SpecEagle review · Nokia

Nokia 5.4 review: Mid-budget Android One.

Item: Nokia 5.4
Rating: 64
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2020·$199

Overall

64/100

Class rank

#1 of 11

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Nokia 5.4 mid-budget.

5.4 brought 48 MP quad-cam to Nokia's Android One at $199 — HMD's 2020 mid-budget.

01Display

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD

Size6.39"

Resolution1560 x 720

02Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2020 — 17 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 662

RAM4 GB

Storage64 GB

03Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2020 — 14 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP

Ultrawide5 MP

Depth2 MP

Macro2 MP

Front16 MP

04Battery

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity4,000 mAh

Charging10 W

05Software

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

What works

Android One 2 OS updates.
48 MP main.
NFC.
Quad cam.

What doesn't

SD 662 modest.
HD+ only.
10 W charging.
Plastic.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .