I found that the night mode of the X30 is the best way to take pictures in any situation, including in sunlight to capture more details and colors.

I've been following your channel for a long time, and also I've been following HMD's progress on the market (I used Nokia 3, 5, and 6.1). After a great experience with a Xiaomi device I recently switched back to Nokia, this time G21. I really hope HMD succeeds and carves itself a piece of smartphone market since I love their approach to making smartphones!

Nokia X30 is durable rough and yes stong build phone. Love from India

Pretty surprising that this phone has an actual proximity sensor with tiny bezels while all flagships use a virtual version

Thanks for the video and review, very helpful. It sounds like many of the challenges are due to Android one vs the phone. I think of Android one as being the crippled version but maybe that isn't right.

Today, I sent my X30 for service. I was having issues with the loudspeaker - the volume was fading away after a while but was "reset" after pausing the app. I suppose the service crew will just switch out the loudspeaker for a new one. I guess that'll fix that issue. And then there's the difference in colors between 60hz and 90hz refresh rates. It's so annoying! The best thing about the X30 imo is the battery. Maybe that speaks for itself. :P

Nokia x30 5G phone's design is attractive and they should continue using metallic like 2017 lineup for mid-range atleast.

HMD is still in the works, there is still room for improvement in several aspects, the Nokia X30 is a good device, but the high price keeps away many buyers who find better options at a lower price, HMD needs to launch a more premium intermediary, with more aggressive specifications, and to solve their logistics problem, which is very precarious, HMD needs to deliver more in its launches, stereo speakers for example, just the Nokia name and focus on sustainability will not increase sales. A hit on the X30 was the size of the screen which is very comfortable in the hands. HMD needs to focus on a model and deliver the best specs and improve their logistics, a faster availability for sales.

In India they released 4 months after the global realease and priced it expensive among all markets which made it the direct competition for pixel 7,one plus 11, galaxy S21 FE and S22 😑

Loved the techspurt cameo by the way😄

Hello Abdulla we really miss you from making nokia phone reviews. Can you make a review of x30 with android 14?

Hello Abdullah. Great video There is a discount of the X30 to 430€ in my country. Do you think it’s worth it?

It's been 4 months of usage and the going has been fantastic.. except for the loudspeaker, love everything about the handset

Being a Nokia fan & user, I'm excited to use Nokia X30 & ordered after checking these reviews. But unfortunately, it's worse. There are a lot of bugs & the camera is very disappointing. It's not even closer to Nokia 7.1 which was released in 2018 as it uses the Zeiss lens. I had to return it & buy another one I request the reviewers to not mislead people

Can't wait to see your reaction to the G22

Ive had the X30 for about 3 months, i'm pretty pleased with it all round. There is one issue however, after update 00WW_1_310 SP01 charging is limited to about 8.5 W, instead of the maximum 33 W. Personally i didn't experience any overheating issues while charging the phone prior to the latest build so i'm not sure why Nokia has done this. The slower charging doesn't bother me in the slightest as i always top up during the evening, but it would be nice if Nokia acknowledged why they seem to have changed the specification of the the phone now. Excellent video as usual. 👍

What's your opinion about Nokia's new logo? And will Nokia bring the new logo to the phones too, or it's just for business equipments?

After 2 months, my Nokia X30 fell out of my bike mount (forgot to lock it in), and the LCD panel under the glass became damaged. The damage started in the lower left side near the corner, and spread across the whole panel until it was fully black, so now it's unusable. It was in a TPU case when it was dropped, and the phone itself looks completely unharmed, and there's a subtle scuff on the TPU case. Just bad luck maybe, but now I'm back to my Nokia 8, which has been dropped numerous times, and still hanging in there. Since the Nokia X30 is not sold in my country officially, there is no warranty, and I can't even send it in to get repaired. I'm stuck going to a third-party phone repair shop. Aside from that, I did like the X30 very much.

I have been using my Nokia X20 for over a year now. I just took my cover off to clear the dust. The volume key came off 😢. Volume up plastic lock got broken 😢 I don't know how. I don't want to change my mobile device because I have so much stuff in it. I'm looking for suggestions should I go for X30 and why? Thanks.

I have the X30 and i really don't like is the speaker sound and sometimes capturing images is not that consistent

Too many complaints regarding the Nokia X30 in the Nokia Community forum. I was expecting a premium device like the Nokia X30 won't have issues.

Is there Always on display??

Just bought one and pretty happy with it. The white one is a lot more expensive in the UK than the cloudy blue one. Mine updated to Android 14 from start up but it would have been nice to compare 13 first, at least for battery life. Overall for around £200, it's a nice phone.

I have experienced heat warping with my Nokia 5.4. It is around the sim tray

I traded in an iPhone 11 for a pixel 7 and instantly regretted it, it was awful! So I looked to see what I could trade the pixel in for without much to pay. I had to 'settle' for the Nokia X30. All I can say is wow! It is super stable and slick to use. I'd say the user experience is as close to an iPhone as I've experienced on any android device. No glitches or irritations encountered (unlike the multitude of bugs and glitches on the pixel!) I'm super stoked to have found the X30 by chance and would recommend it to anyone. Definitely punches above its price tag. Camera and speaker dislikes may be valid if they matter to you. For me they are non-issues.

Has it actually been updated to v13 by now?

Right pricing would have been hot selling cake!!!

Can we install gcam in this device?

Assalamualaikum Mr Zaki. Can u make camera comparison between X30 vs X20.

Why does hmd global not introduce flagships using Snapdragon 8 gen x processors but using 6th generation processors?

whwre the update Android 13 for nokia x30 I am still waiting

If you're gonna compare x30's camera to the 14 pro's camera, you should include some samples from the iphone too

Hope in future Nokia would launch a smartphone at least comes with snapdragon 7 gen chipset and better camera quality that can beat samsung or iPhone and it comes at a premium mid ranger tag.

Can i shift from Nokia 8 to Nokia 30?

I don't own a X30 but must say, face unlocking performance on 8.3 5g has also improved leaps and bounds. I believe some software update has enhanced its performance. Initially I thought why would someone need the feature, when unlocking by fingerprint is good until you realize living in a cold place when you have your gloves on. Face unlock is a saviour. It works good for 9 out of 10 times. Only problem I have had is when I am in a dark room. You need to take the phone too close to your face or have the phones brightness increased. Do you experience the same with X30?

Saw my boy Tech Spurt. Shout out to the Spurt!

For me, Nokia started going downhill after the 8.3 5G. That phone was really the last time Nokia had me excited about a device.

X30 *still* with Android 12 out of the box here in NL. Leaning towards saving my pennies and getting a G42, though it doesn't look like it is nearly as good a phone.

I think it will get better soon! Nothing can change how great this device is Besides it can be improved by time... don't you agree?

Speaker issue fixed now??????? :(:(:(

Android 13 ist raus. Ich liebe mein X30. Die Haupt-Kamera, Du erwähntest es, macht bessere Fotos als mein iPhone 13, welches ich verkauft habe. Performance und Design finde ich klasse. Stereo Lautsprecher wären echt schön gewesen. Ich hab ein Problem: im dark mode mit adaptiver Bildschirm Aktualisierung ist das Schwarz im ruhenden screen dunkler als wenn man scrollt. Das stört mich derart, dass ich es auf Standard gestellt habe, da ist es nicht, im hellen Modus auch nicht. Kennst Du das Problem?

I got it under half price and think it's damn good for what you get for sale prices personally. The speaker just sucks for music you're best to carry around a Bluetooth speaker.

Do you know what would be cool? If Nokia lanchued a UI based on their windows phone design. Like a modern version of the tiles but obviously running Andorid and Google apps. It would give personality to Nokia. I would certainly buy it.

Have my X30 a few weeks now. Very disappointed that I cannot have my text message tone separated from notification tone! Like I did no my Sony Z1 before. Otherwise good phone so far.

They just priced the X30 for around 50k INR (607 USD), I think they could’ve just gone with a powerful snapdragon 870 (ik that’s old, but viable) and kept its price for around 25k cuz I would not pay 600+ dollars for Snapdragon 695.

The automatic display brightness makes the display much too dark in low light situations, no matter how often you re-adjust the brightness in such situations with the slider

Funny thitg is that this model isn't available in Indonesia, left only lower G and C series. From what i've experiment with Samsung A22 5G with isocell gm2, i'm able to produce a very natural looking photo with the sharpness i see it as optimal, but I have to do it from raw file. If Nokia x30 have an CameraAPI2 access opened, you can make a better looking photo

The texture and craftsmanship of the X30 are very good, the operation is smooth, and the camera performance is powerful, but the most unacceptable thing is that the video recording function is really unsatisfactory, especially at 60 fps.

Please make a Nokia g22 video 🥺🙏

I really wanted to use the X30 as my daily driver . The deal breaker for me was the lack of VoLTE. It’s absolutely horrible these days when telcos switched to VoLTE on their networks and your phone doesn’t support it. What you get is frequent disconnections, you can’t access data while on a call and so forth.. with the recent upgrade to Android 13, and it being stock android, I just love it. It’s the closest thing you can get to a Pixel UI in markets where Pixels are not supported. Regarding the camera, I have no issues..

