Nokia 8 SIM-Free Smartphone - Steel

Been using this phone for around a week now and am hugely impressed, especially for the price paid which was and still is currently for the tempered blue £219.99!Build quality is fantastic, real solid feel but not too heavy or thick and fits really nicely into the hand. As mentioned elsewhere no bloatware and with that it's really snappy for pretty much everything. With this colour at least I also like the fact it doesn't attract fingerprints which is one of my pet hates.Camera is decent but won't blow expectations. Good light conditions give some really nice results but anything outside of that is just average, I'm fine with this but I won't be getting rid of my trusty old Nokia 808 Pureview just yet for holidays and special days out. I did read that Nokia might be bringing Pureview back so I'm very hopeful for the future.Support seems great, out of the box it updated to the latest Android and did a whole ton of updates.If I have only one dislike it's the loud speaker which is really terrible and I would say the worst I have come across out of any of my phones to date. It isn't the volume as it can go pretty loud, but it's so tinny sounding that it's a bit horrible watching youtube videos which I tend to do a fair bit of without using headphones. I can live with it though and it really says something that aside from that the decide feels every bit premium for such a low price. My wife has a Galaxy S9 and honestly it doesn't feel a world apart.I don't think you'll find a better phone in this price range, go for it!

Thorough underated smartphone. I've been using this for a few weeks now as a replacement for my nexus 5x. It seems like a natural replacement for nexus devices, having pure android and mid-high end specs. I was reluctant to buy another Google or LG device due to widely reported reliability issues.The design is fantastic, looking quite utilitarian and slim, with an aluminium back. I prefer this to the gimmicky curved screen / glass back style favoured by many manufacturers, as it feels much more solid. The screen quality is superb and extremely bright.Battery life is a world away from my old nexus and it typically lasts around 2 days of heavy use. This is helped by an internal Nokia heatsink, which eliminates any overheating - something that was an issue with my old nexus.The camera received a bit of criticism in reviews. In low light it struggles a little, but is entirely usable for everyday snaps. The photos aren't oversaturated, which I like.Performance is indistinguishable from any top end device I've seen.The real selling point to me is the bloat free, pure looking android experience. Nokia are making a huge effort keeping their devices up to date and I'm not prepared to buy from manufacturers that can't do this. I've already received a number of security patches and am now running android 8 Oreo, one of the few devices that has received the update.Overall it's a great phone - the reviews on here are combined with lower end Nokia models, so don't let the average put you off!

Bought two of these phones and this is the second of the two reviews. You will see my experience with the two phones differ dramatically.For a phone that was released back in October 2017, this is highly spec'd with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory. Although not necessarily comparing like-for-like this phone (at the price I paid) was a saving of approximately £500 versus the brand new iPhone XR (4GB/64GB). Based on this, this phone is superb value.One of the big pluses for me is that the Nokia 8 comes with stock Android which was quickly updated after powering on to Android Oreo. Keeping my fingers crossed that soon it will be upgraded to Android Pie.This phone replaces my old LG G4 which got amazingly hot, something that this Nokia 8 has not done - keeping cool throughout the day. Also the battery on the Nokia lasts pretty much the whole day, the LG G4 only a few short hours.The phone runs fast and smooth with apps and screens opening and switching seamlessly.Many new phone manufacturers have removed the 3.5mm jack for conventional headphones, but not Nokia and this was one of the reasons I bought this phone.Thankfully this phone has not suffered the same problem of a dreadful speaker as the other phone, though not convinced it is the best on the market. Again the charging plug supplied did not fit, not a big deal for me as I have plenty.The phone received is the TA1012.I've noticed the price of this phone is slowly increasing, possibly as it is proving so popular. Still very good value for money.Disappointed that I had to return my first Nokia 8 but I am very pleased with this one and the price I paid for it. No complaints.Edit: 24/01/2019. Now had the phone for a couple of months and just noticed that Nokia have upgraded the stock Android from version 8 (Oreo) to version 9 (Pie). Full marks to Nokia for this so this means although purchased with Version 7 (Nougat) I now have the most up to date Android version. Very happy, so far this phone still deserves the 5 star rating, in my opinionAlso noticed that phone is about £60 more expensive now than when I bought it . . .