Nokia 3.4 Review: Long Battery Life, Decent Screen, But The Cameras Are A Huge Problem

Nokia 3.4 has a so affordable price tag that users will not hesitate considering it if they don’t have a deep pocket.  While the phone looks cheap, the screen is decent and the clean Android One is surely a plus.

Nokia 3.4 Price And Release Date

In the U.S, the phone is retailed for $179, putting it at the low-end price bracket. Nokia 3.4 price in India is expected to be Rs. 13,690.

Nokia 3.4 Design

If you can’t spend more on a phone, there are certain limitations you will have to accept. The first thing is you will have to make do with plastic, and second, a in-screen fingerprint scanner is non-existent.

However, Nokia 3.4 does have some highlights, including a hole-punch screen, a display big enough for an enjoyable viewing experience, and a circular camera module on the back.

The phone signs you in with a rear fingerprint scanner which is slow sometimes but still reliable. On the side, there is a button for Google Assistant.

The 3.5mm headphone jack is still onboard but the weak speakers are nothing to write home about.

Nokia 3.4 Display

One of the phone’s highlights is the 6.39-inch screen with brightness high enough to make content legible outdoors, good contrast, and fine colors.

As a 720x1560 panel, the screen of Nokia 3.4 is rated below that of smartphones like Relame 6 but in reality, the display is sharp enough for most people.

As you may have guessed, the phone has no support for HDR but that isn’t a big problem given its price tag.

Nokia 3.4 Camera

On the rear, Nokia 3.4 features a triple-camera setup consisting of a 13MP main, a 5MP ultra-wide snapper, and a 2MP depth camera.

A decent screen can’t make up for the camera setup if you are serious about photography. Even in good lighting, shots look vague and fizzy up close. Sometimes users will notice dual-exposure caused by the delay between shots.

Low light performance is even worse and the Night mode doesn’t help either.

The phone takes longer than usual to take photos if you shoot from a third-party app and not the camera app. There are problems with the focus too as half of the photos we took with the Nokia 3.4 turned out to be out-of-focused.

The ultra-wide camera is a welcoming addition but its photos are mediocre at best.

Video-wise, what Nokia 3.4 can give you is very basic. There is no stabilization and the phone caps at 1080p and 30FPS, which translates to shaky footages.

The 8MP selfie camera is no better as in low light, images look soft.

Nokia 3.4 Specs And Performance

Nokia 3.4 is powered by a Snapdragon 460 processor paired with 3GB of RAM, barely enough to get by with Android 10.

The phone is slow and anything you do on it will remind you that you are having a budget phone. Apps take seconds to open and you will have to wait for the keyboard to appear. So multitasking should be avoided.

Gaming on this phone is also advised against. The phone ran out of storage when we installed ARK: Survival Evolved and Fortnite with WhatsApp’s library using some gigabytes.

Fortnite is unplayable on this phone and the reason might be the amount of RAM as the Snapdragon 460 can definitely handle the game.

Nokia 3.4 is guaranteed three years of security updates and Android 11.

Nokia 3.4 Battery Life

The phone might run into lots of issues with its software and cameras but on the plus side, the battery life is decent.

Nokia 3.4 draws power from a 4,000mAh battery and it can outlast most of its competitors with the same capacity. The reasons here are the low-power chip and low-resolution display. Even under heavy usage, the phone will probably have around 30% of power left at the end of the day.

Those who don’t need much from their phones may have two days between charges. So overall, the two selling points of the Nokia 3.4 are the screen and the display.

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