The 5800XpressMusic is finally launched in India
Its at a great price, but one cant get it before January.
Yay... God bless Nokia people for the great pricing and may they rot in hell for making it available in the markets only in the end of Dec or in Jan... ( rumoured Jan 20th sadly)
Thats not it, the phone comes with an 8GB microSDHC card, a wrist strap, a stand, video out cable, a carry case and an extra stylus.
Coming to the phone build quality. The phone has a glossy display and due to that its prone to fingerprints as hell and they are quite visible too. The body of the phone feels sturdy and the sim card slot + card slot have got a nice latch lock onto it. The back of the phone has a smooth finish and overall the phone feels quite decent to hold. Although, to some people the thickness of the phone may be a turn off as it does not fall under the slim category. Its almost as thick as the SE W580.
The touchscreen of the phone is simply amazing. Not going into all the technicality of what it is made up of and how its better than the iPhone's etc etc. The display is a 3.2" with 640 x 360 resolution. This makes the display very crisp, the icons looked great so did the pictures. Video playback was also decent.
The responsiveness of the touchscreen is what amazed me, i seriously did not think that the phone would have such a great response. With the fingers, it worked great, with the stylus it worked better !! Typing messages was easy with the full QWERTY keyboard using hands, and the mini QWERTY worked fine with the stylus.
Another great thing was the sound output, it was loud, exceptionally loud actually. At full volume it felt as if i was holding a mini speaker in my hand. I am sure that with the headphones the output would also be great.
The camera is a normal 3.2 AF camera and i just clicked a few shots with it. It seemed quite decent enough.
The UI is fast, and in the time that i had the set for, it did not hang or gave any lag to me. Even while scrolling the menu, it was quick and worked very well with the touchscreen. Its just like the normal Series 60 UI,only that it uses touch now to work. The weird thing was that some places you need to single tap, whereas in some places you need to double tap to get the thing working.
The worst thing was that the stylus was a cheap plastic one which i didn't like at all.
One cool thing was the guitar pick that comes with the phone, it was great fun to use it with the touchscreen.
Overall, from the initial use, i am completely in love with the phone. The lucrative price and the accessory bundle has further more enticed me into getting the phone once its out.
The only other phone that i would even consider over this is the SE Xperia that too if it comes down to 20 - 25k...
