Good phone, good value, good performance. Lacks IR and usability buttons.
The Nokia along with HTC are my favourite brands. This Nokia is large but has good features and functionality. The larger RAM and on-board storage is necessary to run the type of apps that I use. The ability to add additional storage up to 1TB is extremely useful. 1:25 OS maps need a lot of storage and when there is no signal, downloading is not an option, but phone based storage is.
During setup, the copying of apps, data and accounts from my HTC One M9 to the Nokia 8.3 was smooth but incomplete. Not all apps were copied automatically because of supposed OS version incompatibility. All but one of the 13 apps would install and run when copied manually. This still left the issue of having to verify the phone and user accounts with the provider such as Ordnance Survey, Memory Map, NHS and others.
The Google assist button is annoying and placed opposite the power button means it is all too easily activated accidentally. It can be disabled but not reassigned.
What’s missing – an IR transmitter which I would use to control my house-hold devices but more importantly – cameras. Now I have to carry additional remotes (wireless or cable). One other missing item are buttons to control the screen, the apps and navigation. Gestures, swipes and shakes are all well and good but are not 100%. Buttons are 100% reliable whether they are physical or logical doesn’t matter. Not having these features is definitely a backward step.
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