Nokia C2 2nd Edition

This Nokia C2 2nd Edition is just about the cheapest Nokia smartphone you can get right now. Although this Nokia has little to do with Nokia. What exactly we mean by that, what differences there are from the first C2 and whether this should be your next mobile we explain here.

Popular name

To immediately clear up the first confusion. While this Nokia C2 2nd Edition carries the Nokia name, it is not a Nokia phone. After all, they haven't made phones for a long time. They licensed another company to make phones with their name. That company has HMD Global. But that doesn't chatter very well and is certainly not as recognizable as Nokia. The "C2 2E," as we sometimes call it, also has little in common with the C1 1st generation. It was not released everywhere. This C2 2nd Edition, on the other hand, can be found everywhere.

Familiar features of yesteryear

HMD Global has put down a pretty solid phone with the Nokia C2 2nd Edition. A real old-fashioned Nokia in that respect. The metal chassis provides strength inside, and should it ever fall, the battery cover cushions the first blow. In fact, it can be detached so that the battery can be changed. How old-fashioned do you want it? And just like old times, just plug your own wired headphones into the C2 2nd Edition. After all, a familiar 3.5mm audio jack is still just there.

Main Nokia C2 2nd Edition specs

• 5.7-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio and HD+ resolution
• 5MP rear camera with f/2.2 fixed focus lens
• 2MP front selfie camera above the screen
• Plastic body with removable back (self swap battery)
• Somewhat slow 1.5GHz processor with 1 or 2GB of RAM memory
• 32GB storage memory (expandable up to 256GB)
• 4G support for fast internet on the go
• Android 11 Go Edition, with two years of updates

Simplicity trumps

Furthermore, the specification list shows that this is a simple smartphone. The screen measures just 5.7 inches with old-fashioned bars at the top and bottom. The HD+ resolution is not very high either. On the back is only a 5MP camera, just enough to shoot a sharp photo. Up front is a 2MP selfie camera that still lets you video call but selfies won't be very sharp. MediaTek's simple quad-core processor still comes into its own somewhat by applying Android 11 Go. That is a stripped down version of Android where some features and apps are missing. Neatly, Android upgrades and security updates come out for two years. Then again, a fingerprint scanner is sadly missing.

Pro and cons C2 2nd Edition

• Cheap smartphone
• Removable battery
• Reasonably robust
• 2 year updates

• Not really fast