Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic bundled with Shure SE210 earphones in Hong Kong

As you can probably tell from the naming convention used on Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, this here phone was designed with music playback in mind. Shocking, we know. That being the case, we're not surprised to see this here Nokia / Shure bundle surface in Hong Kong, and honestly, we're a little surprised it took this long. The special edition kit will come packaged with one handset and one set of Shure SE210 earphones, and it's expected to go on sale today for around $620. Too bad you'll have to jet to Hong Kong and drop by the currency conversion joint to actually snag one.

[Via The Nokia 5800 Blog]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 1:31PM]

"we're a little surprised it took this long"

WTF? The 5800 has been on sale for 3 weeks maximum...

[Judah Rosenthal Posted Dec 19th 2008 1:51PM]

I believe they mean some sort of bundling of high end earphones w/ music-based phones. Not necessarily the 5800.

Truthfully the 5800's earphones are standard junk.

However, if you're plunking down cash for a phone like this & don't already have quality earphones I'd be surprised.

The 5800 is a nice music player & the jacket images are pretty sizable. However, I've only listened to music through bluetooth headphones. Would probably only used cabled when I'm on a plane.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:12PM]

Sounds like a gimmick to me

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:19PM]

Gum deem? ("So good?" for a rough translation)

[ToniCipriani Posted Dec 19th 2008 8:35PM]

The rough translation can also very well mean "so what?"...

[fernando Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:28PM]

wow, that's pretty cool, finally they acknowledged that the earphones that normally come with phones are crap.

[AKX3000 Posted Dec 19th 2008 8:08PM]

What is with TotTom Navigation Software ? It´s possible to run it on the Nokia5800 ?

[wtcnbrwndo4u Posted Dec 20th 2008 12:59AM]

I don't know Chinese, but it seems that this bundle comes with a 16GB microSD card too. That makes the package a bit more appealing.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 20th 2008 5:21AM]

No, this edition doesn't come with a 16GB microSD card. It's the same 8GB microSD card.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 20th 2009 8:46AM]

Hello, i'm actually looking to buy the Nokia 5800. Can someone refer me to a good store in hong kong where i can buy it.