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Nokia 8 Steel 4GB RAM 64GB Storage
Last Updated: March 23, 2020 (Refresh Now)
7.1
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
770
Old Reviews
235
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13 MP
PRIMARY CAMERA
13 MP
SECONDARY CAMERA
5.3 inches
DISPLAY SIZE
5.3 meters
SIZE
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Product Reliability
54nokia, days, 2 months, weeks, usage
+31%
-69%
" ... So, I've lost faith completely on Nokia and so I'm selling my phone and I promise that I will never ever buy a Nokia phone again ... "
" ... Facing issues last couple of weeks , call settings issue. ... "
" ... I've using this phone since one year now . ... to start with,my model has faced sound problems days after days and months now . ... now charging port stopped working all of a sudden, and had to get that fixed . ... "
" ... After 2 months of use, lines appeared in the display. ... "
" ... Phone has stop working within one month of using and is constantly restarting. ... "
" ... After 11 months of buying the phone, it started resetting itself often. ... But, there itself I found the same reset issue appearing. ... And there is no guarantee that the issue or some other issue won't happen. ... "
" ... 10 July 2019 - horrible I can say now . ... "
" ... It's been close to 2 months that I have used this phone. ... Adding some more (close to 6 months of usage now) ... doesn't change suggestions based on usage. ... Not sure if this is a defective piece. ... "
Camera
39quality, nokia, good, night, focus
+74%
-26%
" ... camera is awesome ... "
" ... excellent camera ,battery ,display and everything . ... "
" ... Camera features yet to be explored. ... "
" ... But otherwise good quality photos can be taken. ... "
" ... At this price I expected a little better camera though. ... "
" ... Loved the quality of phone, screen, camera and smoothness of phone. ... "
" ... Excellent cam and screen . ... "
" ... good camera, built quality is top notch, ... "
Software Platform
35nokia, updates, nokia 8, stock android, google
+51%
-49%
" ... It a good performance for medium use, stock android phone with reasonable price range. ... "
" ... The icing on the cake is the pure Android with no bloatware. ... "
" ... It's recommended by Android enterprise. ... "
" ... As an Ardent Nokia fan I appreciate this phone but still whole lot of apps need to be input ... "
" ... UI is good. ... "
" ... Learned it after searching the web. ... "
" ... You will like its stock android feel and the smoothness of android 8. ... "
" ... Latest Android updates ... Has improved since pro update. ... "
Battery Life
35life, charging, fast, nokia, backup
+66%
-34%
" ... Received the product before time, we are using since purchase working fine with good battery backup ... "
" ... - Battery and charging, amazing!! ... "
" ... battery is excellent, charges super fast. ... "
" ... Long battery life. ... "
" ... Battery discharges very fast. ... "
" ... good battery backup . ... "
" ... Excellent battery life, lasts full day with heavy usage and little more than a day if used in battery saving mode. ... "
" ... Good battery life of 2 days. ... "
Apps
29nokia, google, stock android, updates, camera app
+72%
-28%
" ... The icing on the cake is the pure Android with no bloatware. ... "
" ... Display and stock android feel is best. ... "
" ... The camera app got fixed with the last major update, which was the only flaw with this phone when I brought it. ... "
" ... Downloaded google camera app from apk and this is better software for camera then the proprietary software of Nokia 8. ... "
" ... I used to Nexus from Google, Nokia 8 having Android one application which is user friendly. ... "
" ... Phone comes with basic android theme and functionality sometimes feel like using moto e 😔 ... "
" ... Instagram hangs on this phone sometimes, apart from that the phone functions smoothly. ... "
" ... UI is good. ... "
Price
28value for money, price range, price, phone, waste
+71%
-29%
" ... Master product in its price class. ... "
" ... Best phone at this budget ... "
" ... This mobile is a worth the money. ... "
" ... Must buy phone at price of 26k ... "
" ... Post the price drop to around 27k this is very good value for money. ... "
" ... It is worth to buy and value for.money ... "
" ... Value for money if you are looking for a branded phone ... "
" ... Nokia 8 is really a good phone for it's price range. ... "
Display Clarity
27screen, phone, half, nokia 8, weeks
+41%
-59%
" ... and its just after 2 months of purchase the display has gone black. ... cant see anything on the screen ... "
" ... Half of the screen went static after just 6 months of use. ... "
" ... Screen went bad in 6 months. ... "
" ... They kept on telling me that screen is unavailable. ... Again after using it for 13 days more, half of the screen of my phone turned grey. ... "
" ... I bought this phone in July 2018 and after 6 month of use I'm facing display issue ... 6.Half of the display is dead . ... QHD is good 4/5 ... "
" ... Last June 2018, am purchased NOKIA 8 from this site, now I lost the display before one year of time, poor product . ... "
" ... The device is having display issue. ... "
