Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs
2096 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary
+ This mobile phone scores high on features. - It has no outstanding negative points.
“Fairly decent battery life even when browsing web (as long as you don't use wlan),…”
Steve, Walthamstow
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2096 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
88% of people recommend it.
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*not all purchasers provided a score or review
Gary , Mill Hill, London , “Business or web user”
Score 5.0/10
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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.
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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.
purchased 05 Mar 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ Screen, keyboard, web usability,
- Camera is poor
purchased 24 Feb 2009
Alan, Coleraine , “Business or web user”
Score 10.0/10+ A really good piece of kit with seemingly endless capabilities
- Doesn't connect well with my car parrot kit
purchased 20 Feb 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Business or web user”
Score 5.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- 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.
purchased 20 Feb 2009
alan, warrington , “Business or web user”
Score 3.0/10+ im sure its a great phone just not suited to me
- bad choice by me i use the phoe constantly and it is very cumbersome, wont go for a touch screen ever again furthermore very slow connecting to internet, which was my reason for buying.
purchased 09 Mar 2009
Aly, Stamford , “Business or web user”
Score 8.0/10+ Fast response, ease of use
- Can not read any word,excel, or PDF files
purchased 01 Apr 2009
brian, london , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ very good if you need to e-mail when you are out.
- having to get out of case to answer
purchased 20 Feb 2009
Al, Whitley Bay , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ seems to run faster than previous symbian software. touch screen is pretty good but nowhere need as good as iphone. Web browsing much better with 3.5g
- can be a bit fiddly to navigate at times.
purchased 27 Mar 2009
Adekiite, Luton , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ Good Sound Quality andf Stylish,
- The GPS Navigation has to be paid for, No Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Poewrpoint), Camera mega pixel too less, Not enough applications, Could have been top phone if it was sidekick.
purchased 27 Mar 2009
nicholas, swansea , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ its more than just a phone. it does everything i need and more. its my organiser and my mini computer when i need it
- there is nothing really bad about it.
purchased 20 Mar 2009
Nicholas, Cambridge , “Business or web user”
Score 3.0/10+ Camera good, well packaged, good ring tones,VERY good speaker sound, aimed at the 18/35 age group with small fingers!
- Battery poor,Screen can not be seen in direct sun light, hands free useless for speech ok for sound, you need small fingers to use the touch screen, would not reccomend this phone the apple i phone has it all but you know that!
purchased 26 Feb 2009
Douglas, Brentwood, Essex , “Business or web user”
Score 9.0/10+ Ease of use - high quality audio and screen quality/size - availability of additional software - wifi capability - memory storage - responsive touch screen - logical menu structure
- Plastic casing seems a little cheap in comparison to other touch screen phones on the market
purchased 20 Mar 2009
John, Sheffield , “Business or web user”
Score 8.0/10+ Easy to use
- the Application software is poor Novi is not a good product and lets the phone down badly
purchased 25 Mar 2009
Lesley, STOCKPORT , “Business or web user”
Score 10.0/10+ Ease of use and accessibility to the www
- hands free is rubbish
purchased 06 Mar 2009
Kirsty, Petworth , “Business or web user”
Score 10.0/10+ the good parts to the phone, the keypad is great and the web searching is fantastic
- the downloading of music is not very easy
purchased 10 Mar 2009
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Summary of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Reviews from Across the Web
Expert reviews for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
TechRadar expert review
It's taken a while for Nokia to deliver its first post-iPhone touchscreen handset, but with the release of the 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia is now firmly in the touch control game.The first handset to be built on the latest touch-operated 5th Edition of Nokia's S60 smartphone platform, the 5800 XpressMusic packs some heavyweight feature punch. It may line up as Nokia's flagship music phone, but it has a set of functionality more akin to the Nseries high-end phone roster.Generous packageTouchscreen action is centred on its large 3.2-inch touch display, but under the bonnet the 5800…
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reviewed 31 Mar 2009
Product Features
3G
 
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Yes |
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Touchscreen
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Yes |
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Type
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Candy Bar |
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Band
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Quad |
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EDGE
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Yes |
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WiFi
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Yes |
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Camera Resolution in MegaPixels
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3.15 |
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Screen Resolution (pixels)
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360x340 |
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Bluetooth
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Yes |
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XHTML Browser
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Yes |
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WAP
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Yes |
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FM Tuner
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Yes |
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SatNav
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Yes |
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MP3 ATRAC Playback
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Yes |
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Operating System
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Proprietary OS |
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Memory Card Slot
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Yes |
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Weight (g)
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109 |
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Talk Time (hours)
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9 |
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Standby Time (hours)
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406 |
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USB Port
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Yes |
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Video Recorder
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Yes |
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Instant Messaging
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Yes |
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Built-in Camera
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Yes |
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Dimensions (mm)
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111x51.7x15.5 |
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Java
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Yes |
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Games
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Yes |
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HTML Browser
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Yes |
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Phone book capacity (names)
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Practically unlimited |
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Colour
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Black |
| Networks | O2 |
| Networks | Orange |
| Networks | T-Mobile |
Also known as: Nokia 5800 Blue, Nokia 5800 Red, Nokia 5800 Comes
Mobile Phone Buyers GuideManufacturer's Description
One touch takes you to music and up to 35 hours of crystal clear hi-fi on an advanced multi-format player.
