The Nokia 7.1 packs a 5.84" IPS LCD screen with a cutout on top and HDR10 support. It has a resolution of 2,280 x 1,080 pixels and they add up for a very decent 432ppi density. There is a Gorilla Glass 3 on top to keep it safe.
HMD has a name for the Nokia 7.1 screen - PureDisplay. In addition to its HDR10 support, it can also upscale to HDR-like quality any SD video in real-time. This can be turned on and off from the screen settings. We tried it and while there is a difference, it's a minor boost in contrast and most of the time barely noticeable.
Then again, native HDR content does look amazing, so the presence of the HDR support is totally worth it.
Being an HDR screen it has to come with jaw-dropping dynamic contrast and it's 1,000,000:1 in case of the Nokia 7.1. We aren't sure what's the official peak brightness, but we measured a maximum one of 600 nits sharp.
Our test showed the maximum brightness you can achieve manually by pushing the slider to the far-right end is 490 nits. This, combined with the deep black levels, led to a very nice static contrast of 1300:1.
We also measured a minimum brightness of just 2 nits.
Display test
100% brightness
Black, cd/m2
White, cd/m2
Contrast ratio
Nokia 7.1
0.377
490
1300
Nokia 7.1 (Max Auto)
0.465
600
1290
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE
0
455
∞
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
0
390
∞
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) (Max Auto)
0
590
∞
Xiaomi Pocophone F1
0.314
461
1468
Honor Play
0.414
470
1135
Huawei Mate 20 Lite
0.313
460
1470
Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
0.314
481
1532
Nokia 7 plus
0.254
432
1701
Nokia 6 (2018)
0.367
469
1278
Nokia 3.1
0.288
429
1490
Oddly, the Nokia 7.1 may have one very bright screen, but it did just average in our sunlight legibility test. In real-world terms, the handset remains usable outdoors. Just don't angle it straight towards the sun as it gets almost illegible in these conditions.
Sunlight contrast ratio
Apple iPhone XS 5.171
Apple iPhone X 5.013
OnePlus 5T 4.789
Samsung Galaxy S8 4.768
Samsung Galaxy S8+ 4.658
Samsung Galaxy S9 4.63
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 4.615
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 4.537
Samsung Galaxy Note9 4.531
Apple iPhone XS Max 4.516
Sony Xperia XZ3 4.502
Motorola Moto Z2 Play 4.459
Oppo R11 4.454
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 4.439
OnePlus 3 4.424
Samsung Galaxy S7 4.376
OnePlus 6 4.321
HTC One A9 4.274
Oppo R15 Pro 4.251
Samsung Galaxy Note7 4.247
Samsung Galaxy A3 4.241
Nokia 8 4.239
Google Pixel 2 XL (pre-update) 4.234
OnePlus 3T 4.232
Google Pixel XL 4.164
ZTE Axon 7 4.154
Samsung Galaxy Note8 4.148
Meizu Pro 7 Plus 4.147
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 4.124
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) 4.124
vivo V11 4.113
Huawei Mate 10 Pro (normal) 4.096
Samsung Galaxy Note5 4.09
Huawei P20 Pro 4.087
Xiaomi Mi 8 4.086
Meizu 15 4.082
Nokia 6 (2018) 4.052
Google Pixel 2 (pre-update) 4.023
LG V30 4.022
Huawei Nexus 6P 4.019
vivo NEX S 4.012
Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro 3.998
Vivo Xplay5 Elite 3.983
OnePlus X 3.983
LG G7 ThinQ (outdoor) 3.978
Oppo R7s 3.964
Apple iPhone 7 3.964
Apple iPhone 8 (True Tone) 3.957
Huawei P9 Plus 3.956
Oppo Find X 3.954
Meizu Pro 6 Plus 3.935
Lenovo Moto Z 3.931
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) 3.918
OnePlus 5 3.914
Samsung Galaxy C5 3.911
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE 3.901
Samsung Galaxy C7 3.896
Samsung Galaxy A5 3.895
Samsung Galaxy J7 outdoor 3.879
Samsung Galaxy J2 outdoor 3.873
Motorola Moto G6 Plus 3.865
Samsung Galaxy A8 3.859
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) 3.842
Microsoft Lumia 950XL 3.837
Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) 3.834
Sony Xperia XZs 3.818
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016) 3.817
Motorola Moto X (2014) 3.816
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) 3.812
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 3.804
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) outdoor mode 3.802
Xiaomi Redmi Pro 3.798
LG V20 Max auto 3.798
Sony Xperia XZ 3.795
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) 3.789
Apple iPhone 6s 3.783
Meizu Pro 5 3.781
Microsoft Lumia 650 3.772
Xiaomi Mi 6 3.767
Sony Xperia XZ1 3.765
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 3.756
