Nokia 2.3 price hiked, one-year replacement guarantee extended

Nokia 2.3 price has been increased due to the GST hike, while the company has also extended the phone’s one-year replacement guarantee.

Nokia 2.3 in Cyan Green colour. It comes in two more colours of black and sand. (Nokia)

HMD Global has extended the one year replacement guarantee on its Nokia 2.3 smartphone. This guarantee extension is for those who purchase the Nokia 2.3 after April 1, 2020. The company has also increased the price of Nokia 2.3 owing to the new GST hike.

The guarantee covers any hardware failure or manufacturing defect on the Nokia 2.3, and customers can get the phone repaired at Nokia Mobile Care centres. The smartphone's charger and USB cable can be replaced as well. As for the price hike, Nokia 2.3 now costs ₹7,585. It was actually launched last December at ₹8,199 but it recently got a price cut.

Nokia 2.3 is available in three colour options of 'Cyan Green', 'Sand' and 'Charcoal', and it comes in only storage variant of 2GB RAM and 32GB storage. In terms of specifications, Nokia 2.3 features a 6.1-inch HD+ display with a 'selfie notch'. The smartphone is powered by MediaTek's Helio A22 chipset. There's also a microSD card support for storage expansion to 400GB.

For photography, Nokia 2.3 sports a dual-camera setup of 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Up front, there's a 5-megapixel camera for selfies. Some of its camera features include portrait mode with different bokeh effects.

The smartphone also comes with a dedicated Google Assistant button. It also packs a 4,000mAh battery along with support for 5W charging. On the software front, Nokia 2.3 runs on Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box which is based on Google's Android One platform. Nokia 2.3 is also scheduled to receive the Android 10 update later this year.