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The advent of right-to-repair legislation will make this style of phone more common, and the G42 is Nokia’s second handset you can take apart and fiddle with, after the lower-spec G22. The 3-day battery testing was conducted using a real-life usage test by HMD Global. The test included active usage of a device for 5 hours per day with a new battery. Usage included e.g. gaming, video streaming, calling, sending SMS, browsing and using apps (such as social media, news, navigation and music). The test was conducted with normal device settings in a lit indoor environment. The device was left on standby overnight. Compared to the Nokia G50, the G42 5G has had a minor shuffle in the camera department. The main lens has dropped slightly from a 50MP number to 48MP, though the aperture has stayed put at f/1.8. I found that after 30 minutes I was able to regain 40% battery, while a full charge took 1 hour and ten minutes. That isn’t the strongest showing around, but it is an improvement over standard 5W charging at the very least. Video shooting is decidedly less impressive, but it’s reasonable enough. Shooting 1080p at 30fps, the footage is reasonably detailed, with effective, if sluggish, exposure adjustments when moving from well-lit to darker areas. There’s no stabilisation technology included, so you can expect to see some mild shaking in the footage, but it’s not dramatic enough to be a real mark against the phone.

None of this puts the G42 at a disadvantage against the competition, which have their own issues, but this is a phone with a passable camera (improvable with software), not a great one. Performance The processor is fast enough, the screen sufficient for everyday use and the camera takes decent pictures. However, the Nokia G42 5G cannot stand out from comparable phones in any of these areas. The battery life and WLAN speed are also mediocre rather than leading. Nokia's G42 does have a few special features: Besides a daring color option, it is relatively easy to repair for tinkerers, has a share of recycled materials, and comes with an update promise from the manufacturer despite its low price. It is a pity that the Nokia G42 cannot currently be rented from Nokia as part of a circular subscription. The Nokia G42 5G is still on a par with the Moto G53 5G and the Nokia G50, but as with those two, keep expectations low here. You can get away with low-intensity games such as Candy Crush and Angry Birds easily enough, but the G42 5G is not made for seamless 3D gameplay.

Next on the list is the AKABEILA Leather Case for Nokia G42 5G. Crafted from high-grade leather and quality materials, it offers both durability and an elegant appearance. The soft TPU inner case holds the phone securely without scratching it, providing all-around protection against everyday usage scratches. Maybe in future we will see pink, yellow or another Lumia mainstay, red, return, but for the moment the Nokia G42 represents a little whimsy in a world ruled by monochromatics. The G42 also comes in ‘So Grey’, but that seems beside the point. Coming to the display, compared to the competition it has some interesting downgrades. Its refresh rate is fast enough at 90Hz (though some of the competition are offering 120Hz) but its resolution, at 720p, is a little low. Full HD, or 1080p, has been the mainstay on most smartphones since at least 2018, offering a balance between resolution and power requirements.Brightness on the whole was decent, the phone getting bright enough for most conditions if not the most intense moments of the summer sun. Conversely, it got easily dim enough to read at night. Colours were a mixed bag and generally a little washed out, a consequence of the LCD tech used. Where the ‘eye comfort’ mode on many phones tends towards more orange hues, that on the G42 goes for urine yellow. Cameras I wasn’t able to test this personally, but the fact that it is offered is a real rarity on the market. At a time when e-waste is becoming an ever bigger issue, the ability to easily give a broken device a new lease of life is more valuable than ever. The rear of the phone is also constructed from 65% recycled materials.

This apparently durability is only augmented by an official partnership with iFixit. In theory, this is a phone that can be taken apart and have its internals replaced with only a repair kit, no need for a technician. It’s a feature that was first revealed on the Nokia G22, with the G42 now joining its ranks. Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia Corporation. OZO is a registered trademark of Nokia Technologies Oy. Android is a trademark of Google LLC. Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.They’re actually very decent, putting the phone in the same ballpark as various Samsung Galaxy A-series phones, OnePlus Nords and a whole lot of Redmi and Realme handsets. The thing they all have in common is that they’re budget models, but the Nokia does beat the Google Pixel 5 from 2020, a phone that originally cost three times the amount you’ll shell out for the G42. It’s certainly a responsive phone. We were never left waiting for an egregiously long time for an app to open. Battery life is a harder thing to quantify, however, as the standard test we use to compare phones wouldn’t run. The longest we managed to keep it going for was about six hours, which took it down to around 50%. Nokia claims three days of use from a charge, and as long as your usage is light and you make careful use of the battery-saver mode that turns off things like 5G and location services, then that’s not out of the question.