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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Unlocked Phone with U.S. 3G, GPS with Free Voice Navigation, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB MicroSD Card--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)
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Manufacturer: Nokia

List Price: $399.99
Our Price: $249.99
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Name: G. Wu
Location:
Date: 2009-05-22
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Good phone..keep reading.
Comment: OK..to start, I gotta say that the FREE shipping from Amazon SUCKS. So, if you want good shipping, dont use the FREE shipping that Amazon offers. Why? Tracking is horrible, tracking history is completely inaccurate.
(I used the nokia N82 before)
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BUY THE CELLPHONE, READ THIS REVIEW. I THINK IT WILL HELP A LOT. IT IS LONG, I KNOW.

Moving on, the cellphone is good for the price. Come on, where will you get a 300$ cellphone that has all the functions that this one has? It is insane: 3.2 camera, touchscreen, more customizable than iphone, external memory, etc etc.
Regarding the touchscreen...I think it is personal taste.. I never used the iphone, and I think that this touchscreen it is VERY responsive. AFTER buying this phone and getting used to it, I used a friend's Itouch and I gotta say that my nokia 5800 is the winner. But as I said, it is personal taste. Still, it is a very responsible touchscreen (no matter you say that it is a resistive touchscreen)..like, you got no excuse..it is responsive, and it is responsive. PERIOD.
Good things about it:
-Starting to have more apps...you just gotta know where to find, for FREE.
-MACRO of the camera is awesome.
-I got the GPS with turn by turn voice direction (trial), and it is a dream. I wont know when they take away my trial...however, with voice direction, this thing it is a real GPS.
-The media button is pretty useful.
-It is legit that it unlocks when you take it close to your face when you are talking.
-Speakers are also awesome. Super loud. Sound quality when you plug in earpieces are also really nice.
-I love the cable to plug it in to the tv. I convert videos, put it on my cellphone and lay on my bed, plug the cellphone into the tv and voila. It is REALLY nice.
-About apps. Right now I have 42 but I only use maybe 8 of them lol.
-The screen it is mega-clear. It is one of the best screens ive seen.

The "so-so" of this phone:
-Build quality. It is pretty well built, however the screen it is TOO plasticky. When I put it under the sun, the reflection shows a big difference in the surface, I mean..it is not completely flat. Using the reflection of light you will realize it is not completely flat. In other words, the screen presents big flex (like in laptops, for instance). However, the rest of the cellphone is well built. If you take out the screen part of the cellphone, it is a pretty solid cellphone.
-The camera. I dont know. Sometime it takes great pictures, sometimes it stinks. When there is too much suns, it doesnt work well. When there isnt light, it also sucks. It has to have the right amount of light.
-For some people it may be ok, but this is a freaken fingerprint magnet. only the back cover it is mate. The rest of the cellphone devours fingerprint as a dinasour.
-Battery life it is not the best, but not the worst.

The bad:
-The interface it is not the friendliest. It could be better. I hope that with the update, it will be user friendlier.
-The screen. As I said, it is too flexible. It kills me to see differences with the reflection of the light (you know what im saying if you have the cellphone). It makes me hella nervous.
-Sometimes the phone in landscape mode, when you want to scroll down or up for example in some setting, it is freaking hard. I always keep tapping the wrong thing. in vertical mode this doesnt happen, because the scroll bar it is sticked to the right of the screen, so you dont have margin of error. however, in landscape mode the scroll bar is in the middle of the screen, so it gets tricky.
-Honestly, the phone it isnt the best looking phone in the market. It is just a chunk of plastic. (This is for people that care about appearances. I personally dont care, but im trying to be objective)


Ok, I think this is pretty much it. If you read this, you may decide whether to buy ir or not. I think it is a pretty good phone for the price. If you are RICH and money it is not your main problem, I would say go buy yourself a N97. Oppositely, I would say definitely go for this cellphone; I like it pretty much. You wont regret it (however, remember all the things I wrote in this review). If you are ok with the cons of this cellphone, you wont regret. And in my opinion, the Pro's overcome the Con's so... I dont know, it is your call!

I hope this helped.


