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WineFan

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#321530 25-Aug-2025 15:44
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Seems more than bizarre that for the Nokia 235 feature phone,  various sources on the Net give the weight as ranging from 79g to 120g.  GMS-Arena (my normal go-to) simply gave up,  no entry.  It is as if no living person has ever held one in their hand,  and simply weighed it.  Does no-one in NZ have one of these phones ?  Love to hear a first-hand factual answer.
Secondly,   can anyone  recommend a reliable seller for unlocked Nokia phones on AliExpress.

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Asteros
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  #3407408 25-Aug-2025 19:29
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WineFan: ​As a newcomer to Geekzone,  how encha​nting it is to post a question​, ​ and have an exact answer in 14​ minutes.  Thank​  you.  But on ringing ​​Spark,  while it is astonishing that Sp​ark ​ can​ ​i​n 2025 supply a 4-G ​replac​ement for the same $49 ​I​ paid for very small ​3G Samsung ​f​eature phone over 20 years ago ... the su​ggested HMD 105 matches it for size and
 weight,  but no camera.  The next one up their offering is 50% heavier,  yes a camera,  but the latter descr​ibed ​in reviews on the Net as​ truly awful.  Hence my desire for a Nokia 225 ... ​m​ore comp​act ​and with camera​,  rather than the slightly larger 235 I asked about.
To answer your query,  I have had good quality tools and the like from AliExpress,  and feel sure there must be repu​table ​ suppliers for more 'fraught' it​ems such as​ phones.  Hence my hope some-one in the Geek​zone com​nu​nity could identify an AliExpress seller who is an official Nokia outlet,  with orig​ina​l Nokia phones,  and has proved reliable.

 

I would be cautious buying an entry level phone from overseas. There is no guarantee it will be able to make voice calls in NZ once the 3G network is shut down. You need to have a phone with VoLTE (Voice over LTE), aka Voice over 4g - as it must have the correct VoLTE configuration settings, programmed by the manufacturer, to work with NZ networks. Much better to buy a phone in NZ which has been correctly configured.

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