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Here are some initial shots of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka the Tube aka the first Symbian S60 touchscreen phone.
The Tube is here, folks, and now it’s called the 5800 XpressMusic… clever marketing on Nokia’s part because they don’t want to draw direct comparisons to the iPhone and the XpressMusic line is quite popular in the low end, at least in the U.S. It’s music-centric device, says Nokia, and has a 3.2-inch haptic touch-screen, 3.2-megapixel AF camera with dual-LED flash, VGA front camera, A-GPS, HDSPA, up to 16GB of storage via microSD and some loud speakers which were actually quite clear and crisp.
We saw the Tube last night and neither of us came away impressed. I thought the accelerometer was quite responsive, but we were sorely disappointed in the Web browser. The menu system was overcrowded and wasn’t simple like the iPhone’s. S60 devices are just a big mess of menus and sub-menus and this was no different.
We’ll have more on the phone shortly but until then click through for the spec sheet.
The 5800 will be available in Europe by year’s end for 279 Euro/129 UK Pounds/$227 USD and it comes with a fancy plectrum-style stylus and an 8GB microSD. There are no carriers announced and it may be available from Nokia stores and online next year. This is also Nokia’s first Comes With Music phone, a service that offers unlimited music downloads for the first year of ownership.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic data sheet_FINAL_290908 – Get more Business Documents
Ah, the marketing plan is so clever that i am stumped.
I own a 5700 XpressMusic, and this new one is 5800 :D It comes with no mobile connection, so $227 is rather half the price of iPhone. And with opera mini, even web browsing will rock :)
Until someone comes out with a phone with an App store and a way to upgrade your phone via the web whenever there are updates (rather than buying a new model every time), the iPhone still wins. I don’t think these other phone-makers really don’t understand why the iPhone is so popular.
There is app store and you can upgrade it via web :)
Nokia already have 2 sites where you can download and share more than software… ovi and mosh… you can download mosh as a application and download programs for FREE!!!!
hmm, i don’t know. i love my iphone and this doesn’t look slick enuff for me to make a change, but i do need a date fone and this would be hot for that.
This is smaller than iPhone.
iPhone: 115 x 61 x 11.6mm 135g
5800: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 109g
I think Nokia could take a cue from Apple and slim down their high end media phones. I like the functionality but don’t want to carry a brick in my pocket.
Nokia is still defending its domination on cell phone technologies
You mean the domination they lost 5-10 years ago?
Lost to whom? LOL :D They’ve 40% of market share.
got a cite for that stat?
What world do you live in? Apple’s market share is a couple of percent – Nokia’s is 40. Apple is making a blip on Nokia’s business because it is a high-end phone that has higher margins, but it’s still not going to over-worry them.
Thus, it’s more like Apple combating Nokia than Nokia combating Apple. Get your facts right, people. Stop comparing these two devices. They’re aimed for the completely opposite market. Outside of the US, the iPhone hardly makes a blip.
Whatever amount iPhones had been sold, Nokia sells the amount more than 50X over. Apple aims to sell 5 million iPhones this year. Nokia has already sold 133 million phones in the 2007 fiscal year.
Nokia really -doesn’t- give a damn. It came out with a touch screen phone way before Apple did, the 7710, but apparently people haven’t heard of ‘GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT’.
this phone quite amazing, but i dont think it could kill iPhone
Yeah I think these can live together. However this is just a superior device when comparing to iPhone. Full platform with features and APIs available and now with touch! Woww.
you can’t polish a turd, and that my son is a turd.
Your son is a turd.
that made me laugh
It’s interesting for people with a Verizon, or here in Canada Virgin/Telus/Sasktel plans, since it supports CDMA, something the iPhone will never get..
CDMA is pretty much the only technology that actually works here on the prairies..
It’s a freaking brick! That thing is huge!
Wtf.. just wrote that it is smaller than iPhone:
iPhone: 115 x 61 x 11.6mm 135g
5800: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 109g
Some things that iphone does not have. Video out, removable battery, ability to develop apps on windows machine rather than buying mac, stereo bluetooth headset profile, external storage card.
iphone sucks in battery life.
That phone is so ugly, Steve Jobs wouldn’t sell anything that looks that bad!
Stop suckin Jobs’ dick, Mactard
I think Nokia knows its market. This is not an attempt to compete with the iphone but give teenagers an option. In an economic downturn in the US and EU which do you think parents will buy? They’ll buy the cheapest.
This isn’t an iphone killer because some people will always pay for style – and the iphone has much more style. It will appeal to people who care more about features and price. Another thing people in the US might not be aware of is that huge numbers of Europeans are familiar with the S60 platform. Even if it’s not as slick as the iphone, touch with haptic feedback and an operating system they already know, will be enough.
It seems a very nice Phone.
Why kill the iPhone? It has just 2 per cent market share and Nokia has 40. Let it live! :)
Just one question — does @jomm work for Nokia or what? That phone might be smaller than the iPhone length and height-wise, but it’s substantially thicker — so I guess that makes it a *small* brick.
