Not quite the best cheap phone around, but as close as Nokia has ever come to capturing the gold.

Grippy; good-looking design; Pure Android; with updates to follow; Few compromises for the cash

Pixel 3a still the budget camera king; Lacks power for demanding 3D games; Rivals even cheaper

What a phone this is, looks like a flagship unit an boy does it perform.

The Nokia 7.2 offers solid performance, nice build quality, and the promise of timely software updates. It's a better phone than the 7.1, and yet it we're giving it a lower score.

Attractive design; Android One software; Bright display with accurate colors

Weak low-light camera performance; Tinny speaker

Though I sang its praises at the unveiling, my time with the Nokia 7.2 has changed my mind. It's now abundantly clear that the offering is a bit of a mixed bag. It excels in many areas, including design, performance and display quality.

Swish design; Outperforms other £300 phones; Decent array of cameras for the price

Poor battery life; 48MP shooting mode isn't great

As much as I like to credit to HMD Global for giving Motorola some desperately-needed competition here in America, some of the company's latest phones have been... problematic. The Nokia 4.2 suffers from performance issues, the 9 PureView had a buggy camera and fingerprint sensor, and last year's...

Software The Nokia 7.2 has a stock Android One software experience; just like all other Nokia devices; Battery Most people should be able to get two days of use on a single charge; Design The large screen is nice; and the plastic shell makes the Nokia 7.2 very lightweight

Design (again There are some backlight issues on the top of the panel; Camera Most photos come out over-saturated; Price The Nokia 7.2 is only $50 less than the Google Pixel 3a; which has (mostly) better internal hardware; faster updates; and a better camera

The Nokia 7.2 is the latest AndroidOne smartphone from HMD Global , launched in September, 2019. The device, alongside the Nokia 6.2 introduced some interesting design and camera features.

The Nokia 7.2 is a solid step up from the Nokia 7.1 in a variety of ways, but it's unlikely to make you a Nokia fan if you weren't already, and there are other smartphones at the same price that are perhaps a little more interesting.

Low price tag; Powerful 48MP camera; Fairly good looking device

Google Assistant button is inconvenient; Video recording quality is poor; Camera bump is rather thick

HMD Global is not only the champion when it comes to timely software updates , but also when it comes to updating its own smartphone series. At the IFA in Berlin this week, the Finnish manufacturer is giving two of its strong mid-range smartphones a hardware update.

My favourite Nokia phone to come out of the recent HMD Global licensing deal was the Nokia 7 Plus. This wasn't the flashiest nor the most specced-out, but it focused on the basics and kept the price affordable. That's exactly what the Nokia 7.2 (or Nokia 7 2019) does.