The Nokia 3.1 is a

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-branded entry-level Android

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released in May 2018 by

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. It is the successor to

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. It was launched with Android 8.0 "Oreo", which could be updated to

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. The phone is part of Google's

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program.

Design

The phone uses a MediaTek MT6750N

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, containing an octa-core 1.5 GHz

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and an ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU. The phone has a 2990 mAh Li-ion battery, a 13 megapixel rear camera with an LED flash, and an 8 megapixel front camera. It has an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The phone comes with two types of models: a 2 GB RAM variant with 16 GB storage, and a 3 GB RAM variant with 32 GB storage. The device was initially shipped with

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. An update to

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was released in June 2019. Its latest security update was for August 2021.

Reception

The Nokia 3.1 received mixed reviews. Andrew Williams of ''

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'' praised the phone’s design, screen quality and "effective HDR" while criticising the "poor performance and storage".

References

External links

Official Nokia 3.1 website
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