Nokia 6 Performance

Nokia 6 – Performance

Budget phones undoubtedly have to cut back in certain areas to keep the costs down, and Nokia has skimped in the worst possible way. The Nokia 3 was dogged by terrible performance, and the Nokia 6 is hamstrung in a similar way.

The Snapdragon 430 CPU and Adreno 505 GPU used here has already been updated to the 435, which is used in the cheaper Vodafone Smart V8, and it simply cannot keep up with the big 1080p display.

Lag is common and constant, mostly in infuriating instances such as scrolling through websites and image-heavy apps like Instagram. It’s the sort of day-to-day performance I wouldn’t accept on a sub-£150 phone, let alone one that costs £200.

Gaming is a similar story, and that basic GPU means intensive titles are slow and full of dropped frames. It is possible to load Real Racing 3 and Injustice 2, which is something, but it’s a much better experience if you stick to simpler titles.

It seems that Nokia should have either lowered the screen resolution or gone with a processor from the Snapdragon 6-series range, which is more suited to a 5.5-inch 1080p phone. This would have raised the price, but it would have made a big difference.

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