The Nokia C21 Plus is pretty upscale as C-phones go with a metal chassis and an IP52 rating, a first for the series. It also has a toughened glass over the display (brand unknown). Speaking of the display, it is a large 6.5” panel with 720 x 1,600 px resolution (20:9). The phone runs a clean Android 11 Go Edition and will receive quarterly security patches for two years.
The phone is powered by the Unisoc SC9863A
chipset (28 nm, eight Cortex-A55 cores @ 1.6 GHz and a PowerVR GE8322 GPU). It
is paired with 2GB, 3GB or 4GB of RAM plus 32GB or 64GB storage and there is a
microSD slot available (it’s a dedicated slot on the dual-SIM version).
The 5MP selfie camera can be used for face
unlocking. Alternatively, there is a fingerprint reader on the back. Also here
is a 13 MP main camera (with AF) plus a 2MP depth sensor and an LED flash. Interestingly,
there are two versions of the C21 Plus. One has a 5,050 mAh battery for three
day battery life, the other is lighter with a 4,000 mAh battery capacity for
two day battery life. In either case you get a 10W charger (that works over
microUSB) in the retail package.
