Nokia - 2 4G LTE with 8GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black

This phone is built very solidly and looks and feels much more expensive than it is. The display and camera quality are also better than you'd expect for the price. Nobody would mistake it for a Galaxy S9 or iPhone X, but they might think you paid twice what you did or more. Nokia is also one of the few Android OEMs promising regular security updates for non-flagship devices. The Nokia 2 comes with Android 7.1, and an update to 8.1 is expected soon. In this price range, any updates at all are pretty rare, and major version upgrades virtually unheard of. This shouldn't be the case, but since it is, kudos to Nokia for doing what everyone else should. It has a huge battery that can easily last for two days of regular use. Why, you might be asking, after all of this praise, have I rated this phone two stars? Unfortunately, though there's really only one issue with the phone, it's a big one. It's slow. Really slow. Almost unusably slow. It has 1 GB of RAM, and that simply isn't enough. Opening one app is often enough to force the launcher (home screen if you're not familiar with Android) to close due to lack of memory, resulting in a blank screen after the home button is pressed before everything reappears. Seconds tick by when attempting to do nearly anything. I attempted to use this in my car with Android Auto, only to find that apparently running Maps and Android Auto at the same time was too much for it - the maps kept blanking out, making navigation an impossibility. And this was with no apps installed beyond what came with the phone and Android Auto itself. I can't imagine how it would perform with more apps installed and trying to run in the background. In short, unless you have absolutely minimal needs - in essence using this like a feature phone - it's not going to be pleasant. There are phones with 2 GB of RAM that cost only a bit more. Unfortunately, they're not Nokias, so they're going to rarely see software updates and are going to feel cheap. But they'll be usably fast, and that's apparently the best you can hope for in this price range. Nokia, if you added another GB of RAM and either charged a bit more or knocked down the materials quality a bit, you'd have a five star device for the price. Unfortunately, RAM was the wrong place to cut costs.

Keep in mind that this phone is only $100, so you really can't expect too much out of this thing. Out of the few weeks going on towards a month's time of using this phone as my daily driver, I have to say that it started out with loving the phone. I love how solid it feels, I love how nicely it fits in my pocket, and the battery really does last for two days, which is quite amazing to say the least. Call quality is pretty good too! With that said though, the phone does not get off Scot free without it's cons. Such as the phone's lagginess. It gets really frustrating after a while. Do not expect to get anything done quickly with this phone. Don't expect to do a lot of multitasking with this phone either. The processor can't handle too many things running at once, so apps will crash if there's just too much running in the background. However, when it comes to making calls/sending texts, it has never failed to do either one of those things. So it at least does regular phone things flawlessly. If you are looking for a spare/backup phone, or looking to get your child their first smartphone, then by all means pull the trigger. At this price point it's hard to say no. But if you're looking for a phone to use every day, I would probably spend a little more money and purchase the Nokia 6 or the Nokia 8.

This Nokia 2 has a great out of the box experience. It powers up very quick and lands you at the home screen very quickly. The screen is very clear and sharp. It feels nice in the hand and doesn't lag very much from screen to screen. The elephant in the room is that this phone is very low in specs - but this does not detract from the user experience as Nokia has pretty much left a virgin Android build with no bloatware. Android Nougat is native to this phone. UNLOCKED too! Worth it? Oh yes! If you are a savy shopper, you can pick-up a Cricket SIM and $60 refill card - this is useful if you don't already have a nano SIM that the Nokia 2 needs. You're paying $50 including tax after you apply your credit to Cricket and deduct $10 that Cricket would charge you had you went into the store to purchase one. If you need a phone and don't want a gaming device - this phone is very sharp and well worth it. If you are wanting a performance computer in a phone, skip this sub $50 phone for something in the $800 range.

At glance, the phone is pretty, has a rigid aluminum frame that gives you the impression of a solid phone but don't get too enthusiastic about it. Once the Phone started to work there are several issues with the phone: 1) for a 100 USD phone, the memory is very poor, just 8 GB considering that more of the half goes towards the system. 2) 1 GB Ram makes the phone so slow, it takes ages to open or switch from one App to the other, therefore is very annoying to accomplish minimal tasks. 3) Charging, for several days I could not get the phone to surpass more than 50% of the battery life because in the display it shows that I needed 14+ hours to be fully charged. Don't waste your money, try to invest another 40/50 USD and get a phone with better performance. Low point here is that now that I need to return this crap, BestBuy charges me 35 USD to restock the device.

This would be a nice base level small phone, EXCEPT that the 8GB of storage is too small. After the Google Security Updates and the updates of the core Google Apps (Maps, Google, Assistant, etc.) there is less than 3 GB of storage for everything else. That's before the Google apps start to cache data. Yes the phone can take a SD card, but Nokia has not enabled their phones for "Adoptable Storage" which would allow the SD card to be counted towards the actual phone storage. As it is, the SD card can only be used to store music, videos, and photos. Apps cannot be installed to the SD card. Also the 1GB of RAM makes the phone quite laggy with plenty of stuttering in the display. In short spend a bit extra money and buy something with a minimum of 16GB of storage and more RAM.

I bought 2 of these Nokias for 2 young men from South American friends and needed an unlocked phone to get around and use a T Mobile sim. I just bought a third for an older gentleman at my job who still has a flip phone. This phone is perfect for a teen's first phone or back up phone. It performs very decently and has the latest version of Android. I would only recommend necessary apps like Uber, Gmail, bank apps. Games and Facebook or Periscope would be a no go on this phone. It performs admirably for what it is; a great budget phone that will last if taken care of with updates for 2 years. I am very happy Nokia is back and can't wait to see what else they have in store. Highly recommend this Nokia 2 and 6 as well.

HMD is doing the Nokia name proud with the Nokia 8, 7 Plus and 6.1. The Nokia 2....we’ll not really. A snapdragon 212 paired with 1 GB of ram makes it rough to use. It’s slow and long to load apps. Once loaded they run ok, but don’t expect multitasking with them. The screen is great, battery last long and looks like it cost more than it did. I got this on sale, with a reward zone certificate with it so I paid almost half. For that price you can look past the short comings, especially if this is your kids or parents first smart phone.

This phone has been consistently dependable. Phone is for user that needs good call quality, very good non glare display, watching any YouTube videos without bogging down, ear phone jack, good battery, excellent texting & security updates. A everyday phone for achieving quality without more expensive expression. Phone build is very good though out side edges seem a bit slick. Would recommend a good+ case for all hand grip situations. This phone functions much better overall than prior Nokia entry level smart phones.