" ... Now its the 2nd time I'm facing the problem with a half screen dead issue and my warranty is also completed. ... "
Charging
20fast, battery, heat, charges, working
+55%
-45%
" ... just getting hang when on charging else other functioning good. ... "
" ... Awesome fast charging and battery life ... "
" ... Charges quite quickly. ... "
" ... battery is excellent, charges super fast. ... "
" ... - Battery and charging, amazing!! ... Charges quickly and lasts me most of the day ! ... - Charger, fast and efficient. ... "
" ... Charges very fast upto 60% in 30min. ... "
" ... But charging drops very fast . ... "
" ... Interms of sofware updates it is beating andeoid one device lyk MI A1.Charging time i quite fast and battery backup is good enough because it with 1 day usage ... "
Design
19premium, build quality, sleek, nokia, sound
+89%
-11%
" ... - The build quality. ... "
" ... Very premium feel, fast enough to handle almost everything. ... "
" ... The look of phone is appealing and what makes the difference is its back side which will never leave its grey colour unlike other smartphones. ... "
" ... Nice Smart Phone with Attractive Colour & Design . ... "
" ... Nonetheless premium phone with a nice look ! ... "
" ... Absolutely feels good to be back to Nokia branding. ... Looks and feels premium. ... "
" ... I like the look of it too. ... "
" ... Designed for perfection. ... "
Build Quality
19built, premium, build quality, slippery, height
+74%
-26%
" ... Apart from that mobile is wonderful ... "
" ... The built quality is awesome. ... Designed for perfection. ... "
" ... Looks and feels premium. ... "
" ... Good build quality. ... "
" ... - The build quality. ... It's a Nokia device, as expected IT IS VERY VERY STURDY! ... "
" ... Very premium feel, fast enough to handle almost everything. ... "
" ... I mean it's quite durable. ... "
" ... Excellent build quality ... "
Sound Quality
18quality, speakers, speaker, good, audio
+67%
-33%
" ... Audio quality is awesome, almost as good as speakers and Redmi series phones. ... "
" ... Good sound quality ... "
" ... the picture quality, sound quality and battery life is amazing. ... "
" ... Picture and sound quality are good. ... "
" ... Pros :- Good Sound Quality , Slim Design , No Heating Problem ... "
" ... - Sound quality, for calls it's very crisp and loud enough. ... Good sound, mic and button quality! ... "
" ... Audio recording is just awesome though - you tell the camera a direction from where you want to record, and all other sounds are muted. ... "
" ... Speaker screen build quality excellent. ... "
Overall performance
16performance, fast, good, smooth, flagship
+88%
-13%
" ... The best thing is its fast 835 processor. ... "
" ... Great processing speed . ... "
" ... Excellent performance till now. ... "
" ... fast as pixel phones . ... "
" ... Its a really beautiful looking phone, smooth performance ... "
" ... Remaining performance is good like ... "
" ... Very premium feel, fast enough to handle almost everything. ... "
" ... Fantastic phone, awesome performance ... "
Screen Protection
11scratches, screen guard, phone, half, using
+9%
-91%
" ... After 3 months the phone fell from height of 2 feet and the screen got damaged ... "
" ... cant see anything on the screen ... "
" ... Half of the screen went static after just 6 months of use. ... "
" ... Screen went bad in 6 months. ... "
" ... It was having scratches on the left side of the screen. ... "
" ... Corning Gorilla 5 did get scratches on so I had to put a screen guard. ... "
" ... half part of the screen wold not work . ... "
" ... Again after using it for 13 days more, half of the screen of my phone turned grey. ... "
Call quality
10calls, phone, voice, crisp, took
+30%
-70%
" ... After this much wait, I got the phone. ... This is the worst phone ever. ... "
" ... They took a week and gave me a call. ... "
" ... 5.And all of sudden it will switch to speaker mode while on the call which is also pathetic. ... "
" ... very poor call quality, most often voice breaks occurs. ... "
" ... they never pick the call . ... "
" ... I try to pick call and suddenly phone disconnect my call . ... "
" ... Calls gets on hold itself even if the the phone is locked and also gets on flite mode . ... "
Picture Quality
9picture, sound, photos, life, good
+78%
-22%
" ... Good picture quality ... "
" ... the picture quality, sound quality and battery life is amazing. ... "
" ... Picture and sound quality are good. ... "
" ... Picture quality is super ... "
" ... Liked the picture quality and battery life. ... "
Device Compatibility
9device, android, went, useless, reliable
+44%
-56%
" ... Basically, the phone has become useless. ... "
" ... So I do not recommend to use this phone. ... "
" ... Basically, the phone has become useless. ... I went back, received the phone. ... "
" ... After spending around 28k for the phone and phone having so many issues! ... Is this phone or something else !! ... "
" ... Phone is not at all good. ... "
Night Photography
8light, night, low light photography, low, low light conditions
+63%
-38%
" ... its low light photography is definitely not good and the other features are also less rest is all fine ... "
" ... good for low light photography ... "
Fingerprint
7fingerprint, finger, print, also, slow