Nokia 8 Sirocco 3.745
Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact 3.729
Apple iPhone 8 Plus (True Tone) 3.725
Oppo F1 Plus 3.709
Vivo X5Pro 3.706
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 3.688
Huawei P20 3.683
Apple iPhone SE 3.681
Huawei Mate 9 3.68
Samsung Galaxy A7 3.679
Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact 3.675
Meizu PRO 6 3.659
BlackBerry Priv 3.645
Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra 3.597
Apple iPhone 7 Plus 3.588
Sony Xperia XZ2 3.58
LG G6 3.556
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 3.53
Motorola Moto Z Play 3.526
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) outdoor mode 3.523
Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) 3.523
Acer Jade Primo 3.521
Microsoft Lumia 950 3.512
Oppo R7 Plus 3.499
Nokia 7 plus 3.479
nubia Z11 3.466
Huawei P10 Plus 3.456
HTC U Ultra 3.453
Motorola Moto G6 3.448
Sony Xperia XA2 Plus 3.445
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra 3.445
Samsung Galaxy J7 3.422
Motorola Moto G6 Play 3.419
Meizu MX5 3.416
LG V20 3.402
Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) 3.397
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera 3.393
LG G7 ThinQ 3.39
Huawei P10 3.379
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) 3.378
Oppo R9s 3.352
Honor Play 3.349
Honor 8 Pro 3.341
Oppo F7 3.333
Oppo R7 3.32
Lenovo P2 3.316
Archos Diamond Omega 3.305
Honor 9 3.289
Xiaomi Mi 5s 3.276
Nokia 5 3.261
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 3.244
Xiaomi Mi 5 3.24
Nokia 6 (Global version) 3.238
Oppo Realme 2 Pro 3.235
Samsung Galaxy J2 3.235
Sony Xperia X Performance 3.234
Xiaomi Mi Note 2 3.228
Motorola Moto X Play 3.222
Oppo F3 Plus 3.218
BlackBerry KEY2 3.212
Huawei Mate 9 Pro 3.206
Huawei P9 3.195
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 3.19
ZTE Nubia Z17 3.159
Oppo R11s 3.153
Lenovo Vibe Shot 3.113
HTC U11 Life 3.108
Motorola Moto X Force 3.105
LG Nexus 5X 3.092
HTC U11 3.089
Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite 3.087
HTC U12+ 3.085
Xiaomi Redmi S2 (Y2) 3.077
Huawei Mate S 3.073
Oppo F9 3.069
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 3.065
Xiaomi Mi Max 3 3.061
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 3.059
Huawei Mate 20 Lite 3.051
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 3.023
Asus Zenfone 4 ZE554KL 3.019
Sony Xperia XA1 3.012
Motorola Moto X4 3.012
Oppo Realme 2 3.006
Sony Xperia L1 2.994
Sony Xperia X 2.989
LG Q6 2.987
Huawei P10 Lite 2.974
Samsung Galaxy Note 2.97
Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro 2.966
Huawei P20 Lite 2.952
Xiaomi Redmi 5 2.951
Huawei Mate 8 2.949
Sony Xperia XA2 2.938
Oppo Realme 1 2.932
Xiaomi Redmi 4 2.92
Xiaomi Redmi 3S 2.913
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus 2.913
Sony Xperia XA Ultra 2.906
LG G5 2.905
Huawei Honor View 10 2.896
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 2.893
Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus 2.884
Sony Xperia XZ Premium 2.877
Sony Xperia XZ Premium (sRGB) 2.877
Sony Xperia Z5 2.876
Nokia 3 2.871
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 2.867
Microsoft Lumia 550 2.851
Nokia 3.1 2.837
Lenovo Moto M 2.813
Nokia 7.1 2.804
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro 2.803
Sony Xperia Z5 compact 2.784
Honor 10 (Vivid) 2.757
Nokia 2 2.752
Meizu MX6 2.751
LG V10 2.744
Huawei Mate 10 (normal) 2.742
Motorola Moto G5S Plus 2.737
Xiaomi Redmi 3 2.735
Huawei Honor 7X 2.734
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 2.714
Meizu M5 2.71
Xiaomi Mi A2 2.696
Sony Xperia M5 2.69
Xiaomi Mi A1 2.689
Huawei P9 Lite 2.679
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 2.679
vivo V7+ 2.671
Vivo V3Max 2.659
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2.658
Huawei Mate 10 Lite 2.654
Oppo F5 2.653
Doogee Mix 2.642
Xiaomi Mi 4i 2.641
Xiaomi Redmi 4a 2.635
Sony Xperia Z3 2.618
Xiaomi Mi 5X (Standard) 2.616
Sony Xperia XA 2.609
Motorola Moto G4 Plus 2.582
Motorola Moto G4 Plus (max auto) 2.582
Meizu M5s 2.58
Xiaomi Mi 4c 2.574
LeEco Le Max 2 2.567
Microsoft Lumia 640 2.563
Huawei P Smart 2.563
Asus Zenfone 3 ZE552KL 2.563
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 2.561
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (Y1) 2.556
HTC U11+ 2.556
Motorola Moto G 4G 2.546
Lenovo Moto G4 2.544
Lenovo K6 Note 2.544
Oppo F1 2.528
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium 2.525
