Nokia C02 5.45" Dual SIM Smartphone, Android 12 (Go edition) - 5MP Rear / 2MP Front Camera, Portrait Mode, 2GB RAM/32GB ROM, Tough build quality with IP52 Rating, 3000mAh battery - Cyan

If you want a phone that is still technically a smart phone, but really not much more than a dumb phone with some extra features, for around £50, then this has to be it. . This phone is clunky, and slow A.F. (and it weighs a ton too). So forget surfing YouTube or TikTok on this. But it did fine with my password manager and messaging apps. And the battery lasts for DAYS. In fact, in the year since i bought this phone, the battery has never once been below 80%. And it's hardly ever even that low. . Seriously, if for some reason you want a smart phone that is this basic, then i only have one negative thing to say about this, and even that is just a petty quibble. And that is that i find the keyboard a little narrow and often make mistakes texting. But that's probably just me being fat fingered and clumsy, and your experience may differ. . At this price, this might make a good back up or emergency phone for some people. And when it is no longer supported or wanted, you can put an SD card in here, fill it with music, and turn it into some kind of low budget music device. Seriously, with the battery lasting as long as this does then maybe it could be your jukebox for a long camping trip. .

Didn't realise that this is only takes nano SIM and found it quite chunky and heavier than I thought ,I have small hands and found it difficult to hold

I wince every time I see people wasting their lives away staring into little screens and poking them for hours on end, but finally decided that the occasional Google or satnav might be useful sometimes. And my old 2G PAYG phone was getting very slow even though I didn't use it for the internet. For a long time I was confounded by the choice of smartphones available - every time I found one that looked about right there was some issue with it. I found the Nokia CO2 though the Moneysavingexpert website which is very easy to use. The reviews were decent and the phone remarkably cheap for a new model. Amazon has an excellent returns policy so I took the leap into smartphonedom. As others have said it's tricky to get the back off, but you only have to do it once so it's not important. Of course it's not a phone it's a computer, so like a new PC it takes an hour to get its brains together, install updates and a plethora of apps, mostly unwanted, that you can amuse yourself trying to delete afterwards. You can swipe up and down and various things come and go but rarely what you want. On the odd occasion when I get a screenful of various detailed options I don't know what to choose. I'll spend some more time time trying to understand it tomorrow. I guess all smartphones are like this - and apparently this is a simple one. I might use the camera very occasionally but somehow I've disabled it and can't find my way back to the stage I did it. Day two - I've managed to delete or disable the apps I don't want, and generally configure the phone more as I want it. I got the camera going by choosing 'Use camera as a phone' - to which the obvious answer was 'no' because I want to use the phone as a camera not the other way round... I even found a torch function! As a newbie it's far from intuitive, but that's down probably down to Android not the phone itself. One deficiency with the CO2 is that you can't divide contacts into groups - everyone is in one big long list. Even my 2014 2G LG phone had groups, so this seems a strange omission. And one minor detail is that whilst the photo in the advert shows the Nokia logo in white, in reality they didn't bother with the white so it's just pressed in, which looks cheap. Useability aside, the phone is a good size (big enough but not too big) and the build quality seems good for the price. It's currently switched off in a cupboard which is where all mobile phones should be unless you're out!

Bought for my wife so far all good

I wanted to replace an ageing second phone, so not one I use every day and therefore does not have to be a cracking good piece of kit. The Nokia C02 is new and cheap. I spent 20 minutes with it, most of that time while it updated the OS. That was all the time I needed to know this is one phone Nokia had no need to make and sell. It is truly awful. The back cannot be opened with a finger nail (as suggested) and resorting to anything else immediately damages the cheap, thin plastic back. Opening the back is necessary to load battery, SIMs and SD. The the screen. It felt like going back to the 90s. Such poor quality that even my home smart power meter feels better quality. The viewing angles are so poor that it is unreadable beyond about 45 deg (see picture of the Nokia on the left vs the 2017 phone I wanted to replace on the right). I sent it back within the hour for a refund. I cannot think of anyone who would want this phone - not in developing markets, not as a first kids phone, or for a senior. A good quality used phone form the likes of Moto or Samsung would be a much better use of a small budget. I could not recommend the C02 to anyone for any reason.

Nice little phone and good value for the price

If the battery goes below 50% the phone does not work. It will not let me access a text message, send one or delete a message. When you make a phone call sometimes after the person has answered, the phone goes back to dialling tone or the person does not hear me or it just cuts off.

Had to take the phone in because it was locked. The phone is good for basic like call YouTube using new apps