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Nokia 8.3 5G 6.81 Inch Android UK SIM Free Smartphone with 5G Connectivity – 6 GB RAM and 64 GB Storage (Single SIM) – Polar Night

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At the time of writing, Nokia is dangling another carrot, throwing in a pair of its Power Earbuds within the price of the phone.

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File sizes vary immensely depending on the shooting mode - its 30MB on average for a RAW image, anywhere between 5-15MB for the standard lens and 500KB for macro. The on-trend headline feature is in the phone's name - 5G connectivity. Of course, we're early days with the tech and coverage is limited, but offering the compatibility does 'future proof' the 8.3 5G for when the service is more readily available. In the real world, that puts it at close-to flagship performance, and we didn’t notice any slow-down or stutters in regular use, even in more demanding games. Crank up the quality settings in beautiful titles like Nimian Legends: Brightridge, however, and you’ll notice some slow-down and dropped frames, but nothing too drastic. That said, some regions are only getting specific devices. For example, those in the UK will only have access to 64GB while those in the US will have 128GB as an option.On the other hand, its first-ever 5G phone, the Nokia 8.3 5G, sets its sights on fuller wallets. It’s perfectly poised to steal the mid-priced crown right from under OnePlus’ nose this year, but does it succeed? The company has clearly put a focus on video here, with a few extra features such as 4K 24fps and a 21:1 cinematic mode, while there’s also a new Action Cam mode that’s specifically designed to capture smooth video, which uses a higher frame rate of 60fps to improve footage of fast-moving subjects. The fixed focus macro lens (which is only available in the standard Photo mode) is much less useful. You need to hold the phone about 4cm from your subject which incurs distortion, plus resolution is low at 2MP. Overall, we've found it very difficult to capture any kind of macro image that we are pleased with. The Nokia 8.3 5G is the first phone from HMD Global to support 5G, and the company is making a big deal of this fact, referring to this as the world’s first “global 5G smartphone”. For Laptops / Tablets: lets you select a monthly Device Plan Credit Agreement (3-48 months) with a 24 month Data Plan. You can pay off your Device Plan early, and if you do, you can then keep your Data Plan on a 30-day contract or leave. If your Data Plan ends for any reason, you will need to keep on paying your monthly Device Plan (either in full or monthly)

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There are further factors affecting image quality; stabilisation and autofocus. Firstly, you may find detail blurry if the camera is not held steadily. Secondly, autofocus works well in bright light, but its speed and accuracy is affected in low contrast light. Flip the phone around and the rear has a lovely 'Polar Night' finish. The appearance of this multi-tone rich blue colour evolves as its angle is shifted from your viewpoint. Gorgeous. While not headline grabbing, that power under the hood is sufficient for just about any application that you can imagine with this phone. We didn't really experience any kind of lag, even in the camera app when applying effects such as the Portrait mode. (In fact, you see the blur effect in liveview.) The blur effect is seen live, so you know what to expect once the photo is taken. For the best part, blur is applied really well. There's also a choice of various 'Zeiss' blur effects, including Classic, Smooth, Swirl, Modern, Star and Heart and a slider to manually select the severity of the blur effect. We had fun experimenting here.The Nokia 8.3 5G is a decent phone in its own right. Its biggest draw is its eye-catching design, and we found ourselves regularly getting lost in the depths of its beautiful aurora-like rear. While things are far more reserved around the front, there’s no escaping the benefit of its larger-than-average display, particularly if you spend a lot of time browsing content or watching Netflix series on loop. The Nokia 8.3 5G has a pretty hefty 4,500mAh battery, although it didn’t really translate to anything exceptional in our battery life test. Switching off all data connections, setting the screen brightness to 170cd/m² and running a looped video, the Nokia 8.3 5G went from full to empty in 12hrs 58mins. It managed to beat the iPhone SE (2020) by an hour and a half, but the OnePlus 8 and Moto G 5G Plus came out on top yet again. Night time photography tells a similar story. Though it is possible to take usable snaps in low light, if you have steady hands, motion blur creeps in with even the slightest movement. Noise is also prone to creeping in and generally you won’t get the same quality shot as you would using a Pixel 5. It certainly is worth using the Night mode in low contrast light, with the end results being a bit brighter. However, the overall quality of low light pictures is not quite to the same standard as those using the Night Sight mode of the Pixel 4a.

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Smartwatch: requires a) Vodafone pay monthly Airtime plan, and b) 12 or 24 month Connectivity Plan (via Vodafone OneNumber). Watch Plans over 12 months require a 24 month Connectivity Plan. Terms apply The Nokia 8.3 5G has a quad camera with standard lens, plus an ultra-wide lens with 120° field of view. The digital zoom extends the focal length by up to 10x. The Nokia 8.3 5G feels like a good phone that's arrived at the wrong time. It's impressive as many similar phones are, with good design, a nice display and plenty of power. But it's let down by a price that's high and a camera system that's not great.The maximum resolution is for the standard 1.0x lens. The ultra-wide lens is nearer 12 megapixels (4608x2596 pixels) while the macro lens is a paltry 2 megapixels (1600x1200 pixels). That 64 megapixels is activated manually in the Pro photo mode only and creates huge images at 30.7x23.0in (9216x6912 pixels). Asides from the macro lens, all lenses feature autofocus, including face detection AF. As for video, you get 4K up to 30fps and Full HD up to 60fps (plus a new 'Action' mode that uses 60fps). There's also a 2K video resolution option.

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Bottom line? You won’t feel like you’re making any compromises in the power department here, unless you’re always cranking the most demanding games to their limits. If, like us at Trusted Towers, you’re a fan of unadulterated, pristine clean Android installs then the Nokia 8.3 5G is a top phone. The 8.3 5G is one of a select few phones to come out this year as part of the Android One programme.There’s plenty to like about the 8.3 5G’s design and generous screen, but things fall flat in the camera department. Marketed as a quad-cam set-up (although that includes a 2MP depth sensor), it has a 64MP main camera, alongside a 12MP ultra-wide and 2MP macro counterparts. In bright lighting, the main camera’s shots (which we recommend setting to 16MP to save space) are decent, serving up perfectly usable pictures. The detail could be a bit better, however, and we’ve taken consistently better shots with the OnePlus Nord. The ultra-wide lens performs well, with minimal sacrifices made for the wider shot. If you take a lot of landscape or architectural photos, this should be your go-to lens. Still, with a fast f/1.9 standard lens, chances are the camera will be in its lower ISO settings most of the time, where best image quality is achieved. Furthermore, if you're in bright light, the Nokia 8.3 5G is highly capable of sharp and crisp images with a pleasant colour rendition. All of the numbers are promising with the Nokia 8.3 5G; a quad camera, 64 megapixels pictures, 4K video with H-Log profile and DNG RAW capture. The phone comes loaded with a quad-sensor rear camera that combines 64MP wide, 12 MP, ultrawide, MP, macro and 2 MP depth parts. As is the case on most phones at this price, the latter two sensors are fairly useless and don’t have any real impact on image quality if you use the out of the box settings. The 64 megapixel high-res images are clearly sharper when viewed side by side at the same size than the standard 16 megapixels resolution.

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