At this moment I regret it I choose for a Samsung Galaxy Flip4 last year, it does more than flipping, I guess I got too much used to Nokia haha. So now I'm in the market and want to choose from the X30, which has a great price here (379) or the XR21 (499) as second phone I have the XR20 and some older Nokias as backup. Which one would you choose?

I have one question is Nokia x30 has 3 microphones

X30 or G42/60 if they were the same price? (I'm a 4.2 user looking for basic speed & a phone that punches above it's weight)

Bro this phone is worth or not?? Please tell

Does it have Always-on-Display feature?

I was looking forward to buy it but I got a good deal for a Nokia 8 since I am disappointed with samsung

In Nokia X30 ...4k video recording option & Zeiss Optics are missing 🙄

Please post Nokia G60 long term review.

Agree with the 7 series Snapdragon that should have been used for this price point.

after amonth i have a problem lag n cannot on my X30 5G....

Excellent video. I still want this phone. Can’t seem to find an easy way to get it in the states

Hey Abdullah ! I have a blind trust on you. Currently, I am using nokia 6.1+ and I wanted to upgrade. Will Nokia G21 satisfy my needs ? Will it gives me more quality photos? Will it give my better performance? Please I want your suggestion !

It's hard for me to like the X30 when the G60 use the same Snapdragon 695 chipset and also eligible for three major OS update. Also, the Xperia 10 iv is cheaper than the X30 and has both headphone jack and microSD card slot, which is something the X30 neither has.

Cannot they make XR21 with SD778g for advanced connectivity and Nokia branding "superphone"?? It could be most user friendly device like Nokia 3310!

Hmd g50 was the last globally phone released in the USA. Hmd is declining its previous models are always better like x20, 8.3 or 7.1.

Nokia is Bhalobasa 💕

This thing looks just like the spiritual successor to the Nokia 7 plus from 2018. This phone was branded the flagship killer of that year and I must say, a SD665 a then huge 3800mAh battery strong cameras and a slick design are a convincing formula. It is just a shame that it has literally nothing new to offer.

I was so tempted to buy one of these to replace my iPhone X when it died. I couldn’t decided between one of these, a pixel or sticking with an over priced iPhone. The iPhone won, only due to all my family are IPhone and it just made everything easier. If that hadn’t been the case the Nokia would have won.

Пользуюсь XR20 на постоянной основе... Думаю перейти на Х30 или уже сразу на XR21? Хотя, не вижу большой разницы между XR20 и 21... Разве что, развертка экрана в 120 Гц. Может дождаться Х31 уже сразу?😁

Hello Abdulla, thanks for sharing your experience, I still have Nokia 6.1 (still serves good). Replace by X30? Pixel 6a? Pixel 7? I dont know... I like Nokia, but bought Zenfone 8 for daughter and also looks good... Probably, I will keep 6.1 for a bil longer, only thing bothering me is slower Waze, except that is phone OK...

I don't know if it just my phone but every time it boots up there is a black spot on the upper left of the boot screen.

Mic .. sometimes my voice is so low people can't hear me in recording ... The power buttons below the volume is a little annoying ... The Nokia startup tone is just annoying as that can't be turned off .. other than that I am happy

It is a shame Abdullah that Nokia (HMD) are giving us and you so little to keep us interested. Be good to have a few videos in 2024 despite that! Possibly this model a year on? Or on your current daily driver. Best wishes.

The X30 makes me conflicted: they did most things right compared to previous models with a relatively compact size and weight, practical materials, OLED display, IP67 rating, Victus glass, OIS, a capable camera sensor, 33W charging... but something seems missing. Certainly the choice of chipset, while perfectly capable, seems more out of place against the rest of the specs, but I think it comes down to the design which lacks the subtle warmth and more human appeal of something like the X20 or 8.3. Considering there have been updates to the camera interface and features I am at least hopeful they may at least temper the excesses of the HDR on the X30, but maybe it is just an ISOCELL issue (looking at photos taken with the S23 Ultra I am starting to suspect the latter).

