NokiaG42 5G 6.56” HD+ Smartphone Featuring Triple rear 50MP AI camera, 6GB/128GB Storage, 3-day battery life, Android 13, OZO 3D audio capture, QuickFix repairability and Dual SIM - Grey

Brilliant phone, long recharge time, medium cost. I ca find no fault or quirk with this phoneIt is brilliant to use and reasonably priced. For me the battery life - well over 2 days - is excellent. Is

Replaced my ageing but trusty Nokia 7.1 with this and wanted a similarly simple and affordable low-mid range handset with 5G capability. Couldn't ask for more for the price (around £140 at the time); battery lives up to its promise, good storage, good camera and generally does everything I need (and well). I can't comment on the dual SIM, as only have the one, but worth noting that the second SIM slot is shared with the SD card slot (so you can either have dual SIM, or one SIM and an SD card - but not both (not an issue for me personally)). The main comment I'd make is the pictures are a little misleading in terms of the colour - I opted for the Grey and actually has a blueish hue to it rather than the solid grey suggested online (I like the colour, but worth pointing out.)Recommended budget 5G Android smartphone.

Everything set up, transferred and working within 30 mins. The set up processed it all from transfer of data, passwords apps etc. Running on android 13. (Dec 23). Bought to replace 3yo Nokia G10 as bank app had stopped working and phone was lagging. Exactly the same to use but quicker.Arrived with low charge but put it on charge cable while setting up and was 87% in 40 mins.Minimal packaging but sturdy pack, as said by others cable but no charger plug so be aware if it is a 1st purchase.Recommended.

I couldn't wait to buy this phone soon as I seen it . Definitely value for money. The weight is not to heavy. More storage space than I was expecting. The look of this phone is amazing. The screen quality is excellent. The WiFi connectivity is great

Good and decently bright screen (for an LCD), decently quick clean interface, 5G, good ergonomics.I wanted to like this phone, but...What is shockingly disappointing is that for a vanilla Android phone, it's bloated with apps such as: VPN, Booking, Linked in etc., of which some are removable, but some are not.Also during the initial setup, it shows about 16 Google and 6 Nokia apps that are going to be installed no matter what, because, reasons and you can only disable most, but not uninstall, hence, waste of valuable space!Another disappointment, was the lack of signal reception. At the same place that my moto g52 has around 70% signal in 4G the Nokia struggles even with 3G!Even switching to 2G and with full signal, voice calls are muffled, tiny sounding and full of interuptions.Bettery life is just OK when out and about, since it's always hunting for signal. Surely not what Nokia is known for and certainly not the "3 day battery life" they claim.Camera(s) are only usable in brightly lit conditions, while most of the special modes are rendered redundant, as the results are below par.Also, why do most manufacturers insist on putting useless cameras, just for the sake of it? What does a depth camera and a 2MP macro, are of any use? Either put a decent zoom camera along with the main one or don't even bother! By the way, the 2 X "zoom" mode is a joke.I'm inevitably comparing it with the moto g52, as they both cost roughly the same (to me at least), moto g52 has better screen, sound, reception, cameras, but falls short on software updates and 5G, however, I prefer a mobile phone which is better overall, than a mobile phone which has 5G and updates promises, but fails to deliver as is.I hope Nokia fixes the reception, speaker quality (if its not hardware related) and camera issues, with future updates as, in general, it's a decently good phone.I had many choices for the price, all of which had better everything than this, but, due to the fact that I like stock Android and despise any kind of "skins", I've ended up with the Nokia G42, but, come on HMD, you definitely have to step up your game big time!Update 17/6/24: After a few updates, signal reception has been improved, so is reception quality, but call quality not so much and without noise cancellation, the other party has difficulty hearing in moderately noisy environments.Camera quality is still subpar, even in daylight, which is very disappointing and night shots are basically unusable.Battery life has been improved, but standby time is realy bad, consuming 12%-15% overnight with battery saver on.I forgot to mention audio or the lack of it, as the single, bottom speaker, sounds tiny, harsh, muffled and not of any use in either listening to multimedia or listening to a conversation.Lastly, the display is not bright enough, making outdoor use virtually impossible.Update 12/1/25: Still on Android 14 and now that HMD decided to discontinu the device, the update "promise" has been reduced from "3 years", to just 2, without any information on the Android 15 date, if ever, because... Well, they should answer for it!So yeah, that's that.

Great phone for the moneyNokia have done it again - nice programming and easy to understand and useJust the job for me as I am not very technicalGreat cameraVery pleased with this phone

It's like having my old Nokia G11 in my hand, only faster, more responsive, and more satisfying to use.Migrating apps, files and settings was a bit of a nuisance to begin but I got there in the end. I think I was too hasty and it may have been user error that stopped the file transfers.Initially I wasn't bowled over with the quality of the photos and the jury is still out until I get more use out of the camera. It just seems the G11 was giving me better quality images but I could be wrong. I'll need to compare some photos on a big screen.I'm mostly happy to have a faster phone since the G11 began to stall a lot and got really leggy. It may have been a RAM issue, I'm not sure. The G42 doesn't have this problem.

I originally bought this because it said that the screen is reinforced. Now the sales pitch is that it's some kind of quick fix repair phone otherwise it's a good phone it's a good price I probably buy another one again and I've bought two of them so far because the first the first screen broke.