Nokia 3.1 Plus Specs and Price

Nokia 3.1 Plus is great value for money smartphone to consider. Introducing an upgrade to the entry level smartphone from HMD global which handles the production of Nokia smartphones. The Nokia 3.1 Plus is a revamped budget smartphone with a few additions thrown in to give more value for money.

Budget smartphone market is very competitive especially in India, Nigeria, and emerging markets in general where the device was launched, which means they have to go up against the Chinese OEMs. However, HMD has been doing a lot of good work with these smartphones, so let’s see if it keeps up with that on the new smartphone.

Design and Display

A clean design is carried over from the Nokia 3.1 and with a bit of finesse in the form of bezel reduction.

The body is made of aluminum which is pretty much durable and with a uniform look housing the vertically aligned camera with fingerprint scanner below it.

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You have Nokia branded vertically at the back and one on top of the screen too while also offering an audio jack.

On the display end, the Nokia 3.1 Plus has more display space in store for you, but keeps the resolution the same as its more compact cousin.

It has a decent resolution with an aspect ratio of 18:9 and standard bezel reduction around the screen. Going up to a size of 6.0-inch from 5.2-inch on the Nokia 3.1 and with an HD+ resolution (720 x 1440 pixels).

Battery and Camera

You have an ample amount of battery power stashed into the Nokia 3.1 Plus with enough juice to get you through the day. With no fast charge support, the 3, 500mAh battery will take about 2 hours to reach full charge.

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There is the addition of an extra camera to the rear making it a dual setting rather than the single setup seen in the Nokia 3.1.

Nokia 3.1 Plus features a dual-camera setup. The 5MP secondary is meant to help out the main 13MP camera out for portrait pictures. Over to the front, the Nokia 3.1 Plus has an 8MP camera for taking selfies with its own LED flash and HDR capability.

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Hardware and Software

Improvements to the smartphone goes all the way to the core of the smartphone with a more powerful octa-core chipset. Now, there is a MediaTek Hello P22 processor with a PowerVR GE8320 GPU.

The 2GB RAM variant has a 16GB storage space while for the 3GB RAM option there is 32GB of storage. You can decide to increase the storage up to 400GB with a memory card while it has an Android 8.1 Oreo OS out of the box.

However, once you connect Nokia 3.1 Plus to mobile or Wi-Fi data, you will receive notification to download Android 9 Pie update all thanks to AndroidOne.

You can also watch our unboxing video of the Nokia 3.1 Plus.

Nokia 3.1 Plus Price and Availability

Nokia 3.1 Plus price in Nigeria starts at around 36,000 Naira. You can buy the smartphone at leading online stores in your country. Nokia 3.1 Plus is now available worldwide including India, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.