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The Nokia T20 is Nokia’s first tablet in seven years, boasting a sleek design and a decent battery life . How about the performance ?

The Nokia T 20 is the lure of a decent sized and specced tablet at an extremely affordable price point could be hard to resist.

Battery

One of the biggest positives of the new T20 is its 8,200 mAh power source,  which the company said is good enough to support 15 hours of usage on a single charge, including 10 hours of video streaming.

Display

The other positive part is the display.  The Nokia T20 sports a 10.4-inch, 1200 x 2000 IPS LCD display, and let’s be honest – you wouldn’t expect it to be at this price.The maximum brightness of 400 nits is respectable enough, though you’re probably going to want to ramp that up to its upper limit most of the time (especially if you’re trying to use the tablet in bright daylight).It’s perfectly fine for browsing the web and watching movies. Though, you won’t get the standard (60Hz) refresh rate,  any cool innovations like mini-LED, or  a particularly high pixels-per-inch density at 224ppi. Compared with other similar tablets around this price bracket, this10.4-inch 2K display should be large enough for both entertainment as well as work and study from home purposes.

Software

The Nokia T20 runs Android 11, and HMD Global has confirmed that it is going to get Android 12 and Android 13 as well when the time comes – so you will get the latest software on this device.

There are some  new features on Android tablets : the Google Entertainment Space, for example, which essentially brings together all your video streaming apps, games, and ebooks. Then there’s Kids Space, a walled, curated area containing approved apps, ebooks and videos for youngsters to enjoy.

Specs, performance and cameras

The Nokia T20 features a Unisoc T610 processor, and  with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage (a model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage is also available in certain markets).

There is a microSD card slot, and you’re probably going to want to expand the built-in storage if you’re downloading a lot of podcasts, movies, or whatever else. In addition to the Wi-Fi model we tested, there’s also a 4G LTE version.

Under the hood of the Nokia T20 we’ve got a Unisoc T610 processor, and our review unit came with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage (a model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage is also available in certain markets).

Those specs are very much budget specs, and it shows in the performance of the tablet. Opening apps, loading menus, switching between screens, changing from landscape to portrait mode and so on – this all takes a few milliseconds enven seconds longer than the one is faster and more expensive.

The stereo speakers fitted to the tablet are perfectly capable and actually probably a bit more than that – they can produce a decent amount of volume and are fine for watching movies and listening to podcasts.

As for the cameras, the Nokia T20 features a single-lens 8MP rear camera that takes some of the grainiest and most washed out photos we’ve seen in a while – seriously, you do not want to be shooting a lot of images with this. In low light the performance of the camera is even worse.The 5MP selfie camera isn’t great either, though it’ll just about do for video calls. The front and rear cameras are two of the biggest weaknesses of the tablet – but then again no one is really buying a tablet for its ability to capture photos and videos anyway.

Conclusion

You’re on a tight budget. There’s no doubt that the affordable price of the Nokia T20 is one of the best things  – and as is the norm for Nokia devices, you get plenty of value for your money. In this particular price bracket, it’s one of the best tablets you can get at the moment.

You need high-end performance.  The Nokia T20 feels like a budget tablet ,it doesn’t cope well with video editing or demanding games.