Nokia 5.1 Plus: Android One treat at a bargain
HMD Global, the company that brought Nokia back into the smartphone battle, recently showed off its latest Nokia 5.1 Plus, which seems to be yet another good smartphone that gets a lot of things right.
The Nokia 5.1 Plus shares identical DNA with the Nokia 6.1 Plus. Indeed, the smartphone follows the modern trend, and boasts of an edge- toedge display and has a wider notch with a larger screen- to- body ratio. The front is dominated by a 5.8- inch panel with tiny bezels and a large notch. It has a 19: 9 HD+ IPS display that renders punchy colours with decent contrast levels.
The handset is built around a MediaTek Helio P60 chipset aided by 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 400GB. In our experience, the device handled everything with ease — from using social media apps to browsing web to bingewatching, nothing failed us. We barely witnessed any lag or stutter. The smartphone even managed to be fluid and cool throughout while playing a few resource- intensive titles. The device runs on Android 8.1 Oreo out- ofthebox and will get the Android Pie update as and when they are released.
On the photography front, the 5.1 Plus sports a 13MP + 5MP f/ 2.0 dual rear camera setup. For selfies, there is an 8MP f/ 2.2 sensor; however, it lacks a front flash. During the daylight, the captured images turned out to be good with impressive colours, details and sharpness. While clicking selfies, the front camera performed decently in favourable lighting conditions but struggles in low light with some amount of noise seeping in.
Moving ahead, the 5.1 Plus is powered by a 3060mAh battery, which on an average, delivers a good one day’s stamina.
To sum it up, at ` 10,999, the Nokia 5.1 Plus is really a great deal and is definitely worth recommending. With this Android One smartphone, one can enjoy a faster and stock Android experience, fluid and snappy UI, smooth overall performance, premium design, decent display and cameras with relatively good battery life.