Nokia 7 Plus – review of a great smartphone with minor problems after upgrade

The Nokia 7 Plus is a smartphone that you can enjoy. According to the manufacturer "6000 series aluminum block" is coated with ceramic coating. This turns into elegant, matt "ridges" on which no scratches appear. In general, the tread does not remove too much dirt, but delicate lines sometimes occur.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

A distinctive feature in the emergence of the competition is the adjacent property. The smartphone is equipped with copper-colored, cool looking metal inserts. In addition to the cameras, they are placed next to the fingerprint scanner. Along with matte black back, it all looks outstanding.

The main apparatus consisting of two matrices was placed at the back. They are mounted on a glass insert protruding slightly upward from the housing. Just above this glass, the information on the ZEISS lens manufacturer in this smart phone is striking.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

On the cameras we can find a hole where the microphone is hidden. On the right side of the lenses there is a double light emitting diode and a fingerprint scanner, slightly submerged under water. In the middle, you will see the manufacturer's logo and the lowest information about various symbols, basics, and trademarks, as well as participation in the Android One program.

The bottom edge has a C-type USB connector and a microphone and speaker. We have a headphone jack from the beginning and we have sound and power keys on the right. On the left, there is still room for two nanoSIM cards in the tray. If necessary, we can disable one of them and replace it with a microSD card. That's a double SIM slot, but a hybrid.

The loudspeaker itself is characterized by a pretty good sound quality and a great maximum sound. There is no noise or drop in quality and I think the Nokia 7 Plus is enough to watch movies or listen to music at home.

On the front there was a 6-inch diagonal and a large screen at Full HD + resolution (2160 x 1080 pixels). Manufactured in IPS LCD technology and has an aspect ratio of 18: 9. The screen is rounded to the corners and very narrow frames are placed around it.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

The framelessness of the frame is quite lacking (the screen covers about 77.5% of the front panel), but all of this looks pretty good. The Nokia 7 Plus can be very appealing to people who don't like the notch because we won't find it in this model.

The display itself is characterized by beautiful saturated colors, but white and black are slightly misrepresented and converted to gray. In addition, the display has good viewing angles and sufficient brightness for comfortable operation even on a brighter day. Unfortunately, at the same time the minimum brightness is very high, which is not very comfortable to use the device.

Various sensors on the screen, a loudspeaker for conversations and a selfie camera were installed. There is also a manufacturer logo in the right corner. However, it is a pity that the manufacturer has not added a notification diode to give information about missed calls and unread messages. There are no additional additions at the bottom of the screen, and the function keys are virtual, always visible in the system interface.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

It should be noted that the entire façade is covered with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The manufacturer adds that the sheet is additionally laminated and polarized.

In the set on the phone, the manufacturer adds a protective sheath to the back and sides. Made of transparent, rubber, flexible plastic. I don't understand why it doesn't match more accurately – it's especially visible with a finger scanner and a shine diode.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

SYSTEM

When unpacked, the Nokia 7 Plus runs under the control of the pure Android system in the 8.1 Oreo version. We will not find any additions from the manufacturer here, which means that those who do not like system overlays should be happy to use this device. However, some time ago, an update was made to Android 9.0 Cake which slightly changed the look and feel of the device.

Nokia 7 Plus / photo: Kacper Żarski (Tabletowo.pl)

First of all, a gesture that changes the way the system navigates appeared. It was called "move up after the home button". The traditional function keys turn into a displayed key each time you switch to the home screen (by touching this button) and run the applications running in the background (after moving your finger from the bottom to the top).

In addition, a move was moved from right to right to switch between applications. A short shift takes you to the last used application and you can go to another program running in the background by keeping it for a little longer. However, the undo option is missing … this is solved so that the corresponding key appears on the left when we enter an application.

There is also another icon in the right corner. It allows you to turn on the screen immediately if you hold the phone horizontally and the automatic rotation option is not turned on. Nothing, it's a pretty handy option.

After moving your finger from the bottom up, you had to change something during the insertion of a list of all applications, because a transaction was started to run the programs running in the background. To say this, we either have to move it from bottom to bottom twice or pull your finger once, but it's a bit faster and higher.

The other additional options are only "Receive to check the phone", this screen shows the date, time, and notifications after you have picked it up on the blank screen. It also has a program and intensity adjustment with blue light filter. There's a technical service application, and that's all. It's a pity that one-handed operation mode is missing.

Thanks to the density of the application grid, I really liked the layout of all icons. In addition, I have the impression that the fonts are slightly reduced and all of them are smaller, thinner and pleasing to the eye. In this way, the potential of a large screen is used to a large extent and on the screen can actually see a lot of things at the same time.

The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor with 4 GB of RAM. Along with a clean Android system, the device provides almost perfect softness without any trimming, crying and automatic shutdown of the application. It was a great pleasure to use this device and I was disappointed in terms of system operation.

At least this was the case on the device running Android 8.0 Oreo. Once updated to Cake 9.0, sensitive pruning and small errors can sometimes appear. For example – When you use the Snapchat app and receive a message in Messenger, the display starts blinking, making it impossible to use the smartphone. The problem disappears after you close Messenger.

Hopefully these errors will eliminate more updates. Meanwhile, some corrections have already appeared, so I tried to restore the device to factory defaults twice, but unfortunately it didn't improve my smartphone.

However, nothing can be accused of communication modules. The Internet is ve flashing la as it should be after both WiFi and data transfer, and without any connection to other devices via Bluetooth. In addition, our GPS position is fairly accurate and phone conversations are free from any noise, interference or unplanned outages. Important information for some is that the Nokia 7 Plus is equipped with NFC, which means we can pay with this contactless phone.

And when it comes to synthetic tests, the Nokia 7 Plus has been as follows:

1. Design, craftsmanship. Speaker. Image. Operation, software
2. Fingerprint scanner. Battery. Camera. total