Nokia releases 'unbreakable' £110 smartphone with a battery that lasts nearly half-a-WEEK

Nokia has unveiled a new smartphone which is virtually unbreakable, has a battery which lasts nearly half-a-week and only costs £110.

The iconic phone manufacturer, famous for making the first generation of mobiles in the 1990s, announced the C22, an ultra-durable device that is splash and dust resistant and has a toughened glass screen.

And the Finnish company also revealed it was releasing two further smartphones in the same range, one priced at £130 - the C32 - and one at £150, the G22.

The top-of-the range G22 model is designed to be easily repairable by users themselves.

The top of the range, repairable Nokia G22 retails for £150
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HMD Global, the firm which makes Nokia phones and tablets, said the three new phones also offer up to three days of battery life as part of its commitment to create longer-lasting devices.

The Nokia G22 has a repairable screen, charging port, and battery, with owners able to access repair guides and parts through a Nokia partnership with repair firm iFixit. It will go on sale in the UK on March 8.

It will be joined later in the spring by the £130 Nokia C32, which includes a 50-megapixel cameras and the super-cheap C22.

“People value long-lasting, quality devices and they shouldn’t have to compromise on price to get it,” Adam Ferguson, HMD Global’s head of product marketing said.

“The new Nokia G22 is purposefully built with a repairable design so you can keep it even longer, and with advanced imaging on Nokia C32 and improved durability on Nokia C22, we are bringing even more value to the C-series.”

Nokia’s new budget devices have been unveiled ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona on Monday, where a number of smartphone brands are showcasing new and current devices.

The £110 Android-powered C22 comes with rear and selfie cameras with Night mode and Portrait mode and an octa-core 1.6GHz Unisoc 9863A1 chipset, alongside a choice of either 2GB or 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage (expandable up to 256GB via microSD).

Nathan Spendelow from Expert Reviews said: "On first impressions, the 6.5in HD+ display is suitably large and bright, and my swipes and taps felt fluid and responsive.

"The textured rear cover is made of plastic but it feels solid in the hand and looked rather swish in the new Sand colour."

Industry expert Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, said: “As consumers increasingly demand more sustainable and longer-lasting devices, the ability to repair smartphones easily and affordably will become a key differentiator in the market.

Nokia made some of the most iconic phones of the 1990s
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“Our end-user research reflects this with approximately half of mobile phone users in western Europe saying they would like to be able to have their device repaired at a reasonable cost if they break outside of the warranty period.”

Alongside the new handsets, HMD Global confirmed it was in the process of moving the manufacturing of its 5G Nokia devices to Europe for the first time – the first major global smartphone brand to do so.