Nokia 106 (2018)

  • Released 2018, November
    70.2g, 14.4mm thickness
    Feature phone
    4MB 4MB RAM storage, no card slot
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  • 1.8"
    120x160 pixels
  • NO
  • 4MB RAM
    MT6261D
  • 800mAh
    Li-Ion

Nokia 106 (2018) - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2018, November
Status Available. Released 2018, November
Body Dimensions 111.2 x 49.5 x 14.4 mm (4.38 x 1.95 x 0.57 in)
Weight 70.2 g (2.47 oz)
Build Plastic body
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
 Flashlight
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 1.8 inches, 10.0 cm2 (~18.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 120 x 160 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~111 ppi density)
Platform Chipset Mediatek MT6261D
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook Yes
Call records Yes
Internal 4MB 4MB RAM
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack TBC
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 (charging only)
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Games Yes
Java No
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 504 h
Talk time Up to 16 h
Misc Colors Black
SAR EU 1.49 W/kg (head)     1.23 W/kg (body)    
Price About 20 EUR

Nokia 106 (2018) - User Reviews

  • it´s a good phone, I´ve got it and it remember me my nokia 1100

  • why?reason?

  • what do you expected from 30 green ?

  • It's a bit useless and the battery specification is not upto 500hrs as designed the battery goes down easily

  • Nokia 105 2017 is more better then this

  • Basic at best, but they should have included space for bluetooth and sdcard and jack the prize up a bit. Good design and all, just good for calls and radio.

  • All incoming calls are showing private number

  • It would be a must have non camera phone if it has Micro SD card slot and, battery capacity at least 1028Mah. otherwise it is like any other phone.

  • Kyocera only makes phones for Sprint and Verizon, none of them are sold in Japan.

  • I wanna get this phone cause I really wanna play the Air Strike and Danger Dash games. They seem quite appealing to me!

  • I wish that the Nokia smartphones would be able to have Internet access and be like other normal phones. I wish that they could download any app and have other accesses, like a camera, for some, and have blue tooth, for example. I do mean those small phones. Nokia is not a very popular brand, no offense, and I hope that the company can improve. And could they not only be attached to Vodaphone, please!

  • Nokia disappointed me really ,Nokia X1-01 is the best basic phone ,Nokia will revise it and make a huge money & name

  • False economy as experience is very poor.. worth spending another £20 or so to get something better... loudspeaker not good no card slot.. no mp3 ....too many icons of rubbish games on home screen you don't want and cant get rid of...

  • Very very basic, nice design to hold but since i had it i have already stopped using it ringtone volume poor and call quality is a disgrace, so now its sitting in the drawer.

  • Is it possible to save many numbers under one name in this phone's phonebook?

  • This is a very ugly phone. It is sad because there is much potential for a simple gsm after all those scandals with well known apps. I would like to buy a decent dumb phone with premium materials.

  • A phone with an outdated, yet so fundamentally Nokia design. I love it. I would probably never buy one for my personal day to day needs. But perfectly suited for elderly people. Basic phone, with basic features and better battery life than probably most phones nowadays. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a modern smartphone. It's not designed to compete with that. It's a phone that's just a phone. And a pretty good one at that. Happy to see Nokia coming back to their legendary designs.

  • contact number saved in image. yes or no

  • I need soon to buy new mobilephone, but I dont need smartphone. Is this Nokia 106 good for people like me as only use mobile to send sms and us as telephone.

  • 2000

  • All incoming calls shows private number. Please help me in disabling

  • I'm actually really disappointed. The original Nokia 106 from 2013 had F2P games, while on this 2018 remake of the Nokia 106 has sample games! :(

  • I dont think so

  • Does the 106 support ios contact synch..

  • support malayalam indian language

  • On official Nokia website 2000 contacts and 500 sms

  • Please how many contact can this phone contain

  • yes. this is available in Bangladesh.

  • Is it available in Bangladesh...

  • What Japanese brands make feature phones in 2017/2018/2019? Panasonic? Kyocera? Sharp? Fujitsu? I am asking because in my country they only sell Japanese smartphones from Sony. I am from European Union, by the way.

  • hi i am from india my grand mother has one and she loves it th quality and its loudness is awesome and is a must go for bar phone and buy it from an aurthorised dealer

  • Only the shape is smart & attractive. unfortunately, NOKIA is doing No good to these Bar phones which was once its Mark! Check the Japanese Bar phones. I wis they were available here in Pakistan.

  • The messages appear separately instead of thread, which is annoying. size is Okay! Voice quality not too good, not too bad Just average. Battery timing is also average compared to it's size. Overall it's Not upto the mark. At least I was not satisfied.

  • how is call quality and ringtone volume?

  • This made me remember my first phone nokia 3210 so I bought this phone and it fits better in my pocket compared to my bigger screen smartphone.

  • want something like this with a 4000mah battery so don't have to charge again for the rest of the life.

  • How is the call quality in this phone? Is there a voice leakage? Volume is loud or not?

  • This phone must be durable so Im hoping for it to have a scratch proof screen.

  • Not for me as phones back then didn't have color screens with a 128x160 screen resolution. For me it's more like 2004 or 2005.

