Review of Nokia XpressMusic 5310

Having had a Samsung D410, which had given me a lot of company for 4 long years, I decided to move onto a newer phone.
I was looking for a phone that would have the following features in it:
serve as a good quality mobile phone
  • Have a lot of memory so that I could use this instead of an ipod
  • be able to listen to the radio and a lot of songs
  • Have a good battery life
  • Be stylish
  • Have a good camera, 2 mega pixels and above that I could use to take impromptu photos
  • Be good value for money
After searching around for a lot of time, I happened to glance into the Nokia Xpress Music 5310 model, And yes before I could say voila I was owning the latest handset in the market, with red bordering :)

Now comes the time for listing the pro's and the con's of this mobile phone

The con's are as follows :
  • Very un-reliable, tends to reboot often
  • Sudden hang up and reboot when you are in a call
  • The point of inseting the recharge pin, is not convincing, the pin does not go in completly, feels loose and dangly
  • If you happen to completely exhaust your battery and recharge it, the first 3 calls that you get, you might be facing the reboot all of a sudden
  • does not support rm format
  • comes with only 1 GB of memory in the card
  • In built memory in the phone is not enough for a phone touted as a music phone (30 MB)
  • documentation does not specify the video formats supported
  • No flash in the phone, no use in night shots
  • In case of a fall, scratches and broken items galore
  • Over reliance - over use of the center ok key in the keyboard, might lead to easy wear-out
  • nokia advertises 18 hours of music play. In my moderate use of the music player, I run out of battery steam by 9 - 10 hours of playing
  • I have to recharge the battery once every 3-4 days
  • No extra battery
  • No bluetooth headset like the one that is present in MotoRokr, that would have helped immensely
  • If you have a list in the menu, clicking on the numbers does not select the menu according to the number, you will have to click the central key always to select the same

The pro's

  • Super vibrator, can feel the vibrator through the thickest of fabric/jacket
  • Super fast loading of Operating System
  • As soon as the Operating System, you will be able to immediately call up any of your contacts (A marked difference from my earlier Samsung D410)
  • Music player rocks !!!
  • can play wma and mp3 with amr formats
  • 2 Mega pixel camera, that has decent output in lighted places
  • Ultra Slim,
  • Weight is less, put in your pocket and forget it exists until some one calls you up
  • 2000 contacts in memory
  • Can assign different ringtones and details to your contacts
  • Dedicated music keys, for your music
  • Bluetooth based transfer is good
  • Good speakers in built
  • The joystick keys can be re-programmed to access what you need

The Verdict:

If you are looking for a mobile phone that doubles up as a music player, look for some other phone.

Comments

srijithunni said…
Well compiled list..!
Initially i too thought the phone was great, but it still seriously cannot stand wear and tear. Most of the pieces in the market are Dubai-Manufactured, which automatically means that they're low on hardware quality. It's too fragile, if you just keep it in your jeans and sit down, your keypad might stop working.!

The speakers that came with it were good though. Now I am using it with my laptop.!
April 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DumbCharades (DC) and its different rounds or concepts

Dumb-charades... or DC or Dumbsi is a wonderful game, and can be called full time pass or in other slang paisa vasool .... This is the game I play whenever I have to either go to or come back from my workplace, and I must say the bug has caught on. Slowly but surely there have been a steady addition to the number of people who play the game. Moreover we had a neat trip to Kerala the whole team of us and all through the while we were at it... from struggling first timers to seasoned pro's (read me) we played this game and it gave us a whole lot of fun. Some of the different concepts or rounds that can be used to play DC are listed below, do feel free to add your concept to this :D Name of Movies Name of Television Serials Name of Famous personalities Incidents of Historical significance Name of Hotel's (can be location specific) English words (help in enhancing your vocabulary) Songs (has different variants, can be the Ending letter to continue, can be a word picked from the...
Read more

Gaalipata .... Hype ???? Hope Not !!!

Image
Today marks the day Mungaaru Male Part II or rather the next movie that has the Yograj Bhat - Ganesh combination part II is released. There has been a lot of eager anticipation and tongue in cheekiness regarding the movie. Will it prove to be a hit or will it die down in a whimper ? This my friends is left to be seen. I hope it is not a hype and will prove to be another bumper in terms of records, I hope for this to happen not only to keep Ganesh's and Yograj Bhat's reputation intact but, also for the careers of the following people I adore. Rajesh Krishnan the singer par excellence, AIR Karnataka's singer of the year, now who has lost out on various singing chances due to the entry of so many Hindi singers. Neethu from Poojari to Gaalipata , hope this movie makes it great for this talented actress- danseuse Diganth is on a roll now a days, Daisy Bopanna , this leggy lass is my lambi race ki ghodi ...watch out she is good. The songs of the movie have come ou...
Read more

Idhu Mussanje Maathalla Mussanje GoLu

Image
Kiccha Sudeep in a new avtaar, and I went along to watch his latest offerring Mussanje Maathu, due to wifey's persistence of going to the theater and watching him. After the 1st reel of this film the laughter all but died away, then started my GoLu (for those who are learning kannada it means An evening of sorrow). Thankfully it was just Rs 40 per ticket, would have definately cried if I had watched it in a Multiplex. The story goes like this Sudeep is this Agony Uncle on Radio Mirchi Sakkath Hot maga and runs a daily evening Radio Show, where in people from different walks of life dial in and share their cuppa sorrows. Mr elegant personified Sudeep lends then a supporting shoulder (thru air waves) and suggests a few words of pearly wisdom. This man who provides people with a Ray of Hope suddenly finds that he has fallen head over heels in love, but does not express his feelings to the girl (Ramya). He helps in uniting her with her estrangled dad, and is devastated when she is enga...
Read more