Case, equipment and operation

The body of the Nokia 2.3 consists of a roughened plastic surface and is available in black, turquoise and sand. The smartphone is very handy and solidly manufactured. The card slide is slightly recessed into the housing and stands out visibly from the frame. It can accommodate two nano-SIM cards as well as an additional microSD, but the latter does not support exFAT.



HMD Global still uses a Micro-USB connector, which supports OTG. The wired audio output is via the jack plug, an optional headset serves the FM receiver as an antenna. Unfortunately, the Nokia phone does not have DRM certification either, which is a pity considering the low panel resolution.



At the moment, Android 9.0 Pie still runs on the Nokia 2.3, but within the framework of Android One, Android 10 has already been confirmed without an exact date for the smartphone and Android 11 should also still be rolled out, if the hardware allows this.



The communication modules are limited to the minium. The single-band WLAN isn't particularly fast, but transfers data in combination with our reference router Netgear Nighthawk AX12 quite stable. The LTE bands are tuned to different regions and support all necessary frequency ranges. NFC must be avoided.



A special feature is the dedicated button for the Google Assistant on the left side. The touchscreen has good gliding characteristics and reacts quite fast. Unfortunately, there is no fingerprint scanner, but only a 2D face recognition, which does its job as reliably as possible, but is not very secure.

