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Nokia 5530 XpressMusic: Cheap as Predicted

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.

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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.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

164 Responses

  1. Avatar for pakemuba.shataaap. pakemuba.shataaap. says:

    kakabili ko lang nito last month. color pink .. ang ganda nia ! GIRLISH AND FASHIONABLE kc! ganda pa ng features !!! >:)))))

  2. Avatar for jezflip jezflip says:

    punta ka sa nokia center pwd dun. right now dndownload q ung firmware sa nokia web. mas okay daw pag i update eh. pro kht iupdate ntin xa itll only work with b/g connection s wifi mas okay kung magwowork xa sa N tech which is much faster. buti p ung samsung.hehehe.

  3. Avatar for raymart raymart says:

    Nokia 5530 prices

    Vantage store, greenhills: P10,700
    MOA: P11,560

    yun lng..:)

    pano po mg-update ng software?

  4. Avatar for angelic angelic says:

    jhen, pano m inupdate ang software m?? turo m nman skin.. tnx ng mdami ha… tnx uli..

  5. Avatar for Chester Chester says:

    magkano na ba ngaun ang 5530 sa malls like SM??

  6. Avatar for Se3D03 Se3D03 says:

    The phone is great.

    Easy to use, the music sounds great, a good music interface, movies look really good if you convert them properly, some games are really cool to play.

    My only real problem is the battery drain when you watch vids. You’ll get less than a day’s worth of battery with constant video views.

    Though I still think it’s pretty good, since the psp never lasts very long when you watch videos in it. plus the resolution of the videos are really high. comparable to the letterbox of a SD tv.

  7. Avatar for jhen jhen says:

    i love my 5530…ok nman yung wifi nya mabilis and sa una lng ako mejo nga ka problem sa phone..nag hung and ngreboot ng kusa..now ok nmn na tumatagal yung battery ng 4 days 2-3 day pag super wifi ako..mabilis na xa lalo nung ma update ko xa via software updater…

  8. Avatar for angelic angelic says:

    pde b gmitan ng uzzap ang 5530?? help nmn po.. tnx s sasagot ha.. tnx ng mdami…

  9. Avatar for Shyra Shyra says:

    i find the illuvial edition of this one really cute and kikay :). As for the 3g its not really a problem on my case since we have wifi at home. We all have diff needs and personality that diff companies provided various phone models to satisfy our wants and needs. So theres no need to argue about the 3g and the wifi thinggy. :) Im gonna buy the illuvial edition of this one later. im pretty much excited!.

  10. Avatar for garri garri says:

    @kristin.

    yan din ang problema ko with my phone. ang bilis ma-drain nung battery (especially when watching videos). I thought the reseller switched the battery with an older one so naisip ko, imbes na ipapalit sa nokia (na baka abutin ng ilang linggo) bumili ako ng spare original battery. Turns out it drains fast too.

  11. Avatar for emil emil says:

    I got mine last Dec 26 for Php11300 @ pc gadgets and mobile hub MOA

    satisfied naman ako. :)

  12. Avatar for raymart raymart says:

    hi! mgkano na po ba ung 5530 ngaun?

  13. Avatar for Joenelski Joenelski says:

    I Like Nokia since 3210 and until now, I hate Korean Phones and Cars also….so many Problems….They are like the Class A of China…I am saying this Because we have a Hyundai car and it has so many flaw….and the CP of Koreans are just plain looking and the less Function as well….they are trying hard just to compete with the European Standards…..well, they FAIL.

  14. Avatar for sheng sheng says:

    hi everyone, need ko lang po malaman if where I can buy a stylus for my 5530?. I think naiwan ko sya nung nasa starbucks hindi ko napansin. How much po kaya and the same stylus din ba sya tulad ng original. Help po.

    Thank you in advance

  15. Avatar for angelic angelic says:

    anu b ang pnag-kaiba ng 3g s wifi?? help nmn po.. tnx.. anu ba mas mganda bilhin.. 5800 or 5530.. tnx po..

  16. Avatar for arvee arvee says:

    talaga bang madalis sya ma lo bat? 1 day lang lobat na? kasi naka order nako sa cuz ko, darating na in a few days. i never heard about the issue na madali malobat. a

  17. Avatar for kristin kristin says:

    this fone is great.. i love it but i cant update my fone.. ive tried everything that is posted about it in different sites but non of that worked.. when i asked at nokia they say that they can update my fone for P500.. it was too pricey for an software update because maybe in 3months i have to update it again.. i have no doubt on its features i really love it.. that’s why i wanna know is there any option that i can update my fone without paying P500 because im willing to pay if that wud be the last time i will update my fone..pls help me…

  18. Avatar for nobs nobs says:

    XpressMusic phones are designed for playing music and not for extended wi-fi use.

    I’m thinking that is you use the wi-fi most of the day, it will definitely drain the battery. Much like how laptops behave when they are constantly connected to a wireless network.

  19. Avatar for nobs nobs says:

    This is an XpressMusic phone and as such its main feature revolves around music.

    Its audio capabilities cannot be questioned. The wi-fi comes as a great bonus as well as other smartphone features.

    I like that it has wi-fi and the fact that it has a 3.5 mm earphone jack, which means you can use any earphone with a standard jack without having to use adapters.

  20. Avatar for kristin kristin says:

    can anyone teach me how to update the firmware of my fone..

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