Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ Great screen for watching videos on the move. Decent camera. Excellent connectivity, internet, applications, GPS. Phone is great for calls, nice and loud and clear.

- Fingerprint magnet. I have to clean it once a day. You have to encode videos you want to watch on it (unless you took them with the phone of course).

+ satnav

- paying for satnav after the 90 day intro

+ THIS HANDSET IS REALLY GOOD IN MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE,

- BATTERY TIMING IS REALLY VERY BAD,ONLY WORKS ONE DAY,AND THERE ARE NO SOFTWARES TO WORK WITH THIS MOBILE

+ the goodpoints are that its a nice shape,fairly easy to use and the sound quality is fantastic.

- the bad points for me are the camera even for a 3.2 megapixcel its actually not that good it would have been so much better if it was a 5 or even an 8 megapixcel like the samsung pixon.

+ It is compact and has plenty of applications, if you care to pay for them.

- The protective case is a shambles,you have to take it off every time you wish to use the phone.

+ Easy to use good sound quality & great memory

- Sometimes freezes

+ VERY GOOD FOR MUSIC,TOUCH SCREEN IS THE BEST IVE USED YET....AND I HAVE USED THEM ALL

- CAMERA IS USELESS,THE KEYLOCK IS TOTALLY POINTLESS AS IT TOO EASY TO UNLOCK....AND REALLY NEEDS A SLIDE OUT KEYBOARD,THE PHONE FEELS LIKE A CHEAP PLASTIC TOY!!!! THATS BEEN MADE IN CHINA

+ i think that the phone is very good an style wise its great

- in bright sun you can't see the screen.

+ chunky enough to fell good without being to uncomfortable to carry

- case provided is pretty useless takes to long to get phone out and no belt attachment

+ This phone comes with loads of memory and a memory card so you can put as many songs on it as you want. The Sat Nav is also really good and handy to have on there, it is easy to use. Because of the big screen watching videos is good and very clear, all in all it is easy enough to use and very self explaniatory, I haven't needed to look at the hand books at all. Also, with the touch there is a pen to use or you can use your finger which means that you very rarely knock the incorrect button, some other touch screens are heat sensitive and a nightmare to use this is fine.

- Because the front of the phone is mainly the screen, you have to watch what you put it in your bag with so the screen doesn't get damaged. It does come with a cover but if you want to to text it means keep taking it in and out. The camera is ok, but not the best.

+ if you have had a nokia before then it will be very familiar. Nice to be able to view movie (mp4) and the quality and screen resolution is ok.
webmail is ok.

- The headphones that come with the phone are terrible.
If I set an alarm from Mon-Fri, I cannot just disable the alarm for today but still leave the setting for the rest of the week. I found the whole area to do with alarms really irritating. On most phones you have more control over individual days. Also, it took me a while to find out where exactly to set the alarm.
The screen is terrible after you have touched it a few times. It is a gloss screen rather than matt. I don't get why the phone would have been designed this way especially since an iphone is matt. The difference is that on matt you would not see all the smear marks. Once they are there, it is really hard to get rid of.
The phone has cut out on me on a number of occasions.
When I imported calendar events from google calendar, it brought in the events with alarms on them. There is no easy way to turn of calendar alarms in one go. You are forced to go through each event which is impractical since there are loads of them. I now find that I have alarms going off at strange times in the night which is really annoying.

+ Its got a good battery lie and a lot of memory for all my music

- the keypad and no games and have to pay for internet to buy games

+ Very complex, many features, good connectivity and ease of sharing files

- Software is sometimes slow and sluggish

+ a very nice phone easy to use good features looks good

- none really only battery life

+ Fantastic sleek looking email everything about this phone is cool

- cant insert numbers into twx format and send, poeple tex me ask for someones number cant copy into tex then send have to write them in manualy

+ compact, built in wireless, semi easy 2 use.

- sat nav rubbish, when new software installed the phone goes ridiculously slow until uninstalled would recommend but also wouldn't.

