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Score: 8.4/10

341 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone scores high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Clean good looks, compact.” James, Glasgow View all 341 real customer reviews

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341 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
83% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (338)
Battery life7.7
Design8.7
Ease of use8.6
Features8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.9
Overall rating8.4
Basic text and chat user (24)
Music and entertainment lover (13)
Business or web user (4)
Style and looks come first (3)
music lover (1)
Retired (1)
Other (292)
 

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use, looks good and the music feature is excellent

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 29 Nov 2008

Chris, Manchester

Score 10.0/10

+ Looks great, very light, very thin.

- Nothing bad to say yet...

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ brillant phone would recoment it to any one

- nothings really that bad about it

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2009

Shereen, Sheffield , “Female postgraduate student.”

Score 9.0/10

+ Small, compact and superb sound quality. I love the ease of use in terms of playing music/radio.

- I wish I could see everything I've put on the screen display when I have applied the security lock. But that is something that no other phone could have put into work as well ;-).

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purchased 18 Nov 2008

Jay, London

Score 9.0/10

+ Ease of use - Nokia users will agree. Also, it is small and looks cool as well!

- The usual - could be better. Having said that, it could be much worse than a lot of other mobiles out there.

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purchased 18 Nov 2008

robert, shropshire

Score 10.0/10

+ all good

- none really, keypad takes a little getting used to

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ GOOD TO USE AS A MP3 PLAYER

- NONE

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2008

Ann, Belfast , “mother, nurse”

Score 9.0/10

+ It is attracttive and compact, but also robust. The matt finish on the back makes it easier to hold than smooth phones of a similar size.

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2008

Jo, Chelmsford

Score 10.0/10

+ Lovely looking phone - slim and easy to store either in pocket or bag

- Haven't thought of any yet!!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ awesome mp3

- battery life is a bit short if u leave it on the music player but it will still last a good couple of days

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Great sound and picture quality, Easy to use,

- Apart from wanting the battery to last a bit longer I have no bad points.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 3.0/10

+ Looks great and is great when te battery is good.

- The battery needs charging twice as much as my old Nokia and therefore I would not recommend it as a phone/music player doesn't work at all unless it is charged up.

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purchased 05 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ very good radio

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Nov 2008

Margaret, South Queensferry

Score 3.0/10

+ Nice and light

- Keypad doesn't always light up

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Very similar to other Nokia's so makes upgrading easy

- easy to loose in handbag as so slim

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ looks nice easy to use+ music functions

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “sporty loves music funky ”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to find music because of the buttons on the side
easy to use
easy to find what you're looking for

- the battery life doesn't last long at all
screen scrathes easy
camera quality isn't that good

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2009

kevin, gravesend

Score 9.0/10

+ just a very good buy

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Neat slim compact phone

- The battery runs down very quickly with little usage other than being switched on.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2009

Joe, Essex

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks good, great music sound and easy to use and light and compact to carry around.

- Blue tooth function is not very easy to access as it takes a long to time to find and transfer things.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Boisterous student”

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use, good design and battery life is good

- The music buttons don't lock and can start music playing on their own

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purchased 18 Dec 2008

Andy, Peterborough

Score 9.0/10

+ Over all a good phone - music quality very good - easy to use - keys not too small

- Battery life could be better considering its a music player - Nokia P.C.software very slow and locks up

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “15 years old”

Score 9.0/10

+ looks good,slim size

- no games

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purchased 05 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Good memory...ease of uploading music...camera...sound quality

- Frequent need to charge battery

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Compact, easy to use and looks very nice

- Key pad can be awkward to use at times

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ slim and easy to use

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Dec 2008

elaine, london , “music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use, slim nice looking, good music quality.

- wish the battery life was better

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ This was bought for my son for his birthday. He is delighted with it. It's all he could want from a phone.

- I don't think there are any bad points at the moment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Music and Camera

- No Apple compatable???

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Feb 2009

Nigel, Somerset

Score 8.0/10

+ Easily fits into pocket.

- Doesn't import album titles and track names when transferring music through the Nokia software.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Feb 2009

Tina, Croydon , “Bought for my daughter”

Score 10.0/10

+ Neat and reliable mobile phone.

- None.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Feb 2009

mike, e yorks , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use and play music

- not good or people with big fingers

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Mar 2009

Becky, Durham , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ I love this phone, it's not too complicted and it was not too expensive. It's very slim and light. I haven't used alot of the features yet as I mainly listen to music and text.

- I am a bit disappointed with the quality of the videos but that might be me being a bad cameraman!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “no”

Score 9.0/10

+ very good sound quality,
nice size,
good battery life

- none

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purchased 15 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ I bought this primarily for the music player and it is brilliant although I don't find the PC programme very easy to use. However the sound quality and the memory capacity are great and the music player on the phone is easy to use. The size is good, very slim. The speakers it came with are very good. Overall it is great.

- The PC programme isn't very easy to use.

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purchased 19 Jul 2009

Barry, Barnsley

Score 10.0/10

+ Great phone - Bought it for my Dad and he never put it down. He was always etiher listening to radio or to mp3's and sometimes even made phone call :o)

- None really

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purchased 29 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ Funky, slim, easy to use, good all rounder.