Hmm. Funny thing about streaming video on a mobile. It sounds nice and it sure makes nice eye candy, but its one of those features rarely used once you get your cell phone. Ask around, you’ll see.
Hmm. Funny thing about streaming video on a mobile. It sounds nice and it sure makes nice eye candy, but its one of those features rarely used once you get your cell phone. Ask around, you’ll see.
Stylus pen? Stylus plectrum? Seems to play catchup with some very old Sony Ericsson UIQ phones.
Has the iPhone been killed yet?
As usual, the hits first, hits twice
Wooo another IPHONE KILLER
it looks nice.
cute design but iPhone looks nicer =)
nokia designs always looks like a standart nokia.they must go to a change little bit in design.iPhone do the change.Apple’s work always nice designed machines.
Technically i will wait google’s android not for design but it will kill all phones i guess..
279€ is not 224usd, you illiterate american.
Seems like half of your geniuses did not notice its half the price of an iPhone (unsubsidized prices, you idiot who was about to say “but iPhone is only $199!”)). Second, stylus = hand-writing = Asian markets = another superior spec for that market compared to iPhone.
Nokia’s response to iPhone is only coming in February 2009. Sure, a bit late, but the point is that 5800 is targeted at a complete different segment of the market and, in addiotion, at providing a product certain regions/countries are likely to prefer (due to both price point and specs, such as the handwriting recognition that iPhone, AFAIK, is lacking). Not everything is about the US market (even I can admit that even though I live in the US – although I am not American).
just buy what u want to buy guys. just leave each other alone. ur just wasting time in arguing. every person is unique and has different preferences. peace!!!
this phone rocks! i really don’t like the design of the iphone… so flat… this is the fon that will make me change my n91 8GB…
I was about to get the N91 I thought it looked good. But I saw this… I’m gonna get this.
it’s simple as this.. iphone looks hotter, has a better browser and has multi touch.. touch sensitivity is superior..
nokia is CHEAPER, has a whole load of features like better cam, package includes lot more, huge app database from 3rd parties.. includes free music for a year.. did i say it’s cheaper?? what more could u want during in this time of inflation??
c in what way u will use the phone n then decide.. cheers ppl..
I beg to differ on looks. Appearances are subjective. What might look hot to you looks like turd to me.
And despite Multi Touch, you still can’t C+P. Nokia does it without Multi Touch.
Nokia 5800 is very good
hi , its amazing………..
wht a new brand of nokia…
its leading mobile series of touch screen models…..
@Amanda:
The iPhone wins at nothing in my book… lousy camera, no video cam, battery can’t be swapped, no memory cards, super expensive – you pay $2200 before you’re done with your extra expensive contracts. and the app store has a dictator named apple, I’d rather not be under their thumb.
Its so popular because consumers follow every hype. Ohhhhhh…gee wizz! look at that display.. duh :P
@ Nokia:
Now, as to the Nokia 5800, I’m dissapointed, cause at the early store sales in Europe on December 16th, they wanted to charge 106 Euro more than their announced price… At the announced price tag of 279 Euro, it was a reasonable deal. But at the higher price, it can’t compete – not even with some of Nokia’s own offerings.
Unless of course, a touchscreen is some sort of magical thing to you. To me, a touch screen is just an alteration on how to manipulate your device, it can’t replace or make up for missing features you need.
So, I’ll just buy an N82 for 200 bucks for now and call it a day. When the N97 comes out in May 2009, I’ll buy that, barring any negative surprises.
this 4 is good
i like 4n
recently got tube…really liked d phone…..but d only problem am facing is dat does the front camera works for capturing your own image except frm video callin????
Handwriting recognition is great ! i love this phone and i got it free
Aloha from Hawaii. My name is Tim, aka Cellular-Decay.
I’m a Computer, Gadget geek from way back. Besides computers and gadgets, I also enjoy photography, snorkeling and SCUBA diving, fast cars and even faster women (or is that the other way around?). Just kidding about the fast women, so no offense to the ladies here. Wink I also enjoy astronomy, and being a computer, gadget geek, of course I also like video games.
In spite of my fascination with gadgets, I only recently got into fancy cell phones (”smart” phones). I used to carry a basic phone and a PDA, because I didn’t like what was available in “convergence” devices. It just seemed like they were too much of a compromise.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic “Tube” seems to have changed my mind, since my old Razr and Zodiac have been collecting dust lately. There are things the Zodiac did better, but I’m still early in the learning curve for the 5800, and I’m pretty confident that with some more time (and applications) I will find it easy to forget the old Z.
There are, of course, lots of things the 5800 does better, so even if I can’t totally forget the Z, I’m sure I won’t have any regrets.
Oh well..I hang out at http://www.Nokia5800Forum.com a lot. take care all. See ya ’round.
http://www.websetgo.in/2009/08/nokia-5800-cpu-clock-speed-jumps-to.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/nokia-grabs-40-of-global-handset-market-nets-2-6-billion-in-q/
google more.
Burrrrrned.
Still, it’s what’s inside the iPhone that makes it so great. the ability to make your own software for it.
You cretin Symbian is an OS with SDK so “you can make your own software for it”