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Nokia 5300 review: Hop on the music express

04 December 2006 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia 5300 review: Hop on the music express - read the full textBeing part of the revamped XpressMusic line, the Nokia 5300 is expressive more than ever and is one great example of how you can have fun with your mobile phone. The dedicated music keys make a sure statement about the music-orientation of the handset. If the price is right, it really sounds like a good bargain, right? Well, you are not far from the truth.

 

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This phone is a nightmare. Not only does the 1GB memory card mysteriously become unformatted but the phone randomly doesn't ring. The wallpaper also blanks out to white. I tried exchanging this phone and the first day of having the exchange I had all the same problems and returned the exchange. And yes, I did try to reformat the memory card as stated in the manual on both my phone and the exchange, the option isn't even on the menu of my phone.

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  • 2008-01-29 18:34
  • 0gbt

hi hello der.. im just asking about this phone.. ive got this phone on january 8 and its cool.. ive got louder music, nice applications and a lot of cool stuff but suddenly my friends pass me some music den after a several seconds my phone display are gone and its only a WHITE screen what do u think the problem of my phone can somebody help me here?!

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  • 2008-01-18 16:02
  • PGiP

Awesome phone, plays music, sharp images, have been using for about 1/2 yr already. What you need for the phone is a Case.- I have a plastic case that covers de phone, dropped the phone like 10x already, no problems what so ever.

only cons: low quality camera, takes a while to load MY programs.
bulky with plastic.

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  • 2007-12-13 18:05
  • xXJh

This phone rocks, and 4 all those people that say it carcks easily..well it's a mobile phone not some navy seals radio, and 4 those who's phones crashes and freezes and stop working maybe u got a Chinese fake one, cheap but totally made of china illegally like the N73, i absolutely recommend this phone, great music quality and look although the camera has a lower quality it's not that bad when u download'em on ur pc, thnx

@ Jenna -

oh ur screen got cracked how sad crack my a** u f****** s.e. lover ...

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  • 2007-12-01 17:51
  • w9JE

This phone rocks, and 4 all those people that say it carcks easily..well it's a mobile phone not some navy seals radio, and 4 those who's phones crashes and freezes and stop working maybe u got a Chinese fake one, cheap but totally made of china illegally like the N73, i absolutely recommend this phone, great music quality and look although the camera has a lower quality it's not that bad when u download'em on ur pc, thnx

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  • 2007-11-24 19:32
  • ftDF

Bought 2 of these phones 2 months ago both screens are cracked. now we are both stuck with cracked phones for 3 years. booooo.

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  • 2007-11-10 16:45
  • YeEn

hehe,derek,you're bad luck,other ppl here like it...

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  • 2007-10-09 14:28
  • pu7d

I bought my phone back in may, and a couple weeks after that the phone itself would just randomly restart and sit on a white screen displaying only the battery life symbol in the corner and the time for about 4 minutes usually (the time would freeze so when the phone resumed life, it would skip ahead ___ minutes). it would do this about every 2 weeks, and eventually froze one too many times and wouldn't work anymore. I didn't know how to remove the back and take the battery out, but when I brought it in they found out that the memory card had somehow like exploded and all the programs, texts, numbers saved to the phone, etc. had been erased and couldn't be used anymore. I could place some calls but not for longer than 3 minutes before the phone would freeze. I ended up having to pay for the shipping of a new one, and it's started doing the same thing again. it's a good phone when it works, but there has to be something wrong with it and moreover, I think they know it. when I brought it in there didn't seem to be any surprise about it. So tomorrow, again, i'm going to bring it in (for freezing, and for the phone thinking the headset jack is still in when it's actually not), and, again, i'll probably pay for the shipping of a new phone. I WOULD recommend the phone, if it worked all the time, but the fact that it breaks down after about 2 months of use makes it, to me, not worth the hassle or money

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  • 2007-09-18 07:03
  • kycx

hi to all nokia users!!! Well all I can say about this phone is, Great but I'm not satisfied with it's camera quality and it's slider.. This phone is so SENSITIVE!!! The screen scrathes easily.. But for me it's fine. But I bought new after using this one within one week. I bought N70 Music Edition.. Thanks Guys!!! Continue Supporting NOKIA!!! And GSMArena....

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  • 2007-09-15 14:24
  • PSvT

This mobile is TOO WEAK, It's slide the cover and start to move, drop in a carpet and the glass is gone. DON'T BUY IT. I think it's a swindle of Nokia, in the shop they told me Nokia knows this faults but they're continue selling this phone. The battery is for 48 hours, NO for 223 hours like 'spec', with no games, no music, only 3 phone call (6:32 minutes) and 8 SMS received. I only have Nokia phones and I continue with this idea, but now I desperate with piece of ....

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  • 2007-08-19 21:59
  • TmJ6

i got this phone 3 month ago..i love it,but wish it have 3G & MP4 too, best thing is i droped it 2 times,it stil work nicely, no damages. onlything is short life of the battery

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  • 2007-08-02 09:13
  • PV$0

i love this phone , i will buy it in a few days e cel mai scmecher :P

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  • 2007-07-28 15:03
  • nDBS

I have it, for a month already , and absolutely love it!

