Nokia 5800

The Nokia 5800 is a cell phone that hails from Nokia’s XpressMusic series. It is available in red, blue and black.

Specifications
The Nokia 5800 measures 111 mm x 51.7 mm x 15.5 mm (H x W x D) in dimension and weighs approximately 109 g. It comes in the form of a candy bar monoblock with a large touchscreen. The touch display measures 3.2 inches diagonally and has widescreen capabilities. It is also optimised for one hand usage and also features responsive tactile feedback. Besides that, the Nokia 5800 also has an nHD resolution of 640 x 360 pixels and can support up to 16 million colours. It also has an aspect ratio of 16:9 and also features an automatic orientation sensor (accelerometer) for display rotation. Input methods consist of stylus, plectrum and finger touch support for text input and user interface control, as well as alphanumeric keypad, full mini QWERTY keyboards and handwriting recognition. There is also a dedicated media bar touch key for access to music, images and video, share online, video centre, and web. Besides that, the Nokia 5800 also has a built in music player that allows for selection by artist, composer, album and genre. Not only that, the Nokia 5800 also has playlists, album graphics display and an 8-band graphic equalizer functions. There are also other functions including bass booster, stereo widening and loudness. In addition to that, the Nokia 5800 also has integrated stereo speakers located at the back of it with surround sound and dedicated audio chip for crystal clear hi-fi sound quality. There is also a built in digital camera of 3.2 mega pixels at the back of its body. The camera has a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It also has Carl Zeiss optics features, 3 x digital zoom capabilities, and saves images in JPEG formats. Besides that, other functions include auto focus and dual LED flash. In addition to that, the Nokia 5800 is also capable of recording videos of up to 640 x 480 pixels in resolution and up to 30 fps (TV high quality). Besides that, the video function is also capable of up to 4 x digital video zoom and up to 90 minutes (with available memory) in clip length. The front camera can also be used for video calls. In terms of memory, the Nokia 5800 comes together with an 8 GB microSD memory card in its memory slot, with support for expansion up to 16 GB. Besides that, it also has up to 81 MB of internal memory. As for connectivity, the Nokia 5800 comes together with a 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector. It also has Bluetooth version 2.0 capabilities. Besides that, there is also a micro-USB connector and USB 2.0 high speed wire. The Nokia 5800 us powered by a BL-5J Li-ion battery that has a capacity of 1320 mAh. It can provide up to 8.8 hours of talk time on a GSM network and up to 5 hours of talk time on a WCDMA network. Alternatively, the Nokia 5800 can last up to 406.2 hours on a GSM network and 400 hours on a WCDMA network when left on standby. Call features include 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) with tactile feedback, side volume keys, mute/ unmute, contacts bar for 4 contacts with images and communications history (SMS, IM, emails, web feeds), talking ringtones, conference calling with up to 6 participants and video calling.

Reviews

“The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mobile phone managed to surprise me positively. This phone can be used for many more applications than just playing music. Granted, the design does have to be your cup of tea, but nothing is wrong with the phone itself. The Symbian software runs smoothly and fast, and makes the handset very user-friendly. The touchscreen also works fine; only the stylus pen has a rather simple design. The famous Internet browser of Symbian phones is also available on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, in fact: even better in use thanks to the touchscreen. WiFi and HSDPA provide many solutions. The camera application is fast, which goes for starting up as well as capturing, enabling the 3.2 Megapixel digital camera to produce great pictures. Furthermore, the GPS antenna enables GPS navigation. Naturally, the main feature on the Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic is the music player, which proves both excellent and easy to work with.” (LetsGoMobile, 2009)

“Viewed from the hardware perspective, 5800 reveals little to get fascinated about. All of the solutions realized in this model have seen an earlier use in multiple other Nokia smartphones. The same hardware and sound quality, the same long battery life. As for the software side of the question, the only new or changed features are a new desktop view mode and touch text input techniques, the rest of the features remaining quite trivial and non-revolutionary: Nokia Maps, MP3 player, Search manager didn’t change along with the rest of native S60 applications. Occasionally, some third-party applications wouldn’t launch, but we’re sure it’s a temporary problem to be fixed in a future firmware version. The native application package is versatile enough to fulfill most of the user’s typical needs, so there’s little actual need for third-party software (unless you are a mobile geek feeling overly enthusiastic about all sorts of Symbian software).” (Mobile88, 2009)

“The 5800 has a rated battery life of 8.8 hours talk time in GSM and 5 hours when using 3G. Promised standby battery life is 16.75 days in GSM and 16.7 days in 3G. The handset offers 3.4 hours of Web browsing, three hours of video calling, up to 5.2 hours of video playback, 1.5 days of music playback and 5.6 hours of video gameplay. We were able to get 8 hours and 15 minutes of talk time in our battery drain tests. According to FCC radiation tests, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a digital SAR rating of 0.97 watt per kilogram.” (CNET, 2009)