Name: Aussie
Location: Herndon, VA, USA
Date: 2009-04-24
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Best Phone on Market
Comment: I had owned various phones in the past and Nokia is the best on any comparison, for the Features available on this phone, had Apple had all these features it will cost 10 times more, most people don't even know it has extra camera on the front for video Calls along with the 3.2 MP on the back, Video is far better and there were no sluggish performance as far as I had used for more than a month, unlike iPhone this phone can run multiple applications at same time which is like multitasking in PC, so I can play music and browse websites at same time and switch to GPS , attend a call and type an SMS.. And it goes on...all at same time, iPhone cannot do more than one at a time, we get millions of free software, games, themes etc., unlike Apple App store, no need to pay more and more. Best feature, no MP3 conversion required, if you have lot of MP3 files on hard disk just drag and drop in few seconds, we can play, phone comes with 8GB of SD Card, can upgrade to 16 GB, that's more than enough, I had used the N95 earlier which costs double this price, this is not a NSeries phone from nokia, but it had all the features + touch screen of N series phone at half the price.

If you like Garmin for GPS, Garmin GPS software available for this phone and installing that will make it the best GPS (it comes with Nokia's map software too) and no data plan or internet required for GPS as maps are copied to memory. It comes with lot of add on and Its not too big like iPhone and not too small, exactly made for using with single hand and I had replaced the blackberry phone used for Office with this and configured my Office outlook exchange server along with Gmail, hotmail and yahoo, how cool is that.

It handles website just as a PC and there is no difference with any websites, I can login to bank accounts and do anything like PC, it has stereo speakers but the Nokia Headsets are far Superior in sound quality and build and it comes with built in Mic and buttons for music track change so we can play music and attend calls without touching phone.

And FM is there to use while driving and at the Gym, Google has lot of software available for this phone like latitude, docs etc. If you want free chat software Fring (www.fring.com) is available for free, it connects yahoo, hotmail, AOL, Gtalk and Skype users all in one place and we can even make voice calls to online users. It has the great sync software that syncs all your photos, videos, contacts, notes etc between phone and PC using Bluetooth, just switch on the PC and it does the sync automatically. We can import and export all contacts from outlook, Lotus notes etc.

And there is software to use the screen as a touch screen mouse for the PC like a wireless Bluetooth mouse and that's free too.

For brand conscious users like me, I want to buy a phone from a telecom company like Nokia than a computer (apple) or TV (Samsung) company, who were just trying phones as one of their business.

iPhone doesn't have many of these features and only selling because of marketing, if nokia did their part, this should beat any phone for sure, I don't want to lock with AT&T for lifetime with iPhone and pay $ monthly and pay for any applications and did I say its unlocked? What else you can expect from a phone?


Name: Elizabeth M. Lawinger
Location:
Date: 2009-05-14
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Nice Smartphone, One of Nokia's Best!
Comment: I am huge on Nokia Phones (tried blackberry 8820, didn't care for). I upgraded to this phone from the N95. I really like the N95, but since I have started texting so much, really got annoying texting on the N95 (it just has a numberpad, no qwerty). Landscape qwerty on this phone is really nice, but hand recognition is awesome! I can write faster then I can type when texting, and if you want to keep notes, memos, lists, etc... on your phone, the handwriting entry makes it go quickly. All you have to do is write on the screen and it will type what you write. A feature to love.

I have tried the GPS and it is similiar to the N95. I tested it against my Garmin Nuvi, and it is very similiar. Only complaint as that after you pass a road, it takes a second or two longer than the Garmin to realize you did or didn't turn, which is only annoying if you make a wrong turn (I did so on purpose to test), But for a phone GPS, it is great. Nice for when walking around an unfamiliar metro area. Didn't use POI's much, but played around enough to know they hit all the major spots in our small town, and when pulling up a cateogry such as restaurants, the list was extensive. Very, very handy to have GPS on phone, as I never take my Garmin off my car mount, and prefer not to have to. Also, satellite lock was very quick. Nice!

You can keep 4 contacts (with photo icons) on homescreen for quick calling, texting, etc... but why only 4? Wish there was more. Dialing can be a pain, you have to click several times to get to the point of calling a contact, but I have gotten accusotmed to that (same on N95). Nokia should really make it a 2 click process, select contact and call, hope they make that change. If you pull up the name you want on your contacts you can press the green (go) bar at the bottom of phone and it will call that person.

Internet is nice as well, picks up on my wireless internet fast, as well as quickly at the local coffee spot, but haven't used it beyond that. Video and photos are sweet on the lcd screen. Bluetooth makes transfer of photos and music from you computer to phone a snap. The speakers on this phone are amazing for a cell phone. Very easy to do. There are lots and lots of other nice applications to play with.