+43%
-57%
" ... Also, the fingerprint sensor is pathetic. ... "
" ... finger print sensor is sluggish, camera producing very poor quality images, very very slippery ... "
" ... Finger print detection doesn't work most often. ... "
Returns
7back, replacement, got, amazon, returning
-100%
" ... The phone that was sent to me was a unit returned by someone before. ... "
" ... I was outside the country. ... "
" ... Defective product received & Amazon don't give properly solution for return ... "
" ... I didn’t get a replacement. ... I need my money back. ... "
" ... how to return it, phone is not working ... "
" ... Returning it back ... "
" ... Now I am stuck with it and my money is wasted, since I AM NOT GOING TO USE IT WHETHER AMAZON ACCEPTS A RETURN OR NOT. ... "
Marketplace
7seller, picture, thanks, request, insurance
+43%
-57%
" ... no support by Amazon. ... "
" ... Very bad and pathetic experience with Amazon second time now. ... "
" ... Seller has not provided invoice and when i raised a request for the same they are unable to provide. ... "
" ... Got a defective handset from Green Mobiles (Seller). ... "
SIM
7jio, dual, 4g, airtel, time
+29%
-71%
" ... I struggled getting my unit serviced under warrenty as the warranty got started when the first user inserted sim card (Sep 2017 as per service center records, I bought on Feb 2018). ... "
" ... now sim slot also isn't working, ... "
" ... New issue found that cannot insert second sim !! ... "
" ... My GIO 4G sim is not getting network , though the vodafone one is getting signal in both the slots ... "
Volume
6speaker, noisy, audio, volume, speakers
+17%
-83%
" ... volume adjusting automatically to high & low ... "
" ... 4 speaker 4/5 ... "
" ... Speakers are loud but slightly noisy ... "
" ... Audio call volume in noisy environment is not at par ... "
Features
6mode, nokia, dnd, brightness
+50%
-50%
" ... All functions runs very slow. ... "
" ... Like it but live bokhe mode is sometime not working smoothly , ... "
" ... Same with DND mode, at times when the phone is in DND mode and you bring it out of it, the phone still does rings with no vibration and no ringing volume. ... "
Lagging
5restart, reset, lags
+40%
-60%
" ... But, there itself I found the same reset issue appearing. ... "
" ... And often phone hang and it restarts. ... "
Controls
4button
-100%
" ... The phone went dead and no amount of coaxing (like holding different button combinations etc would make the phone wake up). ... "
" ... Scrolling is not smooth at all. ... The inbuilt key board algo is too bad ... "
" ... Press five letters it wil type 3 or four only . ... "
Heating
4problem, phone, issues, issue, heated
+25%
-75%
" ... having heating problems at times. ... "
" ... as the first one was heating up too much . ... the Replacement does not get heated up . ... "
Size
4size, compact
+100%
" ... Excellent phone and very handy. ... "
" ... Excellent compact great to use phone ... "
" ... Very handy due to average body size. ... "
" ... Nice gadget to use ... "
Comfort
4hand, feel, back cover, slips, slippery
+100%
" ... Very premium feel, fast enough to handle almost everything. ... "
" ... Use good back cover to avoid slip from hand. ... "
" ... the feel you will get when you hold this is just awesome ... "
Memory
3ram, nokia, memory, internal memory, gb
+67%
-33%
" ... I have a memory card in it and the device storage, I carelessly download media, never have got to worry about storage on this device. ... "
" ... Bought 64 GB micro SD card with 100 MB/Sec speed for 4K @ 1100/- and got internal memory expanded to 128 GB. ... "
Video Playback
3video, movies, videos, quality, charging
+100%
" ... So is the video quality! ... "
" ... I have still found some king hang in playing videos. ... "
Headphones
3headset, good, earphones, bundled
+100%
" ... Headphone quality is awesome. ... "
" ... The bundled headset was great too. ... "
Zoom
3photos, time, slow, properly, lens
+33%
-67%
" ... Very slow to focus and shoot. ... Video is always out of focus. ... Even if you focus manually by tapping on screen, the phone focuses it for a while and then keeps losing it again. ... "
Video Recording
3recording, quality, good, front, camera
+100%
" ... So is the video quality! ... "
" ... The front camera also provides cool shots and its the only device to hold the capability of Bothie and 4K Video recording from the front camera. ... "
Network
3network, wifi, signal, call drops
+33%
-67%
" ... It doesn’t recognize WiFi network or cellular networks! ... "
" ... Reception of signal and call drops occur regularly ... "
Fit
3height, hand, 2, slip, holding
+67%
-33%
" ... Not too large to hold which is good. ... "
" ... Use good back cover to avoid slip from hand. ... "
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Specifications
Body
Size: 5.3 meters
Battery
Battery Capacity: 3090 mAh
Memory
Memory: 4096 GB
Connectivity
Number of USB ports: 3
Bluetooth: Yes
USB: Yes
Fingerprint: Yes
Camera
Primary Camera: 13 MP
Secondary Camera: 13 MP
Calling
Dual Sim: Yes
Sim Type: Nano SIM
Performance
Processor Type: Octa Core
Display
Display Size: 5.3 inches
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5.3 inches
DISPLAY SIZE
5.3 meters
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