Nokia 5235 Comes With Music deals & review

In a word or two

The Nokia 5235 Comes With Music is a low-cost touchscreen smartphone which houses some impressive music features.

The Design

The design of the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music phone is the same as the 5230, although this phone comes in the more sophisticated colour choices of white with an ice-blue chrome edge or black with an ice-blue chrome edge. The 5235 also offers unlimited music downloads from the Nokia Music Store for 12 to 18 months.

The images are displayed large and bright on the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music’s 3.2 inch touchscreen, which supports 16 million colours. Navigating the menu is effortless as well as enjoyable thanks to the dedicated on-screen media bar which offers direct access to the music player, gallery, Ovi Share, video centre and internet. There are also dedicated keys for the camera, to control the volume, to make and end calls, and to launch the main menu.

The home screen of the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music can be personalised with your favourite widgets, website bookmarks, and shortcuts to contacts. You can set the phone up how you want it to look and function, so your favourite features are just one press of the touchscreen away.

Specifications

The design of the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music may not be radically different to other phones – there are overtones of the 5800, 5530 and X6, for example – but the music offering makes it stand out from the crowd. You can access the latest tunes from major artists instantly via the Nokia Music Store – and download as much as you want for free, for either a 12 or 18 month period. If you are a music fan this is a fantastic feature, giving you free access to millions of songs.

There is even the option to download music through your PC, if compatible, with the phone’s Nokia Ovi Player which lets you manage your music from your PC. Either way, the expandable memory of up to 16GB via a microSD card enables you to store up to 3,400 songs on your Nokia 5235 Comes With Music and carry them with you on your phone with no need for a separate MP3 player or iPod.

The Nokia 5235 Comes With Music mobile also offers an incredible 33 hours of music playback when fully charged. This makes it a great companion on long journeys or for listening to long stints of music. There is an inbuilt FM radio too, and you can listen to your music on your headset using Bluetooth or the 3.5mm audio connector.

Other notable features of the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music include Nokia Maps, which comes pre-loaded and provides support for all your travel plans; fast 3G connection; a 2-megapixel camera; access to the Ovi Store for additional applications and games; and email.

Considerations

There is no support for Wi-Fi connectivity on the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music.

Verdict

For the music features alone, the Nokia 5235 Comes With Music offers you plenty of reasons for choosing this phone – combine this with support for extra features and a reasonable price tag, and this mobile is an attractive offering.