- Analysis by KJ David
Other than being carried by Cricket and rocking a White polycarbonate housing, the Nokia 3.1 C pretty much has the same pros and cons as the 3.1 A, consequently expanding the brand's introductory-class Android family.
Among its lackluster specs are a quad-core 2GHz Snapdragon 429 processor 
that obviously flounders in comparison to the basic eight-core engines powering some of its contemporaries in the budget smartphone category. It also comes with no more than 2GB of RAM , whereas some other models within its price group featured here on Phonerated offer at least 3GB or even 4GB of RAM.
Adding to its cons is a so-so (by 2019 standards) 32GB internal memory that can at least be expanded by a maximum of 128GB, although a few of its Nokia cousins allow up to 400GB of external storage.
Imaging-wise, the 3.1 C does not offer any flashy pros. In fact, it touts a mundane 8-megapixel f/2.0-aperture primary camera and an even more underwhelming 5-megapixel-only front-facing cam -- the 2018 Nokia 3.1, its mother model, touts a 13-megapixel main cam and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter.
Its appreciable facets include a 2990mAh battery 
whose raw power capacity sounds rather hefty, at least coming from an entry-level smartphone that came out around the time of this technical review. Just like its 3.1 A sibling, it features Adaptive Battery , which essentially learns the user's usage patterns in order to maximize its overall battery life span.
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The rest of its pros and cons include a 5.45-inch 1440 x 720 HD+ display with a relatively-wide 18:9 aspect ratio , which makes its screen wider than those with conventional (as of its market entry) 16:9 setups. It offers Bluetooth v5.0, LTE Cat 4 network connectivity, and a single nano SIM card slot.
Topped off by the Android 9.0 Pie ecosystem, Nokia's 3.1 C caters to budget-cautious shoppers eying a low-end phone that puts a bit more effort into stamina than several others within this category.
On-paper Review rating: 
We were unable to find SAR (radiation level) information for this phone.
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It's frustrating that we were not able to find information about its weight.
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Not only does it clock at 2GHz (top speed according to Qualcomm), it's also quad-core.
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We're dealing with a hefty display here, making it a phablet: 5.5 (actual diagonal is 5.45 inches) inches and a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels means about 12.1 square inches and an image quality of at least 292.68 dots per inch (DPI)!
Above-average camera resolution - of 8-megapixel
The selfie camera resolution seems just about average.
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