Nokia 2 V & Nokia 3.1 Plus (Cricket Wireless) - Now in the US

matteo.m

Hi everyone,

I am glad to announce that the Nokia 2 V and Nokia 3.1 Plus have landed in the US.  

The Nokia 2 V will be available for Verizon customers. You can read all about it here: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-2-v
The Nokia 3.1 Plus will be available, instead for Cricket Wireless customers. All info and specs can be found here: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-3-plus

Welcome to our US family!

Andrew LeRoy

Congrats, Nokia! I always buy unlocked phones but most Americans just go to carrier stores. Hopefully, this will help Nokia break back into the mainstream market in the U.S.

wyk

neng

Congrats to US users on these phones availability there... and yes most buyers just head to the carrier stores to get a device so this is a good move by HMD to crack into the US market

adylanchng

I hope future 2v customers will enjoy their phone as much as I have enjoyed my 2.1 

madbilly

@matteo.m These models are technically slightly different from the other "2" and "3.1 plus" (especially the 3.1 plus). Do they get a separate section in these user forums? Perhaps a sub-forum under the main 2.1 and 3.1 plus sub-forums?

matteo.m

@madbilly Let me look into it. But as for now, we are thinking of keeping them in the same section!

neng

yeah i agree with @matteo that we should keep Nokia 2V and 3.1 Plus in the same sections as they both are just variants of the existing models

madbilly

@neng and @matteo.m please excuse me but I have to disagree. The Nokia 3.1 plus is basically a completely different phone, look at this comparison which Nokiamob did: https://nokiamob.net/2019/01/26/before-you-buy-nokia-3-1-plus-for-cricket-wireless-is-a-different-device-from-the-global-nokia-3-1-plus/

Category	Cricket Wireless	Global
Size:	161.98 x 76.98 x 8.78 mm, 190g	156.88 x 76.44 x 8.19 mm, 180g
SoC:	Snapdragon 439	Helio P22
Bluetooth:	BT4.2	BT4.1
Port:	USB Type C	MicroUSB
OS:	Android 9 Pie (no mention of Android One)	Android 8 Oreo (Android One)

They are not similar at all. The 3.1+ on Cricket should have had a different name, it's bizarre to call it the same phone. It should definitely have a dedicated subforum.

The 2V is actually a 2.1 not a 2! It's very confusing to call it the 2V and not the 2.1V. Chance are people will come to the forum and post in the section for the 2 instead of the 2.1. The 2V is also designed for CDMA networks, not normal GSM ones, so there will be different problems and different solutions. Both of these are good reasons to give the 2V its own subforum.

Edit to add that the 2V also appears to have stereo speakers and NFC, which I don't think the 2.1 has. Do you really want all the 2.1 owners suddenly start to say "please activate stereo speakers and NFC on my phone"? (when they're not asking for pie)

neng

@madbilly if HMD Global decided to go with the same name for Cricket Wireless as the Global variant, there should be nothing wrong with it. You can just distinguish them by saying Nokia 3.1 Plus - Global and Nokia 3.1 Plus - Cricket Wireless. However I agree with you that a dedicated subforum should be created for both of these models considering the differences in specs. Or maybe we could have two subforums under Nokia 3.1 Plus for each of the two variants. However as you said, Nokia 2V is basically similar to Nokia 2.1 rather than Nokia 2 which is correct. So we might have a special subforum for Nokia 2V under Nokia 2.1, if HMD Global deems it right.
Anyway thanks for the clarification in this regard, we will see how HMD Global manages.

bilotola

> @matteo.m said:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am glad to announce that the Nokia 2 V and Nokia 3.1 Plus have landed in the US.  
>
> The Nokia 2 V will be available for Verizon customers. You can read all about it here: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-2-v
> The Nokia 3.1 Plus will be available, instead for Cricket Wireless customers. All info and specs can be found here: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-3-plus
>
> Welcome to our US family!

1gb of RAM and 8gb storage shouldn't even be allowed in 2019 idc how cheap the phone is .this is why Android is seen as cheap and slow by many who don't know any better
1 gig of Rams can't survive in 2019 unless you're only using your phone to make calls and text. 2 gigs of RAM with 32 gigs of storage would have make more sense and I wouldn't mind buying it for $99.99

bilotola

> @Andrew LeRoy said:
> Congrats, Nokia! I always buy unlocked phones but most Americans just go to carrier stores. Hopefully, this will help Nokia break back into the mainstream market in the U.S.

Many wondered what is the main goal of Nokia’s return to the smartphone business. For sure it isn’t huge profit as Nokia used to earn before, because time has changed in the industry and it is hard to follow Chinese competition that can manufacture good quality phones for substantially less amount of money, and time the quality maybe isn’t the same, but people don’t want to overprice the phones any more. https://bluestacks.vip/ https://kodi.software/ https://plex.software/ Nokia realized that before it sold its Devices and services business to Microsoft. But, what is the reason to come back then? Well, there are two things left now, technology patents and recognizable brand. Both of those have big potential, and the latter one Nokia needs more than ever. Today’s networking business changed a lot and it is becoming more commercialized and recognized brands will succeed more. To push things like OZO, MIKA digital assistant, Nokia Smart Home, AVA virtual intelligence, and Withings products, you need to force people to Google Nokia a bit more, and by pushing the Nokia devices backt to the market, that is going to be achieved.

Ryan Romero Sr

Got the cricket phone. The salesman tried to talk me out of it to get a Motorola phone. He asked why, well I have several Windows phones Lumia Nokia. Wanted to check it out. It's "ok" for the average user. But speed I'm use to my Moto z2 force which so far is unmatched with speed. 

madbilly

@bilotola it's an Android Go phone, so doesn't need as much memory. If it was normal Android I would agree with you that 1GB is not enough.