Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now a very popular name. It promises you many features and actually delivers them. I am not going to compare it to the the iPhone 3G since both are for different segments.
I short, this phone has everything except some. First the demerits. The phone does not have a dedicated 3D chip inside, so gamers beware. The phone currently does not support N-gage gaming. This product has an ultra or better say over-sensitive accelerometer. It has a blind screen in direct sunlight. It does not sport Multi-touch. The new Symbian S60v5 OS in it does not support previous version apps i.e. thousands of useful apps built for S60v3. The phone has a poor quality 3.2 MP camera without a lens cover. The phone is a little bit thick. The new OS is not very smooth. No applications store like Apple-store is provided.
However these are small glitches which don't matter much. You can avoid them if you don't bother for those lacking features. Now the merits. The phone although not gorgeous as the iPhone, is well designed but with so much of plastic. However the phone does not creak or feel like a toy, it is quite sturdy. Its 3.2 MP camera with Dual LED flash and an extra VGA video-calling camera are surely better than the iPhone or many other competition. It is light-weight too. Besides the front VGA camera, is an ambient sensor which turns off the touchscreen when you take the phone to your ears. The music is very fine with the dedicated audio chip and N-series style music player along with one of the best & most loud mobile stereo speakers and 3.5 mm jack for headphones serving as TV-out too with bundled TV-out cable. Mini-USB port, bundled data-cable, bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi b/g, 3G, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS, Quad-band GSM, WCDMA are all supported. A big 3.2 inch resistive-touchscreen with widescreen 16:9 resolution with 640*360 pixels making a razor sharp screen. Great for watching videos on Realplayer which supports most of the formats. The camera too can record good resolution 640*360 videos at 30 fps.
The OS is not so smooth but the touchscreen itself is very smooth with ARM 369 MHz processor and 128 MB RAM. 81 MB of internal memory, micro-SD card slot supporting upto 16 GB cards and bundled 8 GB micro-SD card are all there. Two pre-installed games, Global Racer 3D and Bounce 3D is there. Functioning is all smooth and intelligent. The new home-screen, media bar with dedicated media button, free apps on the web, 1 year free 'Comes with Music' contract from Nokia, all make it a gr8 phone. Other accessories include a stand for watching videos, manuals, bundled earphones etc.
Hope you enjoy your new 5800 XpressMusic.
