

Product Type: Nokia mobile phones
Newest Review: ... it 10 months, it sometimes took more than 5 minutes to open something that I'd pressed. So frustrating!! So what was good? The phone is n... more
Worked well initially, but then became the worst phone I've had.
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic

Member Name: emmaharvey93
Product:
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
Date: 14/07/12
Rating:
Advantages: Nice design, good music feature and sound quality
Disadvantages: After a few months it started playing up until it was almost unusable.
This is the only phone I've had for less than a year... it was that bad! Initially I thought it was great because it was the first phone I'd had that was touch screen and could do so much more than my old phone, but after a few months it became very slow and would freeze frequently. By the time I'd had it 10 months, it sometimes took more than 5 minutes to open something that I'd pressed. So frustrating!!
So what was good? The phone is nicely designed - not too big and feels well built. I like this sized phone a lot more than some of the bigger ones around now. The price is also good for a smartphone (although now there is more competition because smartphones are common). The music player and headphones it came with were as good as they claimed too. That's what the phone is designed for and I think they've done a good job - it's easy to choose a song and the sound quality is great. Most other features of the phone are also fairly decent, when it was new out the box and so initially I couldn't really complain.
The problem with it was, as I said, after a few months it started playing up and it got worse from then on. It honestly became the worst phone I've ever had! It didn't do what it was designed for anymore. Whether this was just my phone or the model as a whole I don't know but from my experience, it isn't worth the money.
A more modern alternative I would recommend now is the Samsung Galaxy Ace. It costs about £150 so isn't too expensive, is about the same size but works so well.
Summary: Turned out to be a rubbish phone.
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