This is because you can get better photos in the standard shooting mode, provided there’s a natural source of light. Switching to ‘Night’ mode sees drastically improved low light performance (provided you can keep your hands steady), but I’d recommend using it only when the lighting gets too dim or post sunset. Thankfully, there’s a ‘Night’ mode that pulls off an impressive job, given the camera’s otherwise average performance. Street-lit scenes around sunset show a lot of noise that kills the detail in most images. Once the sun sets, the detail and sharpness visible in the daylight photos take a complete u-turn. This applies more to the ‘Portrait’ mode than any other mode, as the camera takes a few seconds to shoot an image. Your subject also needs to be really still, as any movement can lead to a blurry image and loss of detail. Indoors under artificial lighting, things get a bit tricky. The dynamic range is pretty good, but the camera has a tendency to overexpose.

The 13 MP camera takes some sharp-looking photos in broad daylight, commensurate with its price tag. It just was not loud enough for day-to-day use, especially when placing a call. The audio quality through headphones was good enough given the phone’s budget pricing, but the bottom-firing speaker was a bit too soft. Nokia gives you a 3.5 mm headphone jack at the top, but you have to settle for a micro USB port at the bottom. The selection of ports on the phone is a mixed bag. If you are looking for a smartphone where you can fly through apps, multi-task and play some 3D games on, the Nokia 2.4 is not for you.Īs mentioned in the software section of this review, performance in day-to-day use is just about passable and feels more entry-level (Rs 7,000) than budget (Rs 10,000). It’s just that I kind of expected Android 11, since it’s a part of Google’s official Android One program. Nokia does promise 2 years of software updates, so for those who want stock Android, this is as good as it gets. So, you end up waiting for apps to restart as when you try opening them from the recents menu.Īgain, all of this is not running on Android 11 (as one would expect), but Android 10. And with just 3 GB RAM, most apps don’t stay open in the background for long.

Fire up the camera app and switching camera modes takes a whole second, which can get annoying for some. But there’s noticeable lag when you launch apps and switch between them.

Image: Tech2/Sheldon Pintoįor the most part, the software feels smooth with hiccups from time to time. Stock Android is the sole reason why most Nokia phones stand out from the crowd.

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