Sharing My Experience With The Nokia 7 Plus

[Alex_Hong]

The device was released here in Singapore about a week ago, and I bought one for review.

For those who want to skip the video, basically, it's like a budget nexus. Which is kinda similar to a lot of other android one phones we've already seen. It does nothing spectacular. It just does everything well enough for most folks.

The design, software, and battery life are the highlights for me. Vanilla Android is my favourite flavour of Android, and I love the black and copper accents on the phone. The battery life is expectedly good, though I think it's not extraordinarily good considering its battery capacity. Like the Moto Z Play I think did about the same with a smaller battery. Maybe it's the AMOLED screen.

Talking about screen, it's a decent looking LCD, but i think lacking a little in brightness. Still usable though. Speaker is just about average too, pity they didn't bring over the dual speakers from last year's nokia 6.

Performance wise, it's good enough for a mid range phone. But i do see some minor stutter still, and it didn't really feel much better than the Moto Z Play I had with SD625. Maybe still need more optimisation.

Cameras are just about average too, and I don't really find a telephoto lens that useful. I think I would have preferred a wide angle lens like on the Moto X4.

Talking about Moto X4, if water resistance is important to you, and you don't mind the smaller screen, that's a great option too actually. Despite the slightly lower range chipset, the performance actually feels around the same.

Anyway, to sum it all up....

I think it's a great option for folks who wants that stock android experience without paying Pixel money. it gets fast updates, and it can even runs the Android P Beta. SO it's almost like a nexus.

Mi A1 is great too if you can live with more compromises (it is quite a bit cheaper), like the lack of NFC, capacitive buttons, camera quality, etc.

That said... while I love the design, i still think it's a little too expensive for what it does, and what it doesn't. Considering phones like the OnePlus 5T isn't really that much more expensive. If it was a little cheaper, it would be an easy phone for me to recommend.

 

[B. Diddy]

Thanks! I enjoy your reviews.

 

[chimpboy74]

thanks. I like hearing others opinions of this phone. I've had mine since launch in UK and I've come to similar conclusions. ie it does things well but not spectacularly. However I have to stress I don't expect much from my phone (I'm not a heavy gamer for example) so the phone does things well enough for me. I'm finding the design particularly good the more I use the phone. It's a very good looking device. battery life is great but some days seem to be much better than others. not sure why, maybe a rogue app. but even on days when it's not as good as usual it's still way better than any phone I've had I can recall in recent year. I'm very happy with mine

 

[Alex_Hong]

thanks. I like hearing others opinions of this phone. I've had mine since launch in UK and I've come to similar conclusions. ie it does things well but not spectacularly. However I have to stress I don't expect much from my phone (I'm not a heavy gamer for example) so the phone does things well enough for me. I'm finding the design particularly good the more I use the phone. It's a very good looking device. battery life is great but some days seem to be much better than others. not sure why, maybe a rogue app. but even on days when it's not as good as usual it's still way better than any phone I've had I can recall in recent year. I'm very happy with mine

I'm really digging the design too, more so than those glass back phones. Those copper accents on the matte black finish is really awesome!

 

[B. Diddy]

I wouldn't mind if glass backs went away entirely. Sure, it looks nice, but what good is it if you need to protect it by putting a case or skin on it? Also not crazy about the slippery factor.