Nokia 2720 Grey 32GB

The Nokia 2720 is a $260 flip phone with a terrible camera, weak battery, and painfully slow performance. Its best feature is the compact flip design, but that doesn't come close to justifying the price. You're better off with a cheap smartphone or a much less expensive dumb phone.

Performance is, frankly, one of the worst we've seen in our database. It sits in the 7th percentile overall, which means it's slower than almost every other phone we've tested. The interface lags when you're just flipping through menus, and the 1.3MP camera takes photos that look like they're from 2005. Video recording tops out at a blurry CIF resolution at 15 frames per second. Calls work fine on 4G, but don't expect to do anything else quickly.

Stacked against the competition, the Nokia 2720 doesn't just lose, it gets lapped. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, Google Pixel G4QUR, and OnePlus 15 are in a completely different universe of performance and features, though they cost more. But even a budget option like the Google Pixel 10a offers a modern camera, a real app store, and a battery that lasts all day for a similar price. The 2720's only edge is its simplicity, but that's not worth the trade-off when the execution is this poor.

At $260, the value here is almost nonexistent. You can buy a decent budget smartphone for less money that will run circles around this thing in every category. Even if you specifically want a dumb phone to disconnect, there are far cheaper flip phones that do the same job. Paying this much for a device with a 1MP camera and a 7th percentile performance score feels like a bad joke. Unless you find it on a deep, deep sale, skip it.

The Nokia 2720 is a flip phone that wants to be a nostalgia trip, but it stumbles hard out of the gate. It's got a tiny 1.3MP camera, a basic keypad, and a hidden outer screen that lights up for calls. The idea is simple: a phone that just does calls and texts without the smartphone noise. And on paper, that's what you get.

But here's the problem. For $260, this thing is competing with actual smartphones that can do a thousand times more. The build feels cheap, the camera is a potato, and the battery life is surprisingly mediocre for a device this basic. It's a feature phone that somehow costs flagship money, and that's a tough pill to swallow.

If you need a phone for anything beyond basic calls and texts, look elsewhere. The camera is useless for capturing memories, the screen is too small for comfortable web browsing, and the app support is extremely limited. Anyone who values a good display, decent photos, or all-day battery life will be deeply frustrated by this device.

This phone is for a very specific person: someone who absolutely must have a flip phone with 4G and is willing to overpay dramatically for it. For everyone else, it's a hard pass. The nostalgia factor wears off the moment you try to take a photo or realize the battery won't last through a weekend trip.