- Hard to hear when ringing in handbag, and a flash for the camera would be advantageous.

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purchased 08 Sep 2009

Steve, Preston , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 7.0/10

+ I found it easy to use.

- For a phone that is supposed to be a music player, the sound quality is pretty poor, compared to an ipod.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Apr 2009

ian, canvey island essex

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use looks very good

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 04 Jun 2009

Paul, Blyth

Score 5.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- FREEZE...FREEZE....FREEZE.... BATTERY OUT, BATTERY IN, CONSTANT PAIN IN THE NECK

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jul 2009

Chris, Somerset , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

Score 5.0/10

+ Compact and stylish.

- Two major problems:
1. Everytime you go to the music player (after having been switched off) the memory card is re-registered causing 2-3 min delay in usage. This is very annoying.
2. When video files are transferred they do not convert correctly. They work if converted by non Noikia utilities.

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purchased 13 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ has alot of features over all such as music player and radio, that alll work very well and i was pleasantly surprised by the length of the battery life

- i have had a few problems with dust getting in my phone which would make me question the seal's on the phone.

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purchased 13 Feb 2009

Daryl, Sleaford , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent nokia phone. Very easy to use. Good sound quality and very easy to transfer music onto the phone.

- The camera is very poor, picture quality is not very good.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Feb 2009

Umar, Brierley hill , “Business or web user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Small/ compact and excelant sound quality

- could do with a bigger screen/ touch screen would be nice

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purchased 09 Jan 2009

Colin, Aberdeen , “Business or web user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ Great easy to use phone that does what it says on the box

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 22 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Its a wonderful phone for music lovers..it has got all the features i expected on a phone. good looking..very slim

- nothing much to say...but i find the battery life go down as soon as i play some music..thts all

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Apr 2009

dawn, essex , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ small and compact, easy to navigate the screens

- because it is small and compact had to get a case

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Apr 2009

Andrew, Kdy

Score 8.0/10

+ Good phone no problems

- None really

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purchased 20 Dec 2008

robert, Craven Arms , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ just a nice phone to use.my to sons have just bought the same.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 30 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ It's a thin phone (under 1cm deep) so it fits great in the pocket and is good for listening to music on the go, especially due to the standard headphone socket. The 2GB storage (micro sd card that comes with the phone) is plenty of storage for music. So far the phone plays any mp4 encoded video files that I have and the battery lasts about 6 days on a charge which is pretty good for the amount of time that I use it for music. Call quality is fine and texting is straight forward.

- The phone software a little outdated and probably the biggest gripe for me is the alarm function as there's only one setting, on or off and no daily/weekly/multiple occurrence options. Also if a text comes in, you'll have to unlock the keypad before accessing it.

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purchased 27 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ slim, light

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 27 Apr 2009

Katie, Peterborough

Score 9.0/10

+ Small and easy to use, really simple menu options. Great phone, would recommend

- The buttons are very close together

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purchased 19 Jun 2009

Tracy, Middlesbrough , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ looks good, small and compact, easy to use, battery lasts a good while.

- haven't found a bad point yet.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Kevin, Bognor Regis

Score 9.0/10

+ It is small, compact and good looking. Keyboard and features easy to use.

- Battery life is not as long as expected but still OK.

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purchased 20 Jul 2009

Liz, Aylesbury , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ All the advantages of a mobile but the best feature is I can listen to my music in the car.

- Even if the phone has not been used the battery life is only a few days.

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purchased 06 Jul 2009

Martin, Harrogate , “Style and looks come first”

Score 10.0/10

+ For the money this has to be one of the best mobiles available.It has a great battery life;far better in my view over the Sony Ericsson K770i.It is also light and compact and the sound quality is great.With this particular deal we also received a Free Pair Of Nokia Speakers.A Great Buy.

- If it does have a fault i would say that it is not built to the same standards as the older Nokia Mobiles.However;again that is my view.With the must have mobiles of today everyone wants both a light and compact mobile; so in view of this just maybe the materials that they use feel less sturdy.Other than this I cannot fault this very popular Nokia Mobile.Value for money it is a Big Hit.A Must Have Mobile.

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purchased 26 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Business or web user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Good music quality

- Annoying library update each time phone switched on - especially painful with lots of music on a 4G memory card - partially mitigated by a Nokia software update.

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purchased 20 Mar 2009

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Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Candy Bar
Band Tri
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 71
Talk Time (hours) 5.5
Standby Time (hours) 300
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) No
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 103.8x44.7x9.9
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.96
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 2000
Colour Multi
Networks O2
Networks T-Mobile

Also known as: ORANGE, O2 Nokia 5310, T-MOBILE 5310, Vodafone, Tesco, 02 Nokia 5310, T-Mobile Nokia 5310

Mobile Phone Buyers Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

  • Thin (9.9 mm), classic design with aluminium side panels
  • 3 dedicated music keys, with diamond cut music key symbols
  • Crystal clear sound, enabled with a dedicated audio chip
  • Music playback up to 18 hours

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