Nokia N1
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Nokia N1 Tablet Price in India
This device comes up with its promotional partner ZOL and being someone’s promotional partner is not always good. This is the first device The Finnish firm has launched after selling its mobile devices division to the Microsoft. This has been claimed as an audacious claim by the company. It has the same size as that of iPad Mini 3 but at much cheaper price than that one. The detail analysis of the device is yet to be made in this article to know if the lower price also worth the specifications of the device and does it bring something better than iPad Mini 3 to users or not.
Features and Specifications
The weight of Nokia N1 Tab is 318g. It has 7.9-inch screen made of IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen technology that offers 16M colors. The screen also provides multi-touch facility and the protection to the screen has been provided with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. OS here is very latest one Android v5.0 Lollipop while the processor is 2.3Ghz Quad-core. The RAM is strong enough offering 2GB while the internal storage is 32GB without any further expansion. The back camera is 8MP with LED light and features like autofocus and geo tagging and it is also capable of recording videos at full HD 1080p resolution. The front camera is 5MP to be used nicely for the selfies and video conferencing. The battery is 5300 mAh which is non-removable while various connectivity options are included like microUSB, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. The device is available in two colors which are Lava Gray and Natural Aluminum.
Design and Quality
The Nokia N1 tab is not only similar in size to that of iPad Mini 3 but it is also similar to it in screen size and it is almost tough to distinguish among both by looking from far. Numerous button locations are also similar in both devices like the volume rocker; power button and the camera placements are also similar in both the devices. But this device is thinner as well as lighter than iPad mini. It has pure aluminum design which also gives it a premium feel which is much more than a device at a price at which Nokia N1 is being offered. The screen is also very crispy and matches that of the Apple’s iPad Mini 3.
OS and Tech
Nokia Z Launcher is available at Google Play for the Android devices and this has also been used by the Nokia N1 which helps in navigation from apps to apps by swiping finger on screen. This device runs a latest OS Lollipop on it which has also been used by HTC Nexus 9 but the thing which will differentiate the Nokia N1 from other devices would be the Z Launcher which is exclusive in this tablet only but if it is already available in Google Play store than this claim would be in doubt.
Camera and Multimedia
A quite decent camera is provided at the rear side of the tablet which is 5MP more than iPad Mini3. The 8MP front camera is also very impressive and can be considered as the most incredible camera for the tablets for being more effective in making video calls than any other tablet. The performance of the back camera is also interesting producing good quality still images and the videos which look perfect while running on the screen.
Battery and Multimedia
The 5300 mAh provides about 9hrs of tablet use under intensive use of the tablet. The battery is quite nice and under moderate use of the tab, the duration of its use can be expanded further but it is for sure than this may not long for 24hrs and one has to recharge it quite a few times in whole day to keep it working. The 2GB RAM seem slight less as this much RAM is being provided to most of the smartphone these days which are considered as mid-range. Some more efforts should have been placed by the company in RAM expansion. The 32GB internal storage though is fair enough but this comes with an expanse of no further memory expansion.
Pros and Cons
For Pros:
· Latest OS
· Nice design and good screen
· Excellent camera
· Good internal storage
· Affordable price
For Cons:
· Low RAM
· Un-expandable memory
· Non-removable battery
· Average battery
Verdict
The tablet from Nokia is no doubt a good release that is giving a nice competition to well-known Apple’s iPad Mini 3. All the features and specification of the tablet are interesting apart from the RAM capacity and battery tolerance. The battery should have been removable so that users could replace it with some better one. Overall this is a nice invention from the company and it will for sure attract users if not in large amount but it is here in the market to become threat to some good names already active in markets.