Nokia G22 smartphone review – The mid-range phone can be repaired by yourself

Nokia phones have not come with chargers for quite some time now, and the proceeds from charger sales are donated to environmental protection. You can plant trees with the purchase in Nokia’s online store, and the devices were provided with a longer warranty or sold in a subscription so that you can use them for as long as possible.

Now the manufacturer takes the next step in terms of sustainability: the back of Nokia’s G22 is completely made of recycled plastic, and repair kits are sold in cooperation with iFixit, which allows replacing defective components like screens or batteries.

Fortunately, the replacement parts do not cost the earth: 50 Euros for a new display and 25 Euros for a new battery. Nokia provided us with a toolset from iFixit, and we immediately tried to open the Nokia G22. To do so, you have to pry out the side frame in the SIM slot, which is successful but leaves traces on the casing even with the soft plastic pick. It is also very fiddly to take the case apart. Nokia will have to do more here to reduce the hurdles for self-repair in the future.

The casing itself is mostly made of plastic, looks solid, and feels good in the hand. Pressure on the front does come through to the screen, but overall the case can hardly be twisted and only slightly dented. Blue and dark gray colors are sold in Europe, and there is also a brown variant internationally.

At first glance, Nokia’s G22 is not exceptionally well equipped with 64 GB of mass storage for a phone with the price of 200 Euros, but the memory type is fast UFS 2.2 flash. The microSD card reader occupies a SIM slot and proves to be similarly fast as in comparable smartphones in combination with our reference card Angelbird V60.