Almost two years Previously, I reviewed the $200 Nokia 5.3, which was promised two years of Android OS upgrades and three years of security updates. How has HMD Global, the company that licenses the Nokia brand, fared? Only her only with put Android 12 on that device, which is an older version of Google’s operating system.
That’s a big delay, but at least that The budget phone will get another six months of security updates before its support officially ends. Unfortunately, things have gotten worse. Now I have the new $270 Nokia G400 5G, which will only get two years of security updates and zero commitment to Android OS upgrades. It’s likely to get Android 13, but who’s to say, since HMD isn’t making any promises? This feels like a stark change of attitude from a company that prided itself on providing quick updates and long software support in 2016.
Today, most Android phone manufacturers offer a software commitment policy so you have a clear picture of how long the device will be supported. The $250 Samsung Galaxy A13 5G, for example, will get two OS upgrades and four years of security updates. This is amazing and means you can keep the device without worrying about it turning into an unsafe mess in two years. This allows you to keep your device as long as everything else is in working order, reducing the need to spend on another phone. It’s just hard to recommend a smartphone in 2022 when you have no idea if it will get the latest version of its operating system.
Nice hardware
Photo: Nokia
The sad thing is that the Nokia G400 is a pretty respectable phone. It looks drab and drab, it’s just a dull gray and it doesn’t look like a Nokia phone at all. But the 6.58-inch LCD screen is sharp, colorful, and even has a 120Hz screen refresh rate, so it feels smooth and responsive when you interact with it.
Performance is good. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480+ chip inside reliably runs all the apps you want, though you’ll have to wait here and there for things to load. (It’s limited by 4GB of RAM.) But over the course of two weeks, I was able to use it well to answer emails and messages, browse Reddit and Twitter, make phone calls, and even play casual games like p .sh. Alto’s Odyssey. The software is available with Android 12, which is nice, so you get very little bloatware (all of which is removable) and the interface looks great.
The 5,000mAh battery gave me an average day and a half of use, and you get all the features you’d want in any phone in 2022, like sub-6 5G connectivity on all major US carriers (yes, including Verizon, with which many unlocked Nokia devices have traditionally been incompatible with), a headphone jack, a fingerprint sensor and a MicroSD card slot to expand on the meager 64GB of internal storage. I’ve used the NFC sensor to tap and pay on the subway rolls here in New York City, and you even get a charger in the box.
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