+ Very diverse with features

- It occasionally crashes or freezes

+ Every thing is fantastic!

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+ The phone is very smart, the qwerty keyboard is quicker for texts.

- It is difficult to navigate around the system.

+ Completely replaces my PDA.....cannot find a fault yet

- nothing

+ good for music

- phone keeps stoping

+ very good phone its got every think u want in a phone A ++++++++++++++++

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+ good value for money, lots of features

- gps weak, you never quite know when to single click and when to double click

+ Music sound quality, good fantastic, touchpad very good, good features. Better than the lg renoir.

- Diverts, no matter how many times I deactivate them they are still active, I dont want diverts on! Shame the camera hasn't got higher pixels. But still a good phone.

+ This phone has it all...perhaps too much! I bought this for my wife to replace her aging Razor and to be fair the transition from flip phone to touch phone for her hasn't been easy. For me, however, the software is easy to use and navigate, the option to use your fingers or the stylus is a boon. Internet access is quick and easy and the fact you can flip the screen to landscape from portrait just by turning the phone round is quite groovy. Sound is good for a phone and the 8gb memory card fits pretty much most of what you would want on a phone.

- The screen is very dark and hard to see in the sunlight, making it frustrating to use. The phone itself is quite chunky, so doesn't feel like a 'girlie' phone (to use my wife's words). This is no match for the iphone in terms of styling.

+ big screen

- battery life

+ Love the touchscreen!!So easy to use

- Not enough applications on the phone, not that fun

+ i just love this phone, i have tried other similar phones but could not wait for the nokia 5800 to become available, a great touch screen not too sensitive, and the accessories that came with it were great.

- i dont think i have any bad comments for this phone, i have found it very easy to use and the battery life is fantastic.

+ GOOD FEATURES

- DIFFICULT TO IMPORT ALBUM ART

+ A good all round phone. Considering it's a touch screen, it's much more robust than a iPhone. Very easy to text on, which is a major plus for me. Good web browsing compatibility with flash support, good music player and as you'd expect from Nokia good calendar and syncing to your PC.

- My only issue would be the battery life isn't great if you take a few photos with the flash.

+ the picture quality and the speed of surfing the web

- of doing an up load and it goes straight to you message in box in which should go straight to your file manager to store.

+ Very easy to use
Touch Screen is responsive espically with the vibration
AGPS is a good feature

- No stopwatch or timer
The OS backwards compatabilty is very slow or doesn't work properly

+ great design great software great features

- camera lets it down a bit

+ very stylish
good sound quality
excellent screen

- sometimes a bit slow

+ Screen, keyboard, web usability,

- Camera is poor

+ Touch screen.

- The instructions were hard to fathom out.

+ This phone in general is excellent, camera quite good when you have figured out whats the best setting for taking different pictures. Music, video's all great. Battery lasts around 6 days ( when 3G switched off), I use the phone moderately, text, calls, watch video clips, internet via wifi. So all in all very happy.

- The only bad point I have found is when you are on a call you can not get the keypad dialler to show the letters on the keys, so if you have to enter letters into a password, unless you know what letters are under each number you are stumped!

+ This phone looks really smart and modern and is quite easy to use, with an excellent camera.

- phone manual does not cover everything you need to know. When phone is not locked it is very easy to access internet or phone somebody by mistake if it is in your pocket or bag.

+ The 5800 has most of the functions I need in one device. It has radio, mp3 player, video player, mobile TV (France24 is free) email, web browsing and calender sync with my PC

- None really, although the battery runs down quickly if the 3g is left on but switching it off and on as you use it seems to be a work around

+ The phone looks modern and has all of the functions you could need. The sound quality is excellent

- A 'home' button would be useful so that you can just leave a menu without having to come through each screen. Battery life is poor even when in standby for 90% of the time.

+ have a good sound and a nice design.

