The Nokia 7.2 brings the best of Nordic design sensibilities and pairs it with a competitive camera and stock Android. Unfortunately, the rest of the package doesn't quite match up.

Excellent design and build quality Clean build of Android Great portrait mode performance

Lackluster performance Small battery with no fast charging support Too expensive compared to the competition

There’s a lot to love in this wallet-friendly handset

Great value if you get it for under $500; Solid hardware; Android One is as always a joy

Camera could be better; Not super snappy; Assistant button gets triggered by accident

While Nokia has previously experimented with some interesting camera configurations to try and distinguish itself in the market, the 7.2 is a more conventional offering. The triple-camera setup with ultra-wide and depth-sensing options provides some versatility, and serious smartphone videographers...

Accurate target exposure in most conditions; Fairly wide dynamic range; Pleasant color in most conditions; Effective stabilization; Generally accurate target exposure; Low noise in all conditions

Color shading in all conditions; Strong noise in dark areas; Ghosting and ringing often visible; Occasional autofocus failures; Visible; sharpness; inconsistencies; Inaccurate white balance and strong chromatic noise in night shots; Very slow autofocus; Ghosting often visible; Color shading occurs...

The upper mid-range smartphone market is a tough one with lots of devices offering great value for money, and one of the hottest smartphones in that segment right now is OPPO’s A9 2020.

Good Phone and great quality. Nokia is coming strong and smart

HMD Global does a lot right with the Nokia 7.2, but the smartphone shows some weaknesses in detail in some areas. There's a full dual SIM option plus an extra space for a microSD card, but the latter doesn't support exFAT. The display is both bright and high-contrast, but uses PWM.

bright and high-contrast display; memory expandable; fully-fledged dual SIM; Android One

microSD without exFAT support; PWM; old SoC

As a normal Android smartphone, it’s absolutely acceptable in this price range. The capacitive fingerprint scanner on the back works better than Face ID and in-screen fingerprint scanners. The battery life is average. The performance is tolerable.

Got this phone as my previous phone broke. For me the biggest plus is that it doesn't come with lots of software you don't use and not get rid off. The only minus is that you can't use wireless charging

My main takeaway is that Nokia is following a familiar path. With its 4.2 and now 7.2, the company is using the same formula Moto has used over the last few years.

In 2019, the entire dynamic of the smartphone industry has witnessed a seismic shift. No longer do we find budget or midrange models with less than spectacular specifications. Brands like Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO, Infinix, Tecno and even Samsung are launching handset after handset with specifications that...