Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Multimedia Phone

Product Introduction:

NOKIA 5800 XpressMusic is the first touch screen multimedia phone released by Nokia and it has many features equivalent to Apple iPhone.

Design and Features:

NOKIA 5800 XpressMusic has a 3.2 inch display screen which supports 16 million colors with aspect ratio 16:9. The home screen is highly customizable and an inbuilt accelerator helps in switching between landscape and portrait mode by just rotating the phone. A headset lock button, volume control and camera shutter are present at the right side. On the left side we have SIM card and micro SD card slots. The USB port, charger port and the power switch are located on top. There is a 3.2 megapixel camera is situated at the back while a small VGA camera is situated in the front which enables us to shoot self portraits.

Specifications:

Form Factor:Slide

Display Size:360 x 640 pixels

Display Colors:TFT touchscreen, 16M colors

Ring tones:Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3

Media Player:Yes

Ports:Up to 16GB, 8GB included

Total Memory:81 MB internal memory

Talk Time:Up to 8 h 45 min

Operating Frequency:GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Internal:81 MB storage, 128 MB RAM

Card slot:microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 8GB included, buy memory

GPRS:Class 32

HSCSD:Yes

EDGE:Class 32

3G:HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps

WLAN:Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology

Bluetooth:Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Camera:3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash

Video:Yes, VGA@30fps

Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)

Performance:

The 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens functions perfectly well and the pictures and videos could be directly uploaded to networking sites like Flickr or YouTube. Music also could be shared in similar way. The phone supports EDGE technology to transfer data and has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. There is full QWERTY keyboard which helps in composing mails. The whole screen has a touch screen interface which works perfectly well. There is a handwriting recognition facility, a built in FM radio and podcast support. All these features make using the touch screen and Multimedia options a pleasure.

The Good:

The video quality is quite good. There call quality also does not seem to have nay distortion. The 8 GB memory which is expandable up to 16 GB is a definite advantage.

The Bad:

The QWERTY keyboard is quite small to use. We have to tap twice on few menus to make it work. It is quite confusing which menu works with a single tap and which one with a double tap.

The Bottom Line:

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic could be easily considered as Nokia’s iPhone. It has all the features required for a high end multimedia phone. This is a worthy product, with high cost to be purchased by luxury lovers.

Additional Features:

The touch screen interface is the main highlight. We can control the whole phone by just a few taps on the phone. There is a vibration indicating each tap is registered. The enhanced battery life of 8.8 hours leaves its mark quite well as multimedia phones generally have low battery life.

Rating:4 star rating ****

4 Stars (Excellent):

A product with 4 star rating scores high on its overall performance and usability. This product meets all of its intended users' needs and has no significant drawbacks.