

Its colors are a bit duller and its whites are a bit warmer, while the Nokia 7.1 has a cooler, grayer cast. On the other hand, Motorola’s color tuning is far more natural. It’s not a problem in use, but side-by-side, the Nokia 7.1’s resolution advantage is striking.
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Its resolution is a bit over 1080p, while Motorola’s phone has closer to a 720p resolution, which means everything on the Motorola One is a touch blurrier. The Nokia 7.1 has a distinctly sharper, more saturated display, which I found to be more enjoyable for reading. The screens fill up most of the front of these phones for a great, modern look - even if they aren’t in all ways great screens.

Both devices feature close to a 5.9-inch display in a body that’s not much larger than a more traditional 5-inch phone with big bezels. If you buy the Nokia 7.1 or Motorola One over cheaper phones from those same companies, it’ll be because of the screens. But they also have their limits, and the many times I bumped up against those limits were reminders of why there are still good reasons to pay more - or less - for a phone.īuy for $399.99 from Best Buy Buy for $399.99 from Motorola

These are the models for how much phone you can get these days for well below the price of a flagship. I’ve been using both phones for the past couple of weeks, and I’ve been drawn in by their big screens, clean designs, and easy-to-handle sizes. But they come with one critical difference: they sell for half the price - $349 for the Nokia 7.1 and $399 for the Motorola One. Both phones look a lot like new iPhones, with tall screens, dual cameras, and notches on top. That’s the story behind two of this season’s most promising new phones, the Nokia 7.1 and the Motorola One. If you have to make a trade-off, sometimes performance is the right choice. What matters more: how a phone looks or how it performs? “How it performs” might be the obvious answer, but how a phone looks - its design, screen, and ergonomics - vastly affects how it feels to use.
