While it may not be Nokia's first touchscreen phone (anyone out there remember the 7710?), the
5800 XpressMusic is certainly the first to come out of Finland with a mainstream appeal. What we've alternately known as the
"Tube" throughout much of its development cycle is the first production device to run S60 5th Edition -- the fourth major overhaul of Nokia's ubiquitous smartphone platform since 2002 and the first to support fingers, styli, and high-res displays. Speaking of high-res displays, the 5800 comes equipped with an impressive 3.2-inch 640 x 360 resistive touchscreen to go along with its 3.2-megapixel autofocus cam, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, GPS, WiFi, 3.5mm jack, and a microSD slot with support for 16GB cards. It'll be available in three versions -- European HSDPA, North American HSDPA, and GSM only -- and ships this quarter in black, red, and blue for €279 (about $392) unlocked with an 8GB card thrown in for good measure. Music fans with voracious appetites for new tunes might want to hold out, though, for the
Comes With Music-equipped version that follows on "early next year" at a to-be-announced price.
posted Oct 2nd 2008 12:30PM
oh my god.
My thought exactly. When I saw that it's announced, my jaw dropped. I want to test out the S60 touch!!
if it cost a $100 more with 5 MP cam and OLED display consider me sold! I bet they left SIP out of this handset... Im still drooling over it though...
Is that a damn guitar pick? To make it more musicky?
I was thinking the same thing, though I think it will replace the stylus?
That was my thought, it would be awesome if that guitar pick worked as a stylus
Might it also be this shape so that it can be inserted into a slot on the back of the player to act as a 'kickstand,' allowing you to stand the player up on a table/desk and watch it? I know I've seen that done before somewhere...iRiver possibly? I can't remember.
It looks devilish with that pick ;)
Wouldn't be a great stylus (which, from the pics, is also included) though.
My first thought was, Whoa, Guitar Hero(esque) game on your mobile. But then again don't ask me how you would play it...... Yeah maybe its a stylus. :)
Perfect!!!
WANT!!! wait, MUST GET!!! Nokia has always been great to me on their products, and anything is better than the iPhone.
well i like your avatar.
not this, check out the video of the terrible touch screen response.
Looks pretty damn good. I've never used Symbian, but I've always liked Nokias. Never owned one; I was more of an Ericsson guy until they went all Sony.
$400 is a lot cheaper than I expected.
I wonder if that QVGA gimmick guy will bitch about this
Not a good time for me being in the market for a new phone. Too many choices and I love Nokia.
The screen isn't capacative. No thanks, Nokia.
What the hell is "capacative"? LOL
give me WinMo or Android and i'm in!!!!
Wow, that is really a very excellent combination of features and price and style. Anyone got any idea of its UK availability?
279 Euros in the EU without a contract! That's a really great pricing scheme. Take this Apple, Google & HTC.
Now this is what I call an iPhone killer. €279 unlocked is absolutely nothing compared with the iPhone that cost twice as much unlocked if you can even buy it unlocked in your respective country. Can't wait to try this phone out.
..especially at a much better screen resolution, better camera, half price.
Nokia XpressMusic 5800 isn't something to wet your pants about. IMO.
The device doesn't have superb characteristics, but its not super-expensive either. A nice addition to Nokia phones, nothing else.
The Nokia 7710 is a wonderful forgotten device. Has a 640x480 resolution. I am actually happy that it was not famous as only a few 100,000 were made - very exclusive :)
Actually it was 640x320, slightly lower res than this new phone but only the E90 and this phone beat its wonderful screen!. I still use mine and love it! I've been waiting for a nokia touch screen for years and this is the first step in the right direction. I know people are complaining its no iphone killer, but it is a s60 handset. It'll run most of the apps any S60 phone will run, including the N96. Spec for spec, this phone doesn't lack many of the features the N96 has. I mean seriously, it has wifi, radio, bluetooth, camera (ok not a great one by today's standards) and an SD slot. It doesn't have much internal storage (to be fair not much more than the 7710 does) but once an SD card is in there, it doesn't make much difference.. I'm going to get one.. I'm a Symbian fanboy, have been since the Psion days. but I damn well expect a flagship TS next year nokia.. seriously.. the S90 platform was awesome, perhaps killed due to the stupid format 7700 tech demonstrator that nokia never sold back in 2003. Touch screens are common now, all major phone platforms support it in one version or another (either now or shortly RIM/Nokia) With a screen res like this, it should be going after the likes of winmobile and rim. A flagship phone based on this tech would be awesome and a fine sucessor to the 7710!
5800 is certainly a step to the right direction for NOKIA, but iPhone killer? Please! Even NOKIA doesn't believe this. You basically buy a $400 iphone with easy access to music. That's all. It's this way or no way for NOKIA if they want to play in the prime phone market and they now run to catch up. Will see...
you say it's not an iPhone killer then you call it a $400 iPhone?
It wasn't made to be an iPhone killer.
Its HTC Touch Killer xD
the price is unlocked, an iphone is locked onto the AT&T network... usually :)
Its a normal price. The device isn't anything special, except that it is "first S60 5-th edition" device. But, you know, paying a premium to be a beta-tester...
Do anyone know where can i find this please ??
It's true, the 7710 might seem old now-a-days but its still a really good phone, it beats the tube because its exclusive, nobody else has one and nobodys heard of it, but it has everything and a high quality touch screen.
u must be out of ur mind stop dreaming and face reality bro dis new and better
not that impressive, not that finger friendly even though it's named "Touch"... even WM and the late comer G1 did better and get better configuration... not to mention the iPhone...
but for such price point... don't ask too much...
Thia Phone is far better than the IPHONE. compare here. http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=2424&idPhone1=2537 Iphone is an US thing, but the US is not the world and do not represent the world. You can see the pics here http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-5800-en.shtml
the comparison referred is voted by readers who didn't actually used the phone.
with actual hand on experience, what i can tell is it's still far behind from all other major touchscreen platforms.
believe it or not, the specification does have every pieces of hardware peoples wanted (far from the best, even the processor is just an outdated single core 397MHz arm), but it doesn't got the right software for people to use. Nokia still need to put more effort in order to catch up.
Anyhow, It still could be a success with such price point plus the brand name effect.
I have understand that the difference between the version, it’s that the GSM version will be starting from £279, and this version doesn’t support 3G and without Wi-Fi, so the question will be, what will be the real price for the 3G version? And if someone know when will be arrive to North America?
WOW, I want to get my hands on that!
well it is pretty good n normal price not to costly.
btw wen is it gonna b released??.. nd wat is the price..? .. is it $392??