Nokia 5530 XpressMusic – Nokia 5530 Review
The latest XpressMusic phone to be brought out by Nokia is the Nokia 5530. This touch screen phone is an excellent mobile phone which hits all the right notes. Its full display screen encompasses the whole of the front of the phone and is the basis for accessing all of its functions. The functions offer the means to engage in numerous activities and the phone does them all very well.
The 5530 Nokia’s outer casing is 104mm x 49mm wide, whilst only being 13mm thick. It weighs in at 107 grams. The Nokia 5530 operates with an ARM 11 434 MHz processor, which is a powerful and stable processor offering more than enough processing power. The operating system is the Symbian OS v9.4.
Nokia 5530
The Nokia 5530′s focal point is the 2.9 inch TFT resistive touch screen. The screen is large and colourful. It displays up to 16 million colours and their variants to produce images of excellent colour reproduction. The screen is 360 x 640 pixels in size and comes with a host of sensors to make its owners life easier. A proximity sensor is provided for auto turn-off whilst the accelerometer sensor is there to auto rotate images to their optimum aspect ratio. For those who prefer data entry in other forms, handwriting recognition is offered.
The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic camera is 3.15 mega pixels and has an operating resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. Autofocus is included which is always a useful feature, as well as an LED flash. The camera also provides the means to take video footage, which is at 15 frames per second. A useful photo editor is included within the package to allow editing on the fly.
Connectivity is provided by numerous means and includes microUSB, Blue tooth, GPRS and EDGE. For internet connectivity the Nokia 5530 comes with an integrated Wi-Fi, which can take advantage of nationally available hot spots.
Entertainment is provided by the stereo FM radio with RDS, which offers the ability to tune in to local and national radio broadcasts and a comprehensive MP3/MP4 player which plays a multitude of music and video file types which includes WMA, WAV, RA and AAC.
The Nokia 5530 is a well proportioned and impressive mobile phone, it has a similar feel to its Nokia counterpart the Nokia 5800 Comes with Music, both of which are excellent phones that offer functionality in a simple and user friendly way.
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August 12th, 2009 at 12:51 am
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September 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
TOO GOOD SMARTPHONE, VERY CAPABLE AND AN IPHONE “KILLER”.
Hi,
I purchased the 5530 a few days back. Black/Red model. Used it vigorously and let me assure you that it is a “fantastic device”, a charm to interact with AND definitely an IPhone KILLER! Here’s my user opinion of it:
PROs:
-Slim & trim
-Good Looking [head turner]
-Great memory [16 Gb]
-Quality shooting (pics & vids) [3.2 Mp cam]
-Lovely music [+good online store]
-Easy user interface
-Easy messaging [nice virtual QWERTY pad]
-WiFi
-Value-for-money [low priced]
CONs:
-None.
INTER-COMPARISON:
-Vis-a-vis Nokia 5800, this is a better phone. More sleek & faster. And cheaper too.
-It doesn’t have 3G & GPS. But I didn’t feel the need of both since the time I used phones.
-It has Wi-Fi; and that suffices for internet.
-Due to no GPS & 3G, the Nokia 5530 got to lose weight & size. And that’s what drew me to it.
-5530 is definitely better than Samsung-Star (Tocco lite).
MY REVIEW:
Besides having all the bells & whistles (the specs. are available in every site, so technicalities avoided here & speaking of ground realities) it’s a thriller phone, which is capable of doing everything that we need / look-for in today’s mobile phones. It’s thrills are in: a) Super-Slim body, b) deadly user interface, c) great shooting capability (both pics & vids), d) top-of-the-line music quality, e) No 3G (its’s a boon, it made the phone slimmer & most of us do not need 3G, WiFi being enough) AND e) Amorous Price Tag.
Dear IPhonites, my Nokia 5530 beats you guys all the way thru (I do own an IPhone and am done with it). Why shell-out that dough? The 5530 is better (cheaper) having all it’s functions and upscaled! (16Gb card, 3.2Mp camera, good stocked nokia music store that is cheaper than ITunes …etc.
LAPTOP INTERFACE:
A nice factor of the 5530 is it’s ease at managing thru the laptop. There is a cool USB Cable (in box) that connects it with the laptop and thru the OVI Suite (DvD in box) I have downloaded / uploaded all the files (pics, vids, music, contacts, messages and touched every part of the phone, arranged them, modified them without any qualms at all. And the Vids shot looked good too, contrary to what others say.
Overall, I am deeply satisfied with this lovely product. It’s getting rave reviews too from my pals & colleagues. And my wife adores it. What more do we need?
So much so that I have put-up my Black IPhone 2G 8 Gb for sale / Gift, rather than getting the new 3G model. Mainly because I never needed 2G / 3G capability during my 1 yr. of usage (Wi-Fi being enough) and I do not wish to shell-out further (and huge) amount just to get more memory. Note, IPhone doesn’t have secondary storage capability (Micro SD cards, like the 5530). And then IPhone’s cam (2 Mp) is also well beaten by 5530 (3.2 Mp).
PHOTOS:
I say, “the 5530 cam is good enough”. The pics are absolutely stunning. Though low light is a bit wanting, so does all camphones. And IPhone was poorer. The pics shot with my 5530 were flawless even when blown-out in my 42″ LCD TV. Thus, I do not see the requirement of 5 MP & more cams in the other models. Vids were good too, for a phone shot. Better than lots of other smart / camphones. And then, for a dedicated movie shoot I do not see the usage of a phone. We would rather use our camcorders, no? I do so with my JVC HD-7 (another great FHD camcorder, whatever the websites say, it beats all. -No, I am not dwelling on it here further).
END NOTE:
I find the 5530 a wholesome package, fully loaded smartphone, too good for its price tag. And well above the requirement of any other present models, including the other Nokias. It is beyond value-for-money. Actually, the Nokia pricing is a surprise, they could have easily priced it higher.
COMPARISONS:
I have, as you see above, compared the 5530 basically with the IPhone. As that seemed to be the most “wanted phone” by everyone. I have also compared the 5530 on ground with Nokia 5800 (which is good, but bulkier and not as smart looking as the 5530). This phone [Nokia 5530] is “Classy”. And again compared it with similar models of LG, Samsung, HTC and Palm, while doing my market research for an IPhone replacement. I found all the others were “very similar” to the Nokia 5530, Albeit at a “heftier price”, which to my opinion, is a pure farce. If Nokia could do it, sure can others. That prompted me to assert that the other brands are “not selling right”. Which is why, I definitely advocate the Nokia 5530. It is the Best in the market.
FINAL SAY:
Thus, my friends, I say, “Go for it… now”, before the 5530 is sold out of the market; or Nokia re-thinks on it, takes-it of the shelf and brings-out a modified 5530 with another name (model no.) & higher price tag.
I HOPE THE ENTHUSIASTS GET MY POINT.
***HAPPY 5530ing, Friends***
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:21 am
great post! ok im a bit confused now i dont know which one should i buy the nokia 5530MX or the 5800MX ?
i heard that the nokia 5530 is less in price and has no pgs, is that so ?
but i dont really care about the price range , i would like to know which one carries the best features (eg camera , touch screen quality etc).
thnx