rear side and this technique has been used by the Nokia brand for quite some time. Also on the front side, the appearance of Nokia 3.4 is different than the Nokia 2.4 in terms of the selfie camera housing. In Nokia 3.4 the selfie camera is housed under the punch-hole placed at the left corner.

Moving on, there is a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top frame along with a primary microphone. The volume rockers and the power button are located on the right edge and the trademark Google assistant button has been placed on the left side. The bottom side is featuring a secondary microphone, speaker grille and Type-C charging port.

The display of the latest device from Nokia fits the budget, but it turns out to be a weak point for the Nokia 3. Like Nokia 2.4, the Nokia 3.4 is featuring an IPS panel along with an acceptable HD+ resolution. The pixels are not striking at all. There are a 6.39-inch HD+ screen and thick enough bezels around it with an impressive chin featuring the Nokia logo. Nokia has promised up to 400nits of peak brightness in this smartphone.  

The much-required update has been brought in this section and the Nokia 3.4 is more powerful than the Nokia 2.4. It comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 chipset. There are 3GB and 4GB RAM options available. The overall performance of this smartphone will be higher than that of the competition.

In terms of non-volatile memory option, the Nokia 3.4 has got 32GB or 64GB internal storage and besides there are provisions for memory expansion via microSD card up to 512GB. Some other features include Glonass, GPS, BDS, NFS and Galileo. The Nokia 3.4 supports LTE, WCDMA, GSM, Wi-Fi 802.11 and Bluetooth version 4.2.

Coming to the software of the Nokia 3.4, there is stock Android 10, which is also a part of the Android One programme and thus promising two years of software and up to three years of security updates.

On the rear side of Nokia 3.4, you are going to get a triple-camera setup with a 13MP primary lens along with a 2MP depth sensor and 5MP ultra-wide sensor. On the front side, there is a single front-facing lens of 8MP. So the camera performance in Nokia 3.4 is much better than its predecessor.

Nokia 3.4 comes with a decent 4000 mAh battery. With light to medium usage, the battery of this smartphone will last for two days at least with the adaptive battery feature enabled and promises a full day heavy usage as well. This section has seen a downfall as in Nokia 2.4 we have seen a 4500 mAh battery. Nokia 3.4 supports 10W charging and without fast charging option, it will take some time for fully refilling the battery of this smartphone. there is a Type-C charging port for connecting the charger with your smartphone.

Nokia 3.4 is offering more RAM along with a Modern processor, pure Android on board and original design. Also, there is accelerated charging along with some other nice things like NFC and USB Type-C port.  There are some straight offs but the economy class requires some sacrifices.