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"A well built and designed budget smartphone that shows off some of the
best of Nokia. It's let down by weak performance, but at the right
price it's a strong offering despite an uncertain future."
For
Strong build quality
Low cost
Dual SIM flexibility
Against
Weak performance
Dim display
Poor battery endurance
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Ratings in depth
Ever
since Nokia decided to go all-in with Windows Phone, there has been a
nagging feeling that it would have been better off using Android as its
mobile operating system of choice.
A feeling that has got stronger as Android devices have so rapidly taken over the lion's share of smartphone sales.
At
Mobile Web Congress in February 2014, Nokia finally fulfilled this
dream by announcing the Nokia X range comprising the Nokia X (reviewed
here), a higher specified X+ and the physically larger Nokia XL. Not just one Android phone, but a whole range.
There
was more than a little irony in seeing Stephen Elop, once a Microsoft
stalwart and the architect of Nokia's Windows Phone strategy announcing
these new devices on stage. He went to great pains to point out that the
Nokia X is a phone running AOSP, the Android Open Source Project.
This
project underpins every Android phone in the world. As always in the
Nokia story, it is not quite as simple as that. While the Nokia X runs
Android, it does not run Google Android.
Briefly, Android
as we know it is typically made of two parts; the underlying Android
system and the Google apps. The underlying Android system is what the
Nokia X runs along with all the usual well known Android phones such as
the Samsung Galaxy S range and the HTC One M8.
Unlike
those devices though, the Nokia X does not run Google apps. In order to
run Google apps – Gmail, Maps, Calendar, Google Now etc – phones need
to be certified. Nokia has not taken this step and it has done so on
purpose. The
Nokia X software is based off of Android 4.1, a version released in
July 2012. There is so far no information on updates but we can only
hope Android 4.4 is planned as that version is designed to run on lower end hardware.
Nokia
has designed the X to use the equivalent services from itself and from
Microsoft, and Nokia has provided an API for everything that Google
provides meaning that developers should be able to port apps quite
easily.
This makes the Nokia X an Android phone by name,
but one that would perhaps be unfamiliar to those already used to
running Android on other mainstream devices. If you are thinking of
switching to the Nokia X from another Android device, it is most
important to note that the Play Store is not available. It
is possible to side-load any legally obtainable apps including other
app stores such as the Amazon app store, but even that wont bring Google
services to the Nokia X.
Who would have imagined a
Microsoft product running Android? It does seem like an anomaly. I guess
that sales figures will be a big factor in the decision making for
them, but this is far more a Nokia phone than a Microsoft phone.
Moving
on from this mixed outlook, what do you get on the Nokia X? The
standout software included are Nokia HERE Maps, a fantastic alternative
to Google apps, and Nokia MixRadio which is a great way to stream your
favorite music on demand.
Instead of the Play Store you
will find the Nokia Store, which is already starting to fill out with
many top apps. Nokia include Facebook and Twitter apps along with
BlackBerry Messenger as standard. Various simple games are loaded on the
X as well. All these apps run on a heavily customised version of
Android 4.1. Powering
the Nokia X is a dual-core Snapdragon S4 Play processor running at 1GHz
with 512Mb of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, which can be
supplemented by a microSD card. The X has a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) LCD
display and a fixed focus 3MP camera on the back. There's no front
facing shooter.
These are very modest specs indeed and that does end up informing the whole experience of using the Nokia X.
What
makes up for that is the price, the range starts at just €89 (around
£75, $120, AU$135). This is a phone targeted at emerging markets, at
people who are buying their first smartphone and perhaps their first
phone. Some buyers of the Nokia X will have never bought any sort of
computing device before.
Nokia is bringing the X range to
Europe, including the UK, but it has been clearly designed to replace
the top end of Nokia's Asha range of phones. The Asha range is filled
with very nicely designed but slow and simple feature phones, which have
very limited capabilities. The
Nokia X is a decent step up from an Asha device and has the potential
to do a lot more. Here in the UK, other reasonable smartphones are
available for a similar price as the X but in its first market, India,
this is not the case. Phones at a similar price point suffer from
extremely bad design and build quality and very poor performance.
Despite
the meager specifications and just a 1500mAh battery, the Nokia X
provides a reasonable upgrade for users in these emerging markets who
are upgrading from either feature phones or locally produced budget
handsets which simply will not have Nokia's level of design and build.
When
you pull the rear shell off the Nokia X model it is possible to see
another indicator as to the target markets for this new range. The Nokia
X is a dual SIM device.
In many other markets, the best
value for cellular connectivity is achieved by separating your contracts
for voice usage and data usage, which mandates two SIM cards. It's like
running your calls through Vodafone and your data through T-Mobile. On
the X, the dual SIM setup supports dual standby that means both SIM
cards can be active at the same time. Only slot one supports 3G
connections, so that is where you will want to put your data SIM. Both
slots are of the micro SIM variety. There is no 4G in sight here, but
that is hardly a surprise.
The X range comes in a lovely
range of colours with the basic X is available in black, white, cyan,
yellow, bright red and the bright green, which is especially striking.
The slightly higher spec X+ shares the same palette while the larger XL
swaps the red for an even nicer orange colour.
Nokia has
done what Nokia always seems to do at the budget end of its range. It
has designed and built a phone that looks and feels more expensive than
it is, something Nokia do not get enough plaudits for.
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