- the quality of the pictures is not good

+ This phone has just about every function you could wish for on a mobile phone, with very good battery life and easy to navigate menu's.

- It's a bit chunky, can be difficult to synchronise with other devices, and 3.2mp camera is behind the obvious competition, but works well enough

+ Great Screen and just right size for a phone. I love the stylus for input
Music quality is excelent and 8GB stores plenty.
Web browsing is great.
Watching movies on the thing is unbalievable how much detail and clarity it shows.

- Only minor nigles.
Can't use flash as a torch light,
No "mark several" option when selecting items from a list.
No charge via USB lead

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- the camara could of been better

+ Good size, excellent sound quality. Easy to use and an all round fun phone.

- None really, could come with a better case and a screen protector but thats all

+ i was impressed by how easy it was to use especially as i had never owned a touch screen before.

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+ Good for music and Pictures

- Navigatge keypads

+ Great Touch Screen
Easy To Use
Great Music
Great Speaker Quality
Great Phone

- Battery Life Is Low Depending On What You Do On It (WiFi and Music)
Some Apps Require The Internet And You Aren't Able To Use A Wireless Access Point For Them

+ It is very easy to use and find the app you are looking for

- the text is to small as I have to wear reading glasses the text should be bigger so that I don't have to keep changing my glasses

+ touch screen

- navigation doesn't pull out all the places in the areas

+ I love the fact that I can download films on this and watch them anywhere. The kids love the games, web browsing is easy, sound is amazing. I love this phone and so have a couple of friends as they have been out and got one since.

- There are really not many, It takes a while to get used to some of the toing and froing needed to get from one application to another and to send an sms you need to tap a couple more buttons to get there and out but that is just nit picking as it is still not complicated.

+ The 5800 is so easy to use,when playing music it has a fantastic sound.
I love how easy it is using the stylus with the querty keyboard when texting and how you lock the screen when it's not in use. Overall i love this phone.

- The only bad point for the 5800 is the battery life it soon needs charging when playing on the games or playing music for a while.

+ Really nice to use, multiple input methods are great, music playback is loud and clear, nifty user interface at times with things like notification area to access wi-fi, new messages and alarms. Nice large screen, videos work great, comes with tv out cable and case and desk stand. Battery life good as well, used music player, GPS and took calls and texts and had 5 bars battery still at end of day. Really nice design and overall just really good.

- Can be quite slow when web browsing. User interface has occasionally frozen. Nothing dramatic really.

+ Really good phone and touch screen works fantastically well

- none as get

+ Great phone with good looks and ease of use. It took a litle bit of adjusting to but now couldn't imagine using another phone for a good while.

- No major issues that bother me enough to note.

+ easy to use with some goof features

- touch screen can be abit tricky especially in phone ook , and battery can drain easy with games or music on but not as ad as some phones

+ long battery life and an excellent camera have not used the music very much as it is used mainly for calls and text messaging;
Navigation is easy and quick

- The only downside is the screen which is easily scratched unless you are really careful. I tend to keep it in the hard case which makes it's overall size somewhat bigger a soft case with a chamois inner to protect the screen may be better.

+ It's extremely easy to use with nice clear views.

- The battery life is short when web browning and there seems to be a long delay when taking pictures.

+ A really good piece of kit with seemingly endless capabilities

- Doesn't connect well with my car parrot kit

+ good phone all round sound quality great

- no bad really

+ looking good,,easy to use internet,,,,,handwriting options in the touchscreen is realy good experience for me,,,,8GB memorry will give enough space,,,

- battery life is not good compare to other nokia phones,,,

+ It is a good phone. I like the internet access and the variety of ease in inputting text.

- The software does not allow for using emoticons when sending SMS messages. This is a shame, when other Nokia phones have this facility. I'm hoping that Nokia will upgrade the software.

+ 1st actually usable touch screen device I've had.

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+ Everything, love this phone

- Cannot display any online flash content.

