Nokia 4.2 Unboxing and Review After 30 Days of Use!

The Nokia 4.2 is a 49,000 Naira or $136 dollar
budget smartphone from Nokia and I’ve used
it for quite a while.
I’ll unbox this device, talk about my experience
with it, pros and cons and all its features.
Without further ado, let’s get to the video.
The box of the Nokia 4.2 is pretty similar
to most modern Android One boxes we’ve gotten
from the brand with the specs at the back.
Inside the box, you get the device itself
with a wrapper which points to the position
of the dedicated Google Assistant button.
We’ll get to it later.
Underneath that is the SIM ejector tool on
its card, the Get Started Booklet and the
Product and Safety info booklet.
Inside the side box, we get the accessories,
a normal micro-usb charging cable, nice looking
headphones, and regular charging brick.
Taking the wraps off, we’ve got the Nokia
4.2 in its 5.71 inch panel, wrapped on this
curved glass display.
It took over 2 minutes to boot and set up
and of course, it boots right into the stock
android for Nokia or Android One.
The first thing I notice is how big the bezels
are especially since there’s also a pretty
large chin with the Nokia logo on it so as
far as design in this regard, it seems to
work but it seems a bit dated in

my opinion.
As far as the body or ports and I/O goes,
on the right Side we’ve got the volume rockers
and the power button which lights up when
its plugged in or gets notification from.
At the top is where we get a headphone jack.
To the left is the dedicated Google Assistant
button and the slot for your sim.
There is another microphone at the bottom,
USB port and the speaker.
On the front of the device is the 8MP selfie
camera and the earpiece above it, and towards
the bottom is the Nokia logo taking a noticeable
portion in the chin of the phone.
On the back, it’s the simple dual 13+2MP
camera set up, flash and fingerprint reader
with the Nokia branding and more certifications
underneath.
One thing I noticed with the 4.2 is that it
filled a small part of my hand.
I think it’s because I’ve used a lot of
6 inch and above smartphones but the Nokia
4.2’s 5.71 inch display and small form factor
was noticeable to me.
Still on the display, about the numbers, it’s
a 720p Display, with a PPi of 295.
If you can get past the huge bezels on this
device, you won’t have any complaints consuming
content as much although I did notice that
the color was a little less saturated on here
and you also can’t hide the notch.
It has pretty limited customization options
in the settings since it’s a quote unquote
pure android option.
You have things like Ambient light sensor
but the dark theme on here is just mainly
on the app drawer and not really the overall
device like an actual dark mode.
For 49,000 or $136, you get 3GB of RAM and
32GB of Storage and so far I’ve not had
issues loading light tasks.
I didn’t also get any app crash on me during
my usage.
I mainly limited my usage due to how the graphics
was already.
I was able to enjoy light gaming for my day
to day use, I also mostly used the Nokia 4.2
with Google maps but the GPS usually went
out sometimes.
The power behind the Nokia 4.2 is the 12nm
Snapdragon 439 and Adreno 505 for graphics.
It also runs on Android 9 Pie as an Android
One Device Then it’s rounded with a 3,000
man battery that can get you through most
of the day.
I find that I have to charge the device just
slightly towards the evenings.
I also find that I accidentally hit the Google
Assitant button when I take it out of my pocket.
I think this is a good move for people who
use Google Assistant but it’s really distracting
and of course you can’t re-program this
button but you can disable it.
Ways to unlock the 4.2 are Face Unlock and
Fingerprint for Biometrics and your regular
pin and pattern.
In terms of speed, both unlocking methods
were not insanely fast but it’s there.
The speaker on the Nokia 4.2 is downward firing
and here is how it sounds like
The
back camera of the Nokia 4.2 has a Live Bokeh
mode with the aid of the second lens, Pro,
Photo and video mode and some extra modes
including Google lens.
The same modes exist on the front camera side
of things and work well, expect of course
Google Lens.
Most of the shots I took here required alot
of patience because it’s easy to blur the
shots.
The colors looked okay but they were less
saturated.
And shots with alot of zoom in them usually
get noisy with chromatic aberration.
Alright so this is the front facing camera
video quality of the Nokia 4.2, let me know
what you think about the video quality as
well as the sound quality in the comments
section down below.
For a price of about 50,000 would you get
this budget smartphone or would you not?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments
below.
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Thanks you for watching and I’ll talk to
you in the next one.

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