Nokia 3.4 vs Nokia 5.3 - 2020 Nokia Comparison By Tech Travel Geeks

Hello, I'm Matteo the chief mobile opinions here at tech travel geeks, and this is the tech travel geek, side-by-side comparison between the Nokia 3.4 and the Nokia 5.3. Both these devices were released in 2020 are available on sale in the second half of 2020, and while the Nokia 5.3 was released in the middle of the year, the Nokia 3.4 was released in the latter part of the year. But what's the difference? What would why would you choose one over the other, we'll walk through that in a moment, if you don't already, please do subscribe to the tech travel geeks here on YouTube right then. So we recently unboxed and set up, and I've been using the Nokia 3.4 we're preparing our long-term review of this affordable device, and it's quite a pleasant experience in many ways. It reminds me of what I went through with the Nokia 5.3. It's arguably bigger, better sibling.

Both devices are more or less the same price now they're under 150 pounds in the UK, and they both have a similar offering in terms of display. But let's start off by just looking at the general design they're. Two quite different devices: the Nokia 3.4 has the newer textured finish that we've seen on other Nokia devices in 2020, such as the Nokia 1.3, the Nokia 5.3, has a more simple smooth finish, but both of them have fingerprints scanners mounted on the back, they're, more or less equivalent in terms of the speed of unlocking, and it's a good way of unlocking and accessing your phone. The camera module is round on both devices, but whereas the Nokia 3.4 only has three lenses, the Nokia 5.3 has four there's a difference in cameras here. So the main sensor on both devices is a 13 megapixel one.

Now the Nokia 5.31 is just marginally better. In my experience in actually taking pictures and when it comes to the secondary lenses, they both have five megapixel ultra-wide cameras and those do a pretty decent job, whilst not being great in low light. The Nokia 5.3 has a 2 megapixel micro macro camera and a 2 megapixel depth sensor to round things off, whereas the Nokia 3.4 only has a 2 megapixel depth sensor. This isn't necessarily a bad thing that two megapixel macro camera is pretty much pointless. It's not very usable, it's not very good, and this is a common thing that we've seen across quite a few smartphone manufacturers this year.

So I would have been happy to not have that 2 megapixel micro camera in exchange, for maybe some more battery speaking of battery, both devices are quite slim and they both have 4 000 William hour batteries in even days of heavy use. Uh. That meant that I got to the end of the day with some battery left in the device now 4 000 billion power battery is pretty standard now in 2020. But one thing that isn't is the slow charging that both these devices have they both charge via USB type c and in terms of USB type c. They charge at 10 watts, so 5 volts, 2 amps, it's pretty slow charging, but considering the decent battery life, you might not need to top up quickly as often the Nokia 5.3 and the Nokia 3.4 are good devices for day-to-day use for social media for some light gaming and messaging all the usual things. You'd use your smartphone for, but there is a significant difference in the displays that we have here.

So if we look at the Nokia 3.4 right next to the Nokia 5.3 you'll notice that there is a difference in terms of the shape of the screen and that's because the Nokia 5.3 has a different aspect: ratio they're, both very similar resolutions, but the Nokia 5.3 has a 20 to 9 aspect ratios, which means it's longer. It's 20 long to 9 wide, whereas the Nokia 3.4 is a bit more squared off. This is a 19.5 to 9 aspect ratios. They both have pixels on their lower side, but they are different resolutions in length. Obviously, so, whereas the Nokia 3.4 is 1, 000 uh, 1, 560, pixels high, the Nokia 5.3 is 1 600 pixels high, so there's a 40 pixel difference there, and that makes a significant difference in the overall usability. In my experience, both devices have gesture navigation and that extra real estate makes it slightly easier to have more text on screen, especially when you're reading on the device a lot.

The difference in screen isn't just down to the aspect ratio and the slight difference in resolution. You'll notice that both devices have selfie cameras embedded in the screen, but the main difference is that the Nokia 5.3 has a teardrop notch in the middle of the screen, whereas the Nokia 3.4 has gone for the newer dodge or the cut-out notch in the top left-hand side of the screen. So in terms of notifications you're on the Nokia 3.4, you can see that all the notifications are moved over to the right, whereas in their KIA, 5.3, they're, more or less symmetrical left and right. So overall, pretty decent experience on both phones. But some people may prefer the newer design because it looks newer, but in terms of the overall experience they're similar, but with a slight edge on the Nokia 5.3. Now we mentioned the battery life is more or less equivalent.

