Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Launched
Samir Makwana, Oct 03, 2008 1333 hrs IST
A first XpressMusic series touchscreen phone that offers 'Comes with Music' service.
After much ado, Nokia has finally launched Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, earlier dubbed as Tube. Details of the same were reported last week.
This is the first Symbian S60 5th Edition based touchscreen phone from Nokia, which it has smartly branded as an XpressMusic series phone that offers 'Comes with Music' service. The music service offers unlimited access to Nokia Music Store catalogue for one year.
Though 5800 XpressMusic will be directly compared with the iPhone 3G and its features will certainly attract touchscreen gadget fans, like other Symbian phones the applications on 5800 XpressMusic appear with translucent overlay and at times appear cluttered.
Network and Communication
The 5800 XpressMusic supports 3G networks with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-band WCDMA, HSDPA, WLAN (802.11 b/g), HSCSD, and TCP/IP support. With Flight Mode found in music phones, the 5800 supports 3G networks for faster Internet over data networks.
The phone includes Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch built-in application, while Mobile Transfer Protocol support and TV out (video out cable bundled) allow streaming of multimedia. Also featured is Bluetooth version 2.0 support for file transfers.
Touchscreen Display
The 5800 XpressMusic is a full touchscreen phone with three buttons on the front panel - Talk, Menu control, and End. The 3.2-inch haptic touchscreen display offers a widescreen 640 x 360 pixel resolution, featuring acceleration sensor for Automatic Screen Rotation (ASR) and 3D Image engine. To make the best of touchscreen 5800 features, a 'Media Bar' drop-down menu for easy access to favorite media applications such as music, videos, and photos is provided.
In addition, there is a 'Contact Bar' drop-down menu, which allows adding four contacts, as well as access to recent activities such as messages, call history or emails with a single touch. The touch interface supports input via finger, stylus, and plectrum. Text input is possible with full QWERTY thumbboard software while stylus can be used for applications that require handwriting recognition. The phone is also believed to have a proximity sensor for auto turn-off feature.
Music
The 5800 XpressMusic has 81MB of internal memory and comes bundled with an 8GB microSDHC card; that can pack 6000 songs enjoyable over 3.5-mm jack, says the company. The memory is expandable up to 16GB maximum. Besides that, the 5800 features Nseries digital music player that supports audio files in MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA format. With eight-band graphic equalizer, music can be enhanced with bass boosters, stereo widening and loudness. Similar equalization options are found in Sony Ericsson's Walkman series and K series digital music players.
Apart from the above, the 5800 boasts of dedicated audio chip that promises clearer surround sound output with integrated stereo speakers. Radio fanatics are taken care of by Stereo FM radio usable with headset.
Video and Picture
The phone houses an autofocus 3.2 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss Tessar lens that offers VGA video recording at 30 fps. The Symbian 5th Edition has a browser capable enough for Flash video streaming, along with H.264, On2 VP6 and Screnson Video Codecs. For that the browser uses a special plug-in based on the new Adobe Flash Lite 3, which is also found in N85.
The 5800 features 128 SDRAM memory, which helps in better video streaming for the browser having Adobe Flash Lite 3 plug-in. The Real Player featured is capable of playing videos in Landscape mode. The video editor can be used to cut long clips short as well. The maximum clip length is 1hr 30 minutes in high or normal quality, depending on the memory card size that you'd use.
You can view detailed specifications of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic here.
Nokia will make 5800 XpressMusic available worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2008 at an estimated price of 279 Euros (a little over Rs. 18,000) excluding taxes and subsidies. So, if it comes to India, expect more than the stated price, which includes taxes obviously. The phone does sound like it has a big opportunity to attract Nokia-loyal customers who're looking for touchscreen music phones at a mid-range pricing.
Stay tuned for full details on the performance of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic once our test labs get their hands on it.
USER COMMENTS
when is nokia 5800 xpress music going to lunch in india? and what will be the expected price?
by Robin Samuel, Mumbai, on Nov 13, 2008 10:01 AM, Report abuse Reply
can u tell me when it is goin to launch in india? and around what price?
by chintan, bhuj, on Nov 10, 2008 06:52 PM, Report abuse Reply
good mobile.wanna buy it soon where to get how to get ?
by Ravi, coimbatore, on Nov 04, 2008 09:26 PM, Report abuse Reply
by sacasc, sdasc, on Oct 28, 2008 07:02 PM, Report abuse Reply
by sacasc, sdasc, on Oct 28, 2008 07:01 PM, Report abuse Reply
by rahul, aurangabad, on Oct 27, 2008 07:38 AM, Report abuse Reply
i want to sugest to nokia company fo nokia 5800x music, if torch light in this phone then this phone is my first and last choice.
by Dhananjay kumar, patna, on Oct 19, 2008 11:03 AM, Report abuse Reply
i want to buy nokia 5800 urgently can anyone help
by ananthakrishnan, bangalore, on Oct 15, 2008 04:39 PM, Report abuse Reply
i want to buy 5800xm.let me know the price
by d.subhash, karimnagar, on Oct 12, 2008 08:15 AM, Report abuse Reply
LAUNCHING DATE TO INDIA AND PRICE
by ADARI SRINIVAS, visakhapatnam, on Oct 10, 2008 10:58 PM, Report abuse Reply
very good phone. and i want to know the prise of this phone. in indian rupees.
by DEVANG MEVADA, AHMEDABAD. GUJARAT. INDIA., on Oct 07, 2008 09:01 PM, Report abuse Reply
i want buy please tell me price
by ADARI SRINIVAS, visakhapatnam, on Oct 06, 2008 11:39 PM, Report abuse Reply
very nice, what will be the price tag
by amit, new delhi, on Oct 06, 2008 02:22 PM, Report abuse Reply
DOES IT HAVE WI-FI? AND IF I BRING THE PHONE FROM OTHER COUNTRY, CAN I USE IT WITHPUT UNLOCKING ?
by Jinesh Chheda, Mumbai, on Oct 05, 2008 09:59 PM, Report abuse Reply
does it have Wi-fi ? And if i bring the phone from other country , will i be able to use here without unlocking? Plz.. reply.
by Jinesh Chheda, Mumbai, on Oct 05, 2008 09:54 PM, Report abuse Reply
IF NOKIA introduce it at rs18000...i m first to buy. TOUCHSCREEN , big sound, dedi music chip,3.2 carl zeiss, 30 fm p scc video and 3.2 in screen all in nokia 5800 making it the best phone this time. still some may find fault.. but the wait for perfect phone is endless and will never happen, no one can make a perfect phone when God failed to make a perfect man or woman how can we !!!
by ravi pratap, DUMKA, on Oct 05, 2008 01:46 PM, Report abuse Reply
itz a gud lukin phone very gr8 tuch screen ofter along time thx to nokia
by javed, srinagar, on Oct 04, 2008 11:36 PM, Report abuse Reply
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Whats the exact cost of nokia 5800 including all taxes, and where i get this product in pune.
by anjali, Pune, on Nov 13, 2008 11:55 AM, Report abuse Reply