Nokia 5530 XpressMusic. Slimmer, meaner, better
The devil is in the detail, as someone probably biblical once said, and it’s there if you take a close look at the just-confirmed details of the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, the follow-up to the massively popular (and damn good) 5800:
- Full touch interface
- 2.9” touch screen with tactile feedback
- New homescreen and contacts bar
- Smaller, sleeker package
- 3.2-megapixel camera and LED flash (with picture-blogging)
- Bluetooth, WiFi, and EDGE for all your connection needs (no 3G)
- Fully equipped music player
- 3.5mm audio plug for your personal headphones
- Widescreen video playback at 640×360
- hot-swappable MicroSD slot (4GB included)
Here’s some interpretations for you. The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic now has no physical buttons on its face, though that face is now 2.9” compared to the 5800’s 3.2”. It has, however, been given a cool tactile feedback feature, and will be brighter. There’s some cool new almost useful flashiness with something call the carousel contacts bar. The camera ain’t changed. The 3G’s been booted out. You can still play widescreen video at a decent playback rate. And it’s still, above all else, a music phone.
So within even the information Nokia have released, they’re being very open and honest about what’s missing. The reason for that? Well, they realise, like we do, that this is still a fantastic phone, that plays music better than anything else out there, AND it all now comes in a sleeker, smaller, lighter package. So read those details as closely as you want. Nokia know what they’ve done with the 5530 XpressMusic. We know what they’ done. And we’re very happy they’ve done it. Read a full Nokia 5530 review here, and check out the video below for some side-by-side 5800 comparisoning.
