Nokia 5530 XpressMusic deals & review

Overall

A fantastic update to the 5800, Nokia´s flagship music device. The 5530 has been trimmed of certain features and specs Nokia has deemed inessential, and the result is a slimmer, better looking and less clunky phone we think is an absolute winner.

Specs

• Dimensions: 104 x 49 x 13 mm and Weight: 107g
• 2.9 inch widescreen display (640 x 360 pixels) with up to 16 million colours, and with tactile feedback
• Full touch interface (no physical buttons)
• New homescreen and ´carousel´ contacts bar
• 3.2-megapixel camera and LED flash (with picture-blogging)
• Bluetooth, WiFi, and EDGE for all your connection needs
• Fully equipped music player
• 3.5mm audio plug for your personal headphones
• FM radio with RDS technology
• Widescreen video playback at 640×360
• Memory: 70MB Phone Memory with 4GB included SD card, extendable upto 16GB
• 640x360 resolution Video capture with up to 30 FPS
• Music playback: Up to 27 hours
• Video playback: Up to 7.3 hours
• Talk time: Up to 4.9 hours
• Standby time: Up to 14 days

Look and Design

Thanks to the jettisoning of certain features and a slight reduction in screen size (although the quality has been upped, increasing the brightness and sharpness), the whole packge is substantially smaller and thinner than the 5800. It´s also been given a material overhaul, losing the slightly too-plasticky look and feel of the previous handset.

The newly redesigned homescreen and contacts bar also add to the increase in slickness, with the drag-to-scroll carousel feature especially impressive

Conclusion

If you love using your phone to carry around and listen to your music, there´s probably no better choice out there for you. The 5530 is a fantastic update to an already great product. And did we mention that it´s launching at a far lower price than the 5800 did? Well, we just did! So go grab yourself a bargain.