Nokia 5800 xpress music (Nokia 5800 XpressMusic)

Member Name: jimbosimpson1

Product:	Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Date:	05/07/09 (33 review reads)
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Advantages: Good sleek stylish phone

Disadvantages: not always reliable

I bought this phone through O2 purely because it was a cheap contract. The phone did attract me because it was brought to rival the iPhone. I dont think that it does this because there are too many faults with it.

The features included on the phone are limited but pretty good. As with all nokias there is no stopwatch or timer for example. This sint too good if im honest. There isnt a lot of room on the actual phone especially because it is a phone made purely for music. I would recommend buying a micro SD card so that you can store your songs, pictures and videos on it.

The sound quality and the programme used for the mp3 player is very good and very easy to use. The loudness of the phone is also very loud and I am often getting told to turn it down because it is too loud. It is very good for the music and headphones can easily be used in conjuction with the phone because it takes a regular headphone port. There is also a set of headphones with the phone which i wouldnt recommend for the music because i find them incredibily short. However, they are pretty good to use for when your on the phone.

I have had this phone now for about 5 months. I havent come across any major problems but i have come across a few but that arent massively important. One of these was, the switch on the side of the phone which is used for unlocking the screen for use, can become unresponsive sometimes and can sometimes cause the handset to crash which means you have to take the battery out. After you do this though it seems to be fine. It just is very very annoying, especially when your expecting a phone call etc. Another problem i face is that because i have a memory card, it sometimes rejects it. By this i mean i will be using the ohone and it seems to think ive taken the memory card out. To fix this o just take the memory card out and put it back in again. However, when your using the camera and this happens then it can be annoying because you cant store your photo and if theres no more room on the phone then you miss the moment!

The camera on the phone is only 3.2 megapixels but i was quite impressed with it. It uses digital zoom, like most phones which means when you zoom in, it can become blurry. It shoots great outdoor shots but isnt too great inside where it may be a little darker. It tends to make the shot blurry and sometimes a bit distorted.

Overall, the phone is very good but isnt too reliable. I would probably try the phone but if you want something boig standard which is easy to use in a hurry then maybe this isnt the phone for you. Also if you want something all singing all dancing then this also isnt the phone for you. It is a sort of middle ground. However, to fully grasp a view on this phone you need to try it out. Some of the problems i have may just be on my handset and not on all of them but i doubt it because a few friends of mine have them and often have the same problems and sometimes more serious.

If you have any questions please feel free to message me through dooyoo.

Summary: not a bad ohone but not th best

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