Size
• Form: Classic with full touch user interface
• Dimensions: 111 × 51.7 × 15.5 mm
• Weight: 109 g
• Volume: 83 cc
• Touch user interface optimised for one-hand use with tactile feedback
Display and 3D
• Main display
- Size: 3.2"
- Resolution: 640 × 360 pixels (nHD)
- Up to 16 million colours
- aspect ratio 16:9
- automatic orientation sensor (Accelerometer) for display rotation
Keys and input method
• Stylus, plectrum and finger touch support for text input and user interface control (alphanumeric keypad, full and mini qwerty keyboard, handwriting recognition, full screen handwriting for Chinese language)
• Dedicated Media Bar touch key for access to music, gallery, share on-line, Video Centre and web browser
• Voice commands
• Physical keys for application launch key (menu key), send & end, power, camera, lock, volume up & down
Colors and covers
• Available in-box colours:
- Red
- Blue
- Black
Available colours may vary per region.
Connectors
• Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 High Speed
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• MicroSD card slot, small DC jack, Micro USB cable interface to PC (CA-101)
Power
• BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Talk time (maximum):
- GSM 8.8 h
- WCDMA 5 h
• Standby time (maximum):
- GSM 406.2 h
- WCDMA 400 h
• Browsing time with packet data (maximum): 3.4 h
• Video playback time (maximum): 5.2 h, Video playback time (maximum, nHD/Mpeg4) 3.4 h
• Video recording time (maximum): 3.6 h
• Video call time (maximum): 3 h
• Music playback time (maximum): Up to 35 h
• Gaming time (maximum): 5.6 h
Memory
• MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 16 GB
• 81 MB internal memory
• 8GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16GB
Operating frequency
• WCDMA 900/2100
• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA 850/1900 (Latin America and Brazil variant only)
• Automatic switching between GSM bands
• Flight mode
Data network
• CSD
• HSCSD
• GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA 2100/900 with simultanous voice and packet data, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL), CS maximum speed 64 kbps
• HSDPA cat 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
• WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g (3G version only)
• TCP/IP support
Local connectivity and synchronization
• Bluetooth version 2.0
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP & AVRCP
• MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
• Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia OVI Suite
Call features
• Integrated hands-free speakerphone
• Number screening for messaging and calls
• Automatic answer with headset or car kit
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial
• Speed dialling
• Voice dialling: speaker independent dialling and voice commands (SIND)
• Fixed dialling number support
• Vibrating alert (internal), also with tactile feedback
• Side volume keys
• Mute/unmute
• Contacts bar for 4 contacts with images and communication history (SMS, IM, email, web feeds)
• Talking ring tones
• Conference calling with up to 6 participants
• Video calling: up to 3h, QCIF 176 × 144 pixels, low up to 5 fps, normal up to 10 fps, smooth up to 15 fps
Messaging
• SMS
• Multiple SMS deletion
• MMS version 1.3, message size up to 600 kb
• Automatic resizing of images for MMS
• Nokia Xpress audio messaging
• Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
• Number screening for messaging
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Instant messaging client
• Cell broadcast
E-mail
• Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
• Support for e-mail attachments
• OMA e-mail notification support
• Mail for Exchange 2008 in DL client, in 2009 embedded
Web browsing
• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
• Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
• TCP/IP support
• OSS browser
• Nokia Mobile Search
GPS and navigation
• Integrated GPS for pedestrian and car navigation
• Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch application
Photography
• 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 × 1536 pixels)
• Image formats: JPEG
• Carl Zeiss optics
• 3x digital zoom
• Autofocus
• Dual LED flash
• Flash modes: On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
• White balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: 2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
• Normal, Sepia, Black & White, Vivid, Negative
• Dedicated camera key
• Landscape (horizontal) orientation
• Photo editor on device
• Direct printing to compatible picture printers
Video
• Main camera
Video recording at up to 640 × 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV high quality), up to 640 × 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality), up to 320 × 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality), up to 176 × 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality)
- Up to 4x digital video zoom
• Front camera for video calling
• Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
• Audio recording formats: WAV (normal), AMR (MMS), AAC/MP4 (high quality)
• Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: automatic, night
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
• Clip length (maximum): 1 h 30 min (high or normal quality). Dependable on available memory.
• RealPlayer
• Video playback file formats: MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
• Video streaming: 3GPP and CIF
• Landscape mode video playback
• Video editor on device
• Video Centre service supported: download and stream video content, WMV support, video feeds
Music and audio playback
• Nokia Nseries digital music player
- Playlists
- 8-band graphical equaliser
- selection by artist, composers, album and genre album graphics display
bass booster, stereo widening, loudness
• Music playback file formats: .mp3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC, eAAC+, WMA
• Dedicated volume keys & immediate access to Music Player from Media Bar, dedicated music keys in the headset control unit AD-54
• Stereo FM radio
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• Music Player
• Nokia Music Manager
• Nokia Music Store support
• Nokia Podcasting support
• Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones (3 videos and 9 mp3 songs built-in)
• Integrated stereo speakers with surround sound (crystal clear hi-fi sound quality with dedicated audio chip)
Voice and audio recording
• Voice commands
• Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND)
• Voice recorder
• AMR, NB-AMR, FR, EFR
• Digital stereo microphone
Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
• Customisable profiles
• Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones
• Themes
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