Nokia G400 5G Smartphone, 48MP Triple Camera

As a Finlander I try to support Nokia. I bought the 5.3 and was happy with it, but the battery started getting short and I wanted to try a 5G phone. So I immediately went to this G400. Massive mistake. Sadly this is not the simple robust phone I was hoping for at all. As received, the main camera does not seem to be compatible with google camera anymore. (???) The screen is constantly fighting me and self-interrupting swipe gestures. The speaker sounds as bad as a drive through order speaker with zero exaggeration. I could not possibly be less happy with this phone.

Update: I realize I was way too easy on this phone in the original review. The battery life is significantly lower than its predecessors. It also has several times gotten stuck charging at 75%, requiring a reboot to resume. The phone also no longer fast charges at all, on several new chargers that it worked with only for the first few weeks.

As a Finalnder, I am genuinely ashamed of this phone 🙁

Es una basura de teléfono, al principio funcionaba bien, pero al poco tiempo al desbloquear el teléfono se quedaba congelado por unos 20 segundos, y otras no respondía, varias veces golpee el teléfono por la frustración, al momento de querer entrar a cualquier aplicación no respondía o tardaba unos 15 segundos, peor lo más frustrante es que al momento de acceder a la cámara y tomar una foto, no se podía sacar la foto, no dejaba sacar la foto, el día de ayer por la frustración le quebré la pantalla, por el amor a la marca nokia compre este teléfono pero la verdad me acabe arrepintiendo, solo duro un año.

Got this phone to replace a Motorola One Action. THE key feature I needed was solid connectivity. My old phone tended to drop the data connection in some areas – these issues have been completely resolved with Nokia. Battery life is great, also much better than the motorola – even after a day of heavy use there’s still plenty of charge left. I don’t recall having less than 30%
Also, since it is an unlocked phone, there’s virtually no bloatware pre-installed.
Camera is decent – I’d say up to par with the Motorola Action One if not better. I use it for videos of my classes as well as snapshots and it handles all lighting conditions well.
The only reason I’m giving it only 4 out of 5 stars is that Nokia elected to put the google assistant permanently on the main screen – I believe a change of launcher will be in order in the foreseeable future.
One additional note; I’m using the phone on the T-mobile network. No issues here. Interesting fact T-mobile sells their branded/locked phone about cheaper than this one. However, they will charge you an “Upgrade Fee” that is roughly the same amount as their lower price. When I asked them what the service was that this fee supposedly covered, they could not provide a concise answer.
Bottom line: This unlocked version comes to the same price as the T-mobile branded/locked phone and you have less pre-installed “Stuff” on it – definitely recommend this one!

Update: lost the software connection to the front facing camera about nine months into using this phone. Thankfully still covered under warranty, but I got to remove all sensitive data and ship it to Nokia to fix. Currently struggling to find a temporary replacement. As good as the phone is otherwise, this is a major flaw and apparently a common problem with Nokia

One of the better phones you can find under $300, and is probably all many people need. Good battery life, nice screen, reasonably fast, and good camera for the price. No issues using social media, web browsing, and light game playing. The phone also works well as an actual phone with decent sound quality. I compared this Nokia G400 5G camera in multiple lighting conditions to a Motorola G Stylus 5G (2021), and the Nokia had a better picture in every case. For a phone at this price it has a good camera. I also compared the camera to a Pixel 7a (which cost more than double) and the Pixel 7a had a better picture in every case (as expected). So is it the best phone on the market – no, but it is a good phone for under $300. An excellent value when on sale for under $200.