  • Using this phone feels like Im back in year 2000

  • I just bought this phone today. Call quality is average, snake game has a little delay when I move the snake probably because of mediatek. No headset in the box, basic calculator, no stopwatch, no countdown timer but it has an alarm clock.

  • Space Impact doesn't exist anymore on Nokia. However, in this Nokia 106 (2018), you can play Air Strike. Basically is the same thing. Check out on YouTube at 11:04 youtu.be/8aOYZunOOGw

  • I would have bought this phone if it have space impact game but reviews says there isnt

  • Yes, but the earphone is sold separately.

  • is there a 3.5mm headphone jack..?

  • How do I buy and how much is it inclusive shipping, I am i South Africa (Johannesburg)...

  • Nokia 106 = Return to the real phones

  • Shame on your commentary. Not everybody needs a smartphone to make calls and send text messages.

  • The usual electronic waste from Nokia. Shame!

  • Thank you very much.

  • For reference, The Nokia 3310 (2017) 3G was available in Australia, I guess you could still find it in a few places here.

  • January/february 2019, I guess.

  • Does anybody know when this phone will be aviable in Serbia

  • No it has no voice leakage problem

  • nokia used infenion chips on old phones which had great midi output and java support but now Nokia uses MediaTek chips which is the worst chipset. that's why the sound of the new nokia s not good at all. they should use infenion chip and add s40 as OS.

  • does it have voice leakage like most basic recent models ?

  • (Maybe, I'm not from there so I'm just guessing) but there no phone that is just as basic as the Nokia 106 (2018). About the Nokia 3310 3G, you still have the stuff like internet access (although it has no Wi-Fi) a camera and the ability to install more apps and games, whereas with the Nokia 106 (2018) it's so basic there is no distractions and you'd pretty much only use it for calling and texting.

  • You have the 3310 3g and 4g variants to choose from in AUS no?

  • Well be lucky, in some countries (and every single country that has no 2G coverage like Australia) phones like this are NEVER released.

  • Why do UK have to wait so long for the things never happened like this when Nokia of old were at the helm, they would make sure they were available.

  • First it will be European Union, then China. UK probably january/february 2019.

  • Can't see availability in UK atm was hoping on getting it for christmas

  • The best smackhead phone going. Will cost about £3, comes with a tenner credit on O2.

  • I donesn't have a phone with buttons in my life, but thank you. You luminated me! Really!

  • i buy this Phone very nice look size nice long life power 1-week 2000-number saving in phone sound very good....

  • I hope you realize that 800mAh on a Nokia 106 (2018) make more hours of conversation/use than a smartphone with 4000mAh lol

  • Phones with buttons? In 2018? And, ugh, no camera, 800 mAh and 4 MB RAM! Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Its time for a matchbox size phone, a metal one. if anyone can make it, it's you.

  • Sweet! A no-camera calls-and-texts Nokia. The perfect mobile _phone_

  • No, isn't possible. Like you wrote, same situation as Nokia 105 and 130 (2017 models).

  • is it possible to save 3 numbers to one contact as it was in the older nokias. what i mean is can i save contact name john with mobile work & home, 3 numbers? the nokia 105 did not have this feature and i was forced to save numbers as john home, john mobile & john work. hope i have made myself understood. can someone who owns this phone please inform me about my query.

  • Can't wait for it to be released in the UK so that SJP can review this phone ;)

  • Well, Nokia 150 (2016) and Nokia 130 (2017) are recent ones. Nokia 3310 (2017), too, but isn't cheap like others.

  • keep waiting.

  • i got a better idea for you. How about you pick up a stone from ground and pretend it as our new "smart" "feature" phone.

  • sure . why not ? you can also install GTA 5 and play at maximum resolution. But there is one problem. This phone works only if operated by a person with minimum logic. otherwise it will not even switch on. That is the only con of this phone.

  • Vietnam, Russia, India and Pakistan. Expected to hit European Union countries in the next 15 days. ;)

  • Its better 3220 (2019) with disco light and expandable storage and big battery capacity..😊

  • No, it hasn't. The most affordable feature phone with MP3 player is Nokia 130 (2017), but you need a MicroSD card to listen music/play videos/see photos. I strongly recommend Nokia 130 (2017) over 105 (2017) and 106 (2018). 105 & 106 = same specs. 130 = more battery capacity, bluetooth, microsd, mp3 player, etc.

  • does this phone has mp3 player?

  • It appears to have already been released in Vietnam and Russia.

  • Hello. I can't confirm, but I think that don't have speaking clock. In the past, Nokia phones (years 2000-2008) if you press five seconds " * ", you hear the speaking clock. Nowadays, I think it depends of the country and operator you have (and not the mobile phone itself).

  • Hi.. can you confirm if this phone has Speaking Clock?

  • This mobile have 3.5mm audio jack and radio FM. But you have to buy earphones separately. In unboxing videos at YouTube, it only includes the mobile phone, battery, micro usb charger and quick guide. And in the official Nokia site, as well.

  • I understand and I agree with you. But the top5 target markets for this mobile, they are supporting 2G until 2023, at least.

