Nokia 5320 review: Teensmart
XpressMusic is back on Symbian turf. Last time we checked the musical talent was playing second fiddle to smartphone skill but maybe it's time for the tables to turn. Nokia have ditched the swivel and are playing it rather low key on the 5320 exterior. Fair enough, less express in XpressMusic but no complaints elsewhere: FP2, HSDPA. Well geared up in terms of connectivity and running on the latest Symbian...
- Anonymous
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design is ok, it's not that good though(it somehow looks cheap).
good features for a mid-class music phone
it's a nice effort from nokia.
though obviously there are better phones out there offered by other manufacturers with the same price as this phone.
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- 2008-08-10 01:12
- 2Amy
- Marwan
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Based on the specs and this review of the phone, in addition to my own hands-on experience with the phone, I can say that this phone is a heavy contender on the low-mid range of music-centric mobile phones, symbian on board, often related to the phone being on the high-end, or High-mid, so is definitely not the case with this, nor with Nokia recently, GPS is being shipped in on a number of models, WLAN, HSDPA, follow suit, Symbian as well.
I say Nokia is on the verge of a revolution, with rumors around 5800 Xpress Music, suggesting a full touch screen. And 8 or 6 megapixel shooters, massive internal memory, dual processors of mobiles, 4G and Wi-Max. With all that in mind, this phone makes perfect sense, not designed to be the flashiest, sturdy is key with this one, for the younger segment of customers, ...
all of us here I believe agree, that this phone you can easily buy for your kid, since it's not all that flashy, and wouldnt make you feel as overly indulging your kid to buy it for him/her, yet features enough to keep him interested in it.
a sturdy, highly durable phone from nokia, a candy bar shaped, highly ressistant to wear and tear. A decent performer on audio quality and features set. The XpressMusic, has become more diverse, a year ago, it has been 3250, 5200 and 5300, now its 5310, 5610, 5320, 5220, 5710 rumored and 5800 rumored. I say they have gone far in terms of quality and appeal, and I suspect more to come.
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- 2008-08-09 22:33
- n{Za
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> In reply to gk @ 2008-08-08 19:10 from q}uZI also don't get it that they put a good loudspeaker in + side, while we found not so great audio qlty in - side. (Why even not using bAd/poor word. I550w not a music phone even bter).
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- 2008-08-09 21:31
- M@T2
- Anonymous
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It said cool but it also said not to be dmanding? I don't get it. Qvga 15 fps is not cool.
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- 2008-08-09 21:21
- M@T2
- Nee
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well i would say disappointed according to the review as i expect a really a hug music oriented phone ,but all in all it is a good pretty decent effