As speculated last May, Nokia announced a cheaper version of their popular Nokia 5800XM this week — the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is now much cheaper by shedding off some key features.
Everybody’s quite familiar with what the 6-month old Nokia 5800 so a better perspective of the new Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is to list what it doesn’t have that merits it a significant price downgrade compared to its older sibling.
What’s Missing?
No 3G/HSDPA. The Nokia 5530 is missing 3G connectivity and only allows for a slow EDGE connection.
No GPS. Though not really a huge deal, GPS is becoming a staple in most phones. The other recent XpressMusic phones have it — 5730XM, 5330XM and 5800XM.
Of course, you still get the full touchscreen, a 4GB storage via microSD, FM, Bluetooth, and 3.15 MP Carl Zeiss optics camera and WiFi. The only upgrade I was able to see where the 5530XM ruled over the 5800XM is the CPU speed — up from 369 MHz to an ARM 11 434 MHz processor.
I’m not sure whether the lack of 3G is a good trade-off over WiFi. Personally, I’d rather have 3G/HSDPA than WiFi as 90% of my mobile internet usage is via 3G. Expect the phone to be under Php15,000 when it arrives in the Philippines sometime before end of September.
masappealing tlga to for pinoys kasi di nman gaano ka mahal 15K and yung mga nawalang features eh di rin nman natin ginagamit masyado (3G, HSDPA, GPS)and STAINLESS finish pala front cover nito. starts shipping by SEPTEMBER daw. can’t wait.
try checking out Samsung Jet. ano masmaganda?
sa porma panalo 5530 mas manipis kac eh. features nga lang lamang ng 5800 ska ung memory na 8gb. hah ^-^
sirz.. kelan po ba dadating satin ung 5530?? hehehe. :D
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@KeitaiKun
I think it’s not Carl Zeiss. Doesn’t say so, at least.
1. Read a manual
2. Hotspots, try to ask your local area.
3. Usually it’s free, unless they say so otherwise.
4. click my name and sift through what they have :)
5. if the house has wi-fi then sure. Don’t know about buses though.
I can only imagine it having wi-fi if it’s near a free hotspot and doesn’t stray too far from it; but that’s just me thinking. I’m sure there are other ways to make that possible. Please look these up if you’re not satisfied with what I gave you.
ei guys…
bibili sana ako ng 5530 pag lumabas na,kaso,i want to experience internet browsing on phones..can someone help me how to use wifi?
QUESTIONS:
1.Panu po ba gumamit ng Wifi?
2.Saan po ba makakakuha ng libreng Wifi?Im from cavite,meron ba nian dito?
3.May bayad po ba yan?And mabilis po ba ung wifi pag nasa areas ka na may wifi connection?
4.Anu po kaibahan ng GPRS,Wifi and Edge.. nu po advantages and disadvantages ng mga yan..?
5.Lastly,pede po ba ako gumamit ng Wifi on buses and in houses,or GPRS lang un?
about the phone,
Carl Zeiss optics po ba yan and dual led flash po ba yan?
guys! it’s coming out in the UK on Aug 11 (their time zone). Hopefully the local release would follow soon after
mga tsong, la pb official release date tong 5530XM?
@creepy.chan
The unit came from Singapore as a gift to my neighbor. Di nya ma-enjoy features kaya benta nya sana sa kin.
The unit came from Singapore.
@ aris
huh pano ka nakagamit available na ba N5530 here sa pinas?
I’ve tried using this phone.
I used my SmartBro WiFi Router to connect to the internet. Hanep sa kaka-youtube so far so good.
Nalilito lang ako sa Nokia. Kaya ba talaga nitong kumabit sa 3G network? When you check this out at their web site using the feature selector, with 3G (WCDMA) checked, kasama syang lumalabas – and when you compre this to other models like N97, naka yes yung HSDPA.
Ano ba talaga koya?
i mean 13,800k ehehe churi!
um, sa features panalo 5800XM..
pero sa porma, 5530XM.. late september lalabas ung 5530XM (malamang) hehehe.. hirap 2loy pumili. hehe.. pero ok nadin siguro ung wifi ng 5530XM 2tal dami nading malls and places na nag ooffer ng free access d2 sa pinas eh.. guys, magkano na sa mga area nyo ung 5800XM now? d2 samin (pampanga) pumapatak ng 13,88k :)
mura na 5800 15-17k nalang. may 3g na . 16 giga capacity.
panget pala yan. haha. pangrap ko yan. nabili ko naman eh. 5800. :DD
when ba ito be available sa pinas?