Nokia 5310 Xpressmusic can proudly claim itself as one of the best music phones from Nokia. Sony is known for its music phones and they call them as Walkman phones. Those kinds of phones from Sony were really moving well and even it helped a lot to capture the market. Nokia 5310 xpressmusic was the first phone from Nokia to compete with the walkman phones from Sony and it can be said that it gave a tough competition. The slim and chick phone is known for its music player and also its price. Let us peep into the aspects of the phone,

Nokia 5310

Design:

The first feel you will get about the phone is its slimness and it helps you to hold the phone with good grip. It has a thickness of 9.9 mm which means it is the thinnest phone available in the market. The phone has bright colors (either red or blue) on its sides which make it more attractive. The best part about the phone is the presence of USB ports, charging port and a 3.5mm head jack separately. These days it is hard to find even smartphones with different slots as they use same connectors for charging and USB. There is a 2 Mega pixels camera present at the back side of the phone without any LED flash light. The left top bar has the music player buttons while the two small speakers at the back side. It is a wonder that they have given three buttons at the left top side. The right panel has the volume adjuster button. One main disadvantage is the presence of MicroSD slot behind the battery which means you have to remove the battery every time you want to insert the card. It is a standard form phone with normal buttons design.

Music Buttons

Features:

There is a 2-inch QVGA TFT display screen which comprises of a 16 million color support. There is a 2 mega pixel camera present which can take handful of photos. Nokia 5310 Xpressmusic is basically a music phone so there must be support for hard disk space which has been taken care by Nokia as well. There is a MicroSD card slot which is expandable up to 4GB, the phone comes with a 512MB card. The connectivity is also taken care by providing the A2DP Bluetooth stereo feature which helps in connecting to the wireless speakers. The phone uses the Symbian series 40 3rd edition interface.

Review:

As a music phone the battery lifetime must be good as there will be long instances of operation. The phone has reasonably decent backup of 12 days and talktime hours of around 6. This is pretty decent talktime hours but there were instances in which the phone got auto restarted when hearing the music. It was highly noted when the music was played keeping the games on. The audio card kept inside the phone helps in maximizing the music experience and it is better than other Nokia phones. The images quality is not that bad as other Nokia 2 MP phones, it was way good and crisp.

The Good:

Slim design, A2DP Bluetooth stereo, 3.5MM audio jack and price

The Bad:

Occasional call drop instances and not a very good battery life.

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