Oppo F1s 2.481
Motorola Moto G 2.477
Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus 2.473
Huawei G8 2.471
Huawei nova 2.467
Sony Xperia Z 2.462
Lenovo Vibe K5 2.459
Meizu m3 max 2.447
Xiaomi Mi 5X (Auto) 2.417
HTC 10 evo 2.407
Huawei Honor 7 2.406
Vivo V7 2.404
Sony Xperia E5 2.386
ZUK Z1 by Lenovo 2.382
HTC 10 2.378
Oppo F3 2.376
vivo V5 Plus 2.371
Meizu m1 note 2.362
Huawei nova plus 2.329
Razer Phone 2.328
Xiaomi Mi Note 2.234
Motorola Moto G (2014) 2.233
LG Nexus 5 2.228
Huawei P8 2.196
Meizu M5 Note 2.189
Huawei Honor 6 2.169
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 2.166
OnePlus Two 2.165
HTC One X 2.158
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (X20) 2.145
LG Aka 2.145
Archos 50 Diamond 2.134
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.119
Xiaomi Mi 4S 2.095
Acer Liquid X2 2.084
Huawei P8lite 2.078
vivo V5 2.059
Moto G 3rd gen max manual 2.026
Xiaomi Mi 3 2.001
Xiaomi Mi Max 1.996
Sony Xperia E4g 1.972
OnePlus One 1.961
Meizu m3 note 1.923
BlackBerry Leap 1.892
Meizu m2 note 1.892
The screen supports the DCI-P3 color space but doesn't impress with accuracy. We measured an average deltaE of 6.9 and maximum deviation of 14.2 at point white. There is a noticeably bluish tint. The vanilla Android doesn't offer any color-tuning settings, so this is what you'll be stuck with.
Nokia 7.1 battery life
The Nokia 7.1 is powered by 3,060mAh battery, not the largest we've seen in a phone of this size. It supports 18W fast charging and the supplied charger fills about 45% of a depleted battery in 30 mins.
We ran our usual tests on the Nokia 7.1 and got an overall endurance rating of 80 hours- an average score but in line with the capacity at hand. The individual scores paint a picture of dependability with about 10 hours in each of our screen-on tests (HDR enabled for videos) and 22 hours of talk time.
Our endurance rating denotes how long a single battery charge will last you if you use the Nokia 7.1 for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. We've established this usage pattern so our battery results are comparable across devices in the most common day-to-day tasks. The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritties. You can also check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.
Loudspeaker
The Nokia 7.1 only has a single, bottom-firing speaker at its disposal. But it can get really loud and sounds quite nice at that.
Speakerphone test
Voice, dB
Pink noise/ Music, dB
Ringing phone, dB
Overall score
Samsung Galaxy A8
66.7
66.6
75.7
Good
Honor Play
68.3
73.8
75.8
Good
Nokia 7 plus
67.5
71.3
79.7
Good
Nokia 3.1
70.7
70.4
78.0
Very Good
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
69.2
70.6
81.6
Very Good
Huawei Mate 20 Lite
67.8
70.0
84.2
Very Good
Huawei P20 Lite
66.3
71.5
84.9
Very Good
Oppo Realme 1
64.8
70.5
89.9
Very Good
Oppo Realme 2 Pro
69.1
74.8
81.4
Very Good
Nokia 6 (2018)
67.1
74.0
85.3
Very Good
Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro
70.1
73.1
85.4
Excellent
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE
70.5
74.1
85.2
Excellent
Nokia 7.1
75.6
76.0
81.1
Excellent
Xiaomi Pocophone F1
72.8
74.7
86.6
Excellent
Audio quality
The Nokia 7.1 output with an external amplifier was perfectly accurate with no sub-par scores in our test. Loudness was disappointing, though, as is often the case with mid-rangers.
Headphones caused a fair amount of stereo crosstalk to appear, but other than that the output was unaffected. Loudness remained below average, so if you have high-impedance headphones you might struggle to achieve the desired volume levels. If that's not the case you will be happy with the Nokia 7.1's performance.
Test
Frequency response
Noise level
Dynamic range
THD
IMD + Noise
Stereo crosstalk
Nokia 7.1
+0.02, -0.06
-91.0
88.6
0.0021
0.016
-94.4
Nokia 7.1 (headphones)
+0.05, -0.03
-93.8
89.6
0.0019
0.034
-54.9
Huawei Mate 20 lite
+0.01, -0.02
-94.7
94.7
0.0013
0.0086
-73.1
Huawei Mate 20 lite (headphones)
+0.12, -0.09
-93.8
93.8
0.0035
0.115
-71.7
Honor Play
+0.01, -0.03
-93.0
93.1
0.0037
0.0093
-92.9
Honor Play (headphones)
+0.12, -0.06
-92.3
92.5
0.0027
0.088
-65.7
Pocophone F1
+0.01, -0.02
-93.6
93.6
0.0010
0.0069
-93.8
Pocophone F1 (headphones)
+0.65, -0.08
-91.2
92.5
0.0082
0.359
-50.3
Nokia 7.1 frequency response
You can learn more about the tested parameters and the whole testing process here.
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