+ keypad is excellent
still exploring uses

- text is small & sometimes difficult to read, especially numerals

+ I love the look and the fact that it has all the features I need ie, camera, navigation, internet...

- the camera shoots poorly at night/inside

+ Iv found this phone really good.best iv had so far. best for music love the touch screen,and games.

- sometimes the screen is a bit slow when typing a message, even worse if you have a slideshow on for your screen saver, your message screen turns white.if you just have a pic its ok.

+ big screen, good camera. looks good.
Connects easily to other devices via bluetooth.

- badly performing screen, doesnt turn when required and also turns when not required.
freezes all applications when you use the slide show feature.
No countdown timer built in - expected such a basic feature to be on such a well developed phone!
doesnt have the capacity to send any decent sized videos via messaging.

+ the music side of it is fantastic best mobile ive ever had for that side of things the old nokia music express which i had before that were really good but this one tops it, once u get yr head round the keyboard etc its pretty easy to use.

- when going to delete messages in sent u have to do them one by one which takes forever, u can send multiple txts but they send seperately whereas the old nokia sent a multiple txt as one txt and u just had to delte the one not every single one one by one.

+ in general the phone is fine but has some problems

- bluetooth conection can be annoyingly slow to join with autherised devices and looks and feels really cheap

+ Easy to use as all Nokia phones are. Design is faultless.

- None

+ The music player did it for me, I wanted the combination of a good Music player and a Touch screen phone that could access the internet with ease.

- Not sure yet, im still happy with it.

+ amazing to look at and easy to use. was worried i wouldnt get on with a fully touch screen phone but, once u have familiarised yourself with the phone and its features its incredibly easy to use. texting is easy and the music is fantastic with no distortion. the music even sounds good played through the internal speakers.

- may be my network but texts can sometimes take longer to be sent. the keypad and screen lock on the side of the phone can be temperamental when you need to use the phone. the music software display when you are playing music is very boring with no option to change screen colour, insert patterns etc.

+ this a stylish phone easy to use.good memory and great for listening to music on

- camera not that great and hard to see screen when sun on it.the case that comes with it is horrible

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- Inability to use it for data services such as Google Latitude without constantly being asked which data connection to use! Major flaw in the software that Nokia are brushing under the carpet.

+ Excellent calender/organiser
The 'Show open apps' is an excellent feature.

- Could be able to queue single tracks or albums without having to save as playlist first.
Lock sometimes gets stuck
Full screen QWERTY doesn't have some characters which i would like to see there, perhaps if the caps is touched three times on full screen QWERTY then all characters (such as > < [ ] ) could fit, or maybe some pointless ones could be removed like the strikethrough B, the upside down question mark, or the lower case i and p which are already in the alphabet area.
The map doesn't know where I am.
Also I don't understand why Texas Hold'em Poker isn't available for this phone.

+ Nice camera big screen, massive memory.

- Its a bit dificult to compose a text.

+ its very nice looking and has good camera quality

- the music player is not that good, if you listen to a song and stop it, then later go back in to your music list it plays from the begining again. The same with the playlists, if i am listening to a playlist and i want to see my other music it stops the playlist and you have to start it again. It is also a very big phone.

+ I tink this phone is great, I would highly recommend this phone.Everything about it is great.

- A dont think there are any bad points.

+ brilliant handset. I was worried about it being a touch screen, but it is so much more accurate than other devices. Very good!

- the nokia pc software is annoying, because i i upgraded to this instead of getting an iphone and the software is nowhere near as user friendly as apple's.

+ brilliant phone all round

- cant always get a signal

+ e mail

- radio not that good

+ overall a good phone. very happy with it price was good camera very good only downside the battery doesnt last long enough although that could be me with playing with it too much.

- The battery possibly.

+ Love the writing text facility,love the game play and music

- not very good signal for web browsing

+ The product is good value for money and with a very long battery life i dont have to look for a charger every 15 minutes,overall the music is the best feature.

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