  • I wish Nokia could make phones like c5 or 515 again

  • I want a phone LIKE this one, but it has to have at least 3G. 2G was turned off over a year ago.

  • the previous messager that model doesn't have blue tooth its a basic dal /text fone

  • Nokia 1100 in new style.

  • Waiting Nokia 107(2018)

  • Why no Bluetooth. How to transfer contacts?. Are contacts storage same as any smartphone as contact for a person will be same only phone usage will vary.

  • The shape is looks like ice cream scoop

  • Oh, you finaly discovered smartphones, mr advanced, and sudently normal phones are't good anymore? I actually like them, no privacy concern, no syst full with spyware, cortana siri or whatever. Oh, a free life.

  • Because when pigeons fly over people can easily shit on their heads... So...i still prefer Nokia 106,it seems to be a nice little phone & it is very cheap.

  • Why not next time just straight use couple of pigeons ? And the batteries will last at least whole year !

  • india biggest fan nokia old model mobile phones..long last battery.phone durability.call quality.signal strength.i am biggest fan of my old first phone nokia 3220 disco light phone.i want to nokia reboot nokia 3220 disco light phone with 4G or 2G...

  • I remember after drinking this kind Nokia won't work anymore and all other old plastic nokias also dead. The only good thing about it is one month battery time.

  • would be nice if we know the screen angles (if it sux as much as on new 105 (2015), which has really terrible tft and it's also really deep inside the device, making it almost unwatchable)

  • Nokia feature phones = Timeless charm.

  • How about making it the same dimensions as a brick and put a 40 000 mAh battery into it, because, you know, why not?

  • Can be 1200- 1350mah with that thickness...

  • but feature phones could be a little smarter, like Nokia 230 or even Nokia E52. more mAh battery, a little larger display 2.4" 240*320, more RAM/ROM like 128 or 256 MB etc

  • EXCELLENT DEVICE! Small and looking nice. All it needs is 3G band (My carrier is 3G ONLY for 1 year now) and a way to SYNC the phonebook (Software + cable or Bluetooth). No extra features, no KaiOS! Nice and SIMPLE!

  • Waiting for new models with KaiOS system....

  • Waiting for new models with KaiOS system....

  • 4mb not 4gb

  • Doesn't even have WiFi

  • For jkids, elderly or people who will never learn how to use touchphone this one could be very essential.

  • This one cheaper cost much less for repair and battery last much longer.

  • Man it have a lot more stand by endurance that any touchphone for 1000+ so whats your problem??? Some people needs phone just like this.

  • Man not everybody needs a 5 cameras top specs Nokia 9. Older people ro those who dislike touchphones would love this one. Cheap affordable and good for its price. Some people just teeds something to call and text and thats it.

  • Oh my... I thought HMD Global discontinued Series 30+ and stuck with Smart Feature OS (what the Nokia 3310 3G and Nokia 8110 4G run) because it's been over a year since a Series 30+ phone was released... Guess I'm wrong!

  • i need this but why not sport with more battery i have two nokia with big battery & very long durability nokia x1-01 1320mah nokia 112 1400mah

  • 20USD for 4GB ram?

  • For kids, seniors, old people, backup phone when you make an expedition in the mountains, for very poor people, etc.

  • What is so funny ??? It is an ultrabasic ultracheap phone

  • Looks like a nokia 3210. Hahaha.

  • Nokia 8110 by Hmd has the same KAIos like Jio phones and the same price. 8110 is an advanced classic phone

  • Alot of people over the age of 30 perfer feature phones over smartphones. Thats why companies like Alcatel and Nokia still make these type of phones

  • I'm not sure if it's just me who feels this way, but doesn't this look like a revision of the good ol' Nokia 1100's design?

  • can install whatsapp?

  • It reminds me of the Nokia 3210.

  • Your Knowledge blows my mind.

  • most 3rd world countries still uses 2G and the people their will still get this device, for Jio, that's a different story, the founder of the company promised a budget but techy phone, HMD did not promise anything like that

  • Nothing new. Same specs as Nokia 105 (2017).

  • 800mAh ? seriously ? HMD what the hell are you guys planning now -_- In my country , 2600mAh feature phone's are sold for $14 . with JAVA support -_- even India has a Jio phone which runs on 4G !

  • Now, this is funny, 4mb RAM :D

  • ..third world countries they sell millions upon millions for good reason.. cheap, durable very long battery life..

  • this one or Samsung note 9? Please help

  • "2018"...pffft..hahaha thats make laugh so hard

  • The battery life will still be bigger than that of an iPhone. xD

  • Im waiting for nokia to sell a new cheap feature phone with camera and flash.

  • RIP Nokia. wtf is this sh!t ? lol

  • New Nokia 106 will be a huge success. There are a lot of people that still need a secondary phone with strong battery, reliable & dirty cheap.

  • I am waiting for last 20 years for this one, I am very exciting.

  • wtf are they doing holy jeez. still 2g wow

  • why the hell are they creating this craps

  • Hi team GSMArena, any info when it will be available in Pakistan?

  • No more MeeGo style icon?