There is a couple of considerations that makes the battery life on these devices so good. So the Nokia 5.3 has a snapdragon 665 chipsets, that's a 6 series chipset, which is marginally faster than the snapdragon 460 that we have on the Nokia 3.4. That means that the chipset runs at different speeds. This one reaches 1.8 gigahertz. This one reaches 2 gigahertz they're, both 11 nanometer chipsets they're, both part of the current generation of snapdragon chipsets from Qualcomm, and they're, both very power efficient in low use or in standby.

So in standby, the Nokia 5.3 has lasted me in excess of three to four days, with just a few notifications coming in the same with the Nokia 3.4. So in terms of battery drain, these chipsets can be efficient and with those relatively low resolution screens they handle things very efficiently. So that's one of the ways that Nokia has managed to provide decent battery life with what is a pretty standard, 4 000 William hour battery on the device in 2020. Now we've talked about battery life. The chipset does that chipset make any difference.

It does if you're a gamer, if you're just going to be using all the usual social media apps like Snapchat Instagram, whatever the young people use nowadays, such as tick, took or Facebook, or any other social network they're pretty much equivalent, both in terms of their camera performance and for video calling they're all pretty much the same. The only difference the faster snapdragon 665 chipsets on the Nokia 5.3 makes a difference is in gaming. So if you're wanting to play Call of Duty, as we saw in our long term review of the Nokia 5.3, the device can happily handle that at medium to low resolution, whereas the Nokia 3.4 quest it still can play at low resolution. It is much more of a Jacky experience, and it's not as smooth. That's probably a combination of the fact that this is the three gigabyte model on the Nokia 3.4, and it's the four gigabyte model on the Nokia 5.3, so two devices from the same brand in the same price range, which one should you choose well, in my view, if you're in that budget range, the Nokia 5.3 offers arguably better value. Both devices in the second half of 2020 are still running android, 10 they're, still part of the android one program.

They will both be upgraded to android 11, and I doubt there will be much of a difference in terms of software support. In the long term, you get a slightly longer bigger screen, but if you want a smaller chunkier device, the Nokia 3.4 has you covered there. Also, with that teardrop notch design on the display, so two different devices in that space. But it depends on what you're going to be using the device for another key consideration is that they both use USB type-c the newer standard of chargers, which is what some people are looking for nowadays, but if you have a say, household, full of cables and chargers for a micro USB. This may not be the choice for you if you're, just looking for basic smartphone experience, we'll also be doing a comparison with the Nokia 2.4 soon at the top of the device. There's the standout feature in 2020, which is worth shouting out about both the Nokia 5.3 and the Nokia 3.4 have 3.5 millimeter audio jacks. That's what we lovingly call courage: ports here at tech travel geeks.

So I would say that is a perfect feature to keep going, especially in this price category. Well done to Nokia on making that happen, ultimately, making a consumer choice between two devices like these, the Nokia 3.4 and the Nokia 5.3 is uh quite a difficult one, especially when they're both priced around about the same price. But I would say that overall, the chipsets and overall experience on the Nokia 5.3 is better. That's why this is a five series device, as opposed to a three series device that we see on the Nokia 3.4 so bear in mind. Both these devices are not fast charged ones, they have decent battery life, but if you're needing a quick top-up, that's not a perfect experience from these two devices and I suppose that's how they make sure the price stayed at this point.

So, overall, that's everything uh just bear in mind that both devices are expandable with micro, SD cards. I have 64 gigabyte cards in both devices and can confirm that they work well. So for now, I think. That's everything. To sum things up, the Nokia 5.3 is a higher series device. That's why it has a five at the beginning of the number and that shows in the overall performance and value it delivers.

The Nokia 3.4 is slightly lower price and its slightly newer design with that dodge is something that's to bear in mind if that's important to you, but overall it is a slightly slower, less powerful device and that's about it. So thank you for watching this quick comparison between the Nokia, 5.3 and 3.4, or the Nokia 3.4 and 5.3. If you don't already, please do subscribe to the tech travel geeks here on YouTube, but for now, thanks for watching and goodbye.

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