The keypad is great for texting, what i mainly do.
The screen is gorgeous, the UI friendly and fast.

I love that when i listen to music or radio and a call comes, the music pauses to let the call come thru, and once over it resumes :)

the battery is kinda shortlived, stays for 2 days... i was wondering is it because i keep playing with the phone, or because it is.. well, basically crap...haven't decided yet.

i'm trying a new way of extending battery life, by pressing the red button for 3 sec after i lock the keypad, it makes the backlght go out very fast, instead of staying for 15 and more seconds.

hope it will work.

I really wish Nokia could address this issue with the backlit screen in further software upgrades.

Apart from that, I love the phone!!

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  • 2007-07-22 19:00
  • UEcx

To all those with questions about the nokia 5300 i love this phone, i find it to be one of the best phones, the screen does scratch easy but so would the screen on any other phone, insurance is a good suggestion but not a requirement, it mostly varies on how the phone it treated, i drop mine sometimes but nothing terrible has happened and i plan to keep it that way, but if you do fear dropping it hard, there is many protective cases that fit on the phone perfect and can give it a new look. I am curious as to one thing, i've looked all over the web to find differet colors of this phone and have only found: Black, Red, and Lilac, if you have a different color Tell ME! over all THIS PHONE KICKS ASS!!!

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  • 2007-07-18 00:43
  • 4BDS

TO ANYONE WHO IS CONSIDERING TO BUY THE NOKIA 5300 READ THIS!!!HI... I would like to respond to the person who commented about the nokia 5300 being made in Hungary and how the phone is not very durable.I have to totally agree. agree!! I bought this phone and instantly fell in love with it. I mean its a really cool phone but... I only had it for 3 weeks and i accidentally droped it once( not event that hard) and the screen cracked and the phone is complety done (unless I want to spend alot of money sending it in to Nokia to see if they can fix it, and wait at least a week) SO my advice, if your kinda a clutz like me I don't recommend this phone because it breaks waaaay too easy. And if you go ahead and buy this phone make sure you get insurance!!!

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  • 2007-06-01 18:02
  • 4TI5

To Mr. No-name (the one that wrote the really long comment)..
I think that buying phones is completely thru opinion.. Im sure so many ppl love this phone and no offence or anything bt sayin that cud hurt ppl tht love this phone.. Another thing the 3250 Xpress whateva must be more expensive.. is it? Thanx for recommending it but i really love this phone!! (sori if i offended u!)

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  • 2007-05-29 06:35
  • ib6K

I wanted to buy the LG Chocolate but i heard there were lots of bad comments about it so i've been looking around for another phone.. wen i checked out this phone i fell in love with it.. im telling u, it rocks harder than any other phone i've seeen... i sooo want it!! =] i really recommend this phone!

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  • 2007-05-29 06:28
  • ib6K

Hey all..firstly I wanna express my big admiration for the GSMArena site, it's really my favourite site as I'm a big mobile phones maniac :)
and I truly appreciate the big efforts of the GSMArena team..they really make the most objective and detailed mobile phone reviews online!
However, I've got a remark that I hope most people would be aware of..in their comments on the announcement of the Xpress Music line from nokia the gsmarena team said that "the flagship of this trio is undoubtedly the 5300"...well, I've got to point out though that the 5300 (and 5200) is made in Hungary (see the pic with back cover removed in 5300's review) which logically means that it would have a lower quality than the Finnish-made ones as the 3250 xpress music for example..I personally had a bad experience with those Hungarian-made nokias..they have a weak construction and they look quite cheap! let alone the fact that they've got nothing to do with durability!! (notice that in their review of 5300 the gsmarena team states that it has cheap looks and plays a little when closed)
Nokia has always delegated making budget, low-end phones to Hungary so I don't seem to understand why such is the case with a phone that is a member of a family which is supposed to strongly compete with the walkman series from SE! what I'm saying is that if any music-maniac nokia fan out there is looking for a durable, high-quality handset with an OS and a relatively reasonable price then he definitely should go for the 3250 Xpress Music, not the 5300..or if he's got enough budget then maybe one of the N-series Music Edition phones would suit him. I really hope my point would be taken into consideration..just for the sake of customers' peace of mind! So, any replies or comments from you guys?

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  • 2007-03-21 10:40
  • T0mw

Hi
I want to ask something about nokia 5300. I live in Turkey. For us nokia 5300 is a new phone. Some of the user complain about the slider of the phone. They say because of the slider the screen of the phone can be broke very very easily. I had a huge desire for buying this phone but I get confuse about this reason. Can anyone help me? Is there a real screen problem or is it just a rumour? Does it really break up easily? Thanks

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  • 2007-03-14 14:40
  • npLf

ABOUT UI: 5300 has Symbian 40 3rd edition, service pack1 - it looks like S60. It supports Flash Lite 1.2 - it means that to every image which is skinable eg. wallpaper, ICON, button You can assign animation (*.swf). All U just need is Nokia Series 40 Theme Studio 2.2 (3w . forum .nokia .com) and MacromediaFlash 2004 or newer with flashlite plugin. Also U can play FlashLite games. Skinable parts also support SVG vector graphics and PNG 24bit, but nowdays it is nothing new.

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  • 2007-03-13 23:51
  • m{@p
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