Just ordered mine my I phone se has given up after 6 years Looks good 200 quid

On paper the X30 seems like the ideal device. And it’s definitely not a bad one at all, especially with the upgrades you mentioned (higher refresh rate, upgraded camera app, enhanced battery life and software performance) in your review. But coming from an 8.3, 5G, should I chose to upgrade this unfortunately wouldn’t be my choice. There are a few too many compromises that are deal breakers for me, as it seems that Nokia is trying to follow similar trends in its midrange category as other OEMs do in theirs or more specifically, their flagship class. No phone jack, no microSD card slot. Even if you let’s say don’t make use of those features frequently or at all, the choice should still be there in case they ever become needed. The battery is smaller, and yes I do understand that it makes up for it by being more efficient than its larger counterparts in terms of power consumption…but at this point, except those few upgrades you highlighted, the 8.3 5G has all those features missing on the X30…including the fact that they are both still using Android 12, which in the case of the 8.3 5G, would be the last OS/software it would be getting (even though the device should and could be able to handle Android 13 given that it had 8GB of RAM). Also, and this maybe nitpicking, but I am disappointed that on a midranger like the X30, Nokia’s collaboration with (Carl) Zeiss is noticeably absent. Right now, and I’m only saying this if you own an 8.3 5G, the X30 doesn’t look like an upgrade, it is more of a side step instead of a step forward. The only viable alternative for a kind of an upgrade would be the G60. While it lacks in certain areas and would rightly be considered a downgrade in some aspects, no doubt, it retains a lot of the features and specs I wish had been incorporated on the X30. Hopefully there’s a follow up device to the XR21…XR31 (?) that will address these issues. Now THAT would be a smartphone to keep an eye out for!

I think people don't know what they are missing if they don't use nokia Most of Nokia smart phone is value for money You never disappoint if you buy nokia I go for Nokia x30 for belownreason 1 in hand feeling is extra ordinery 2 display 3 clean android 4 256 storage Only one complain you can not record 2k or 4k video You can not play 4k video While Nokia 7.2 8.1 is able to record 4k video

In test with general public they always go for fotos with the most colour and the most brightness So Nokia is tuning camera to what the general public expected and not what is considered good

Is it good to buy Nokia G60 or wait for some other launches? Currently using Nokia 6.1

I've been asking myself how they are still in business? I mean the competitors are simply in a different universe for that price region. I don't get the strategy of Nokia at all anymore

They messed it up here in India by releasing it in the same price range as iPhone 12 and Samsung galaxy s22

You need to make a video of Nokia’s new logo! Whats your take on that logo change? I honestly prefer the classic. It has a historical significance and no one can’t take away the power that classic logo brings.

i wish i waited long enough for this phone to be released because i would've bought one. the problems you mention wouldn't be a problem for me, even though it's not acceptable. i essentially never use the loud speaker. and since whatsapp is the most intesive app i use, the low end cpu (it's not really low end) wouldn't bother me one bit.

Without 3.5mm jack is a big no

I didn't buy X30 because our Finnish 🇫🇮 tech reviewers weren't too happy. They didn't like it's daytime photos. Night time photos were great, but that's not important to me as I almost never take night photos. Snapdragon 695 at this price point is a letdown, it should have been Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. A good AMOLED screen but 6,4" is too small for my big hands, I prefer a minimum 6,6" these days. SD card slot should have been added too. I wonder why it must be left out on all phones in 2023 except the budget priced models (even Samsung took it away from A54, all earlier 50 series models always had it. X30 main 50 mp camera has so much potential since it's Samsung's flagship sensor - same as on Galaxy S22 and S22+. So I guess it's a software problem that HMD maybe could fix sometime in the future.

How are we going to resurrect Nokia? I don't like Hmd branding.

The only thing I'm gonna criticize is the abscence of a charger

I'm still waiting for the release in Brazil

Hi Abdullah,I am a nokia fan and hate all the other phones,can you help me buy a Nokia X30 please,I ve tried to buy via Ebay but some are to expensive,can you assist please,I believe in Nokia and dont want to move on to other brands,I had them all but cant say goodbye to Nokia,the phones thats in circulation is not what I want,I want the X30,please help

Abdullah, I am Really Disappointed why HMD Global So Arrogant & Careless with India/Indian Customers. I didn't not try X30. Waiting to buy a Nokia Phone priced less than X30. I agree with about Little Disappointing.

Я купил себе такой ...кайф❤

For a phone that competes with big companies like google pixel pro is crazyyyy

Waiting for the X30 replacement whenever that appears.

Can you tell me the price of the phone in Bangladesh?

That device remembers me The Lumia 925

Keep going.

I feel sad that Nokia has priced too much for this in India, had it been around 35k then it would have been a different story.

Hello i bought the Nokia x30 for around 290 Usd. And I am very dissapointed with this device. The Loudspeakers are just very bad. And when you chat with Nokia they are lying i think. They say it can be solved with a software Update and say that the Problem isn't known very often. Not directly but apparently. Nokia shoulf Start a repair call and they should never lie to us. I don't know if they lie sometimes but i think. The device feels very premium the Design aspect is very good. But one thing i wish from Nokia. A screen Protector. When you buy a Glass screenprotector. Then by the side is air because the rounded corners. Its not only the thing that they are selling a device with broken Speakers. It is also the thing that they don't make anything against that. They should make a repair call and built in in every device a good Quality Speaker. I would pay for it.

Nokia needs that Nokia touch from years ago

These phones are very expensive in India.