As promised, my blog today is about the positive and negative features of the superstar device Nokia 5800 XpressMusic after initial and short yet heavy frolicking for about a few days. Yeah, I know, this is not an interesting post because I'm not a guru in mobile phones but this is intended for the dummies group. c",
I have a very positive initial impression on this phone and I have discovered my love for touch that's why I'm very much decided to get a touch device for my next phone upgrade. My best options as of the moment the Nokia N97 which is humored to be released by March 2009 and I know they were more to come for Nokia this year. They might have something hidden on the sleeves to be shown at the GSMA Mobile World Congress this February. Well see!!
First thing first, features that I'm not to happy about.
1. The material that embodies device feels plasticky and cheap to hold. They should have at least put a decent plastic on it so it would send positive vibe to the device specially on the users first hold.
2. Texting (Messaging) is difficult using bare hands, I cant imagine why Nokia gave up its text friendly impression that it have mastered for years. At least they should have put a bigger icons for its qwerty messaging mode for convenient typing rather than the small and to close buttons that made it very prone to mistakes when used. The T9 is slow rather, so its not an option in messaging matters.
3. Camera is worst, I'm starting to doubt that its not really 3.2 Megapixel Carl Zeiss on the hood but lower than this. It has prevalent noise in the background, less color contrast among others.
4. Viewing images with bigger size is a bit slow. I believe its the processor which is only an ARM 11 Single CPU that made it worst in this aspect.
5. Less feature and applications, I'm using an N-series as of the moment that's why I was a bit disappointed on this matter.
6. No quick office, cant read eBooks.
7. No option to add folders on the menu for personalization.
8. Video recording takes 15 frames per minute. I'm use to the 30 level.
9. Side frame of touch screen easily collects dust because of the space between the screen and the border.
10. Buggy units on the loss, I actually have my unit change after a day because I notice sudden changed of color from green to purple to pink every once in awhile, very weird incident and it took me hours to prove to Nokia Service Center that the device performs weird stints so they could make an incidence report and recommend change of unit.
11. The WIFI connection is not stable. I've notice that the device don't connect to WIFI steadily compared to my Nokia N82. It disconnect easily and I get too much "no gateway replay" that my Nokia N82 have connected seamlessly without any interruption. 5800 also is having a hard time opening heavy websites like mtv.com among others.
On the Lighter Side;
1. Start up is very fast, the moment you turn the device on, it automatically set up like less than 5 seconds. My Nokia N82 takes at about 60 seconds to boot up.
2. Touch is addictive, I really love the interface, its something new very sleek.
3. Head Turner, call this a phone for attention deficit people because everyone would really notice its cool interface.
4. Screen is wider in watching videos and I love to watch movies and YouTube videos on my phone.
5. Sound speakers are loud and clear with saturation, topple with bass and sound widening, it becomes a monster music device. I haven't heard any other phone as loud as this one, even louder than my vintage Nokia 6233.
6. Radio scans automatic frequencies, I never had this feature before and I love it. It would save you time manually tuning every FM station available. 5 thumbs up to this.
7. Calendar have more icons on display, one touch mechanism if you want to save meetings reminders etc.
8. Contacts can view both from the phone and sim card. In my N82, I have to copy my SIM contacts in the phones memory in able to use them.
9. Querty is addictive, I might have mention ealier that its difficult to text using 5800's querty option but the essence of qwerty caught my attention that's why I'm seriously considering this feature on my next upgrade as well.
10. Autorotation is better, its fast and sensitive compared to the sluggish autorotation on N82.
11. Swiping in viewing images, surfing the net among others is cool.
12. Gallery improvements, editing pictures have more options
13. Brighter screen, better and more colorful icons.
14. Best of all, it download files very fast. YouTube videos were downloaded in full within 30seconds span. Very impressive.
Oh well, I think I have covered quite a few for the meantime, I wish I could use the phone longer to know more about it but I'm afraid my brother won't let me, its like the phone never even leaves his hand. He loves it very much and I understand why.
Feb 7, 2009
5800 XpressMusic, Not The Final Verdict?
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