This is the best choice I could make for a cell phone (definetly a step up from the N95, which is a subperb phone). If you like to text and want a full keyboard (or the ability to handwrite using the stylus), keep documents on your phone, (bluetooth is quick and easy transfer back to computer), want to enjoy videos and music (with great sound), like surfing the web, want a GPS (with no need for a data plan), and are a techy-gadget person like myself who couldn't pass up the idea of having a touchscreen, this is an awesome choice.


Name: Anshul Gupta
Location: India
Date: 2009-08-12
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Very user friendly phone
Comment: I bought the Nokia 5800 from the Dell website for $220 plus taxes, in July 2009. I ordered the silicon case & screen protectors from Amazon.

I'm very happy with the phone! I use it for phone calls, texting & quick photos where I'm too lazy to get my camera out of the box. The camera has a "flash" feature! I love the handwriting facility with the stylus & the haptic feedback. Conversation quality is great & the phone is very user friendly. I have no problems with the battery life (though I charge my phones daily out of habit).

I would have liked to have more than 4 images on the "desktop" for quick dialling. The option for video call is a nuisance, though you can avoid it by touching the phone icon from the contacts UI.

At this price, its one of the best phones! It has sold more than 6.8 million units globally. Before I bought the phone, I read the user reviews on various sites. This is definitely a great phone for people who want a touch screen phone for regular use. I haven't spend much time surfing the net or testing apps because thats not how I want to use my cell phone currently.

Unlike the iPhone, this phone has haptic feedback, good battery & it lets you add memory cards. It is also greater value for money.


Name: Lucky
Location: St. Lous, MO USA
Date: 2009-05-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great touch screen phone!
Comment: I've had this phone for about a month. I've used touch screen phones that my friends have (iPhone & Omnia), but this is the first I've owned.
The touch screen works very well although it did take a little to get used to. I am impressed with how accurate it is. The full querty keyboard is easy to type on. Surprisingly I'm even able to use the mini querty keyboard with my fingers although it's really designed to be used with the stylus. I noticed some people voicing displeasure with the resitive touch screen. I think most of these came from users with early firmware versions. After using it for a while now I'd say it has both advantages and disadvantages over a capacitive touch screen. I think scrolling is easier on a capacitive screen. It's not hard to scroll with just your fingers on a resistive screen, but in some applications when you need to use the scroll bar the bar is a little to narrow and it's difficult to grab the slider. In this case using the stylus works better and makes scrolling very easy. The option to use a stylus gives you very precise control. A resistive screen is less fragile and can be made more economically which helps to keep the price down.
The screen is bright and clear. The resolution is great and I like the 16:9 screen format for watching movies. It can be a little hard to see clearly in bright sun, but I haven't found a screen that isn't.
It's loaded with extra features and functionality like the built-in GPS receiver which means it works even when you are out of cell phone coverage although it does take a little longer to initially find your position if you disable the assisted GPS (A-GPS mode). The other advantage is you are not forced to pay for GPS service from your cell provider. The FM radio works well, but I wish the antenna could be built-in rather than relying on headphones as the antenna.
As a phone i think the reception and sound quality are excellent.
I am a little disappointed with the camera quality in low light, but from talking with others I think this is a common problem for most camera phones. This issue can be minimized with the camera settings if you know what you are doing. In medium to bright light the pictures are very good. I really didn't expect this to function as my main camera. I just wanted a camera that was always with me and could take decent photos if I didn't have my main camera with me. It serves that purpose well.
My only complaint with this phone is that it uses micro USB and doesn't charge over this connector. A mini USB connector is much more common (I have 6 or 7 of these cables already) and I'm sure they could have fit this into the phone. It uses a separate port for charging. You can buy a charging cable which will let you charge from your PC (or any powered USB port), but it still has to use the charging port on the phone. This seems like an oversight, but maybe there is a reason for it.
Battery life is good although it will certainly be affected by how many of the radio features you turn on (wi-fi, bluetooth, GPS, FM radio) and how much you use the video screen in addition to the cell phone use.
Overall I am very happy with this phone. There are certainly more expensive phones out there if you are willing to pay for them, but this one has a lot to offer for a more reasonable price.


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