Today was the blessed day when the Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic has been
offically launched in India, and after the long hour session of how
mobiles have changed over the years, whats Nokia’ future prospects for
India etc and how the "comes with music" service is gonna shape up the
industry, the price of this beautiful phone was announced. and yes
its gonna be priced at just Rs. 19, 990!
Yay. God bless Nokia people for the great pricing and may they rot in
hell for making it available in the markets only in the end of Dec or
in Jan.( rumoured Jan 20th sadly)
Specifications at a glance:
3.2 inches TFT touchscreen, 16M colors 360 x 640 pixels
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Handwriting recognition
microSD(TransFlash), up to 16GB, 8GB included
81 MB internal memory
128 MB SDRAM memory
ARM 11 369 MHz CPU
GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, WiFi, UPnP technology, Bluetooth v2.0 with
A2DP, microUSB
Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
3.2 MP autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Built-in GPS receiver
Stereo FM radio with RDS
TV out
3.5 mm audio output jack
Battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)
Priced at just Rs 19, 990!
Scheduled to be available in the end of December or beggining of Jan(
expected Jan 20th)
The phone comes with an 8GB microSDHC card, a wrist strap, a stand,
video out cable, a carry case. and an extra stylus.
Coming to the phone build quality.
The phone has a glossy display and
due to that its prone to fingerprints as hell and they are quite
visible too. The body of the phone feels sturdy and the sim card slot+
card slot have got a nice latch lock onto it. The back of the phone has
a smooth finish and overall the phone feels quite decent to hold.
Although, to some people the thickness of the phone may be a turn off
as it does not fall under the slim category. Its almost as thick as the
SE W580.
The touchscreen of the phone is simply amazing. Not going into all the
technicality of what it is made up of and how its better than the
iPhone’s etc etc. The display is a 3.2" with 640 x 360 resolution. This
makes the display very crisp, the icons looked great so did the
pictures. Video playback was also decent.
The responsiveness of the touchscreen is what amazed me, I seriously
did not think that the phone would have such a great response. With the
fingers, it worked great, with the stylus it worked better! Typing
messages was easy with the full QWERTY keyboard using hands, and the
mini QWERTY worked fine with the stylus.
Another great thing was the sound output, it was loud, exceptionally
loud actually. At full volume it felt as if I was holding a mini
speaker in my hand. I am sure that with the headphones the output would
also be great.
The camera is a normal 3.2 AF camera and I just clicked a few shots
with it. It seemed quite decent enough.
The UI is fast, and in the time that I had the set for, it did not hang
or gave any lag to me. Even while scrolling the menu, it was quick and
worked very well with the touchscreen.
Its just like the normal Series
60 UI, only that it uses touch now to work. The weird thing was that
some places you need to single tap, whereas in some places you need to
double tap to get the thing working.
The worst thing was that the stylus was a cheap plastic one which I
didn’t like at all.
One cool thing was the guitar pick that comes with the phone, it was
great fun to use it with the touchscreen.
Overall, from the initial use, I am completely in love with the phone.
The lucrative price and the accessory bundle has further more enticed
me into getting the phone once its out.
The only other phone that I would even consider over this is the SE
Xperia that too if it comes down to 20 - 25k.