I hate my current phone. My trusty Moto G finally died a few months ago and since then, I’ve been making the best of a Huawei Ascend Y550. It’s fine and does the job, but I’ve ran out of storage space so I irritatingly can’t download any more apps, even with a memory card. I’ve been getting fed up of making do so when Microsoft got in touch about me trialing a Nokia Lumia phone, I jumped at the chance:

I was sent the Nokia Lumia 735, as Lumia Voices thought it would be a great fit for me thanks to its ‘Selfie Cam’ and they judged me well! If you follow me on Instagram, you will know that I love a good selfie and I’ve been posting more than ever thanks to the Selfie Cam. The front camera is an impressive 5MP and the Lumia Selfie app automatically smooths everything, making your photos totally Instagram-worthy without any extra filters. I get seriously annoyed at the quality of my current phone’s front camera so the Nokia Lumia 735 was a dream. I could flip my camera, snap a quick image and I was done – simple! 

The normal camera was also great and I made a lot of use of it; the photos above from my Instagram were taken with a mix of front and main camera. I particularly liked the self-timer and exposure settings; it meant that I could attach the phone to my selfie stick and set a timer to then take up to five photos on different exposures, which meant I was sure to get the right shot. Unfortunately, what really let the phone down in the whole was the lack of apps. The only version of Instagram was a BETA version, with far less filters and no ability to edit brightness, highlights or contrast. This was such a shame as for some photos which needed an extra boost, I ended up Bluetooth-ing the photos to my current phone in order to post them to Instagram., which slightly defeated the point!

My favourite app was definitely the pedometer. Thanks to my trips to London and Paris, I managed to rack up a decent number of steps and I quickly became addicted to tracking how far I’d walked each day. It’s a great motivator to get off the sofa and an easy, free alternative to a FitBit, which I’ve been thinking of buying for a while but they are just so expensive! The records of how far you’ve walked and calories burnt were brilliant, and you can also personalise this by inputting your height and weight for more accurate readings. 

Overall, I was impressed with the Nokia 735; the bright green style is striking and modern, the selfie camera is a blogger’s dream and there are some great inbuilt apps like the pedometer. However the lack of social media apps really let me down and I’m not sure I could transfer to a Nokia without my beloved Instagram! It must be said that for me Nokia phones still bring up images of the clunky bricks everyone owned at school and they have certainly come a long way since then – I’m pretty impressed!

Have you tried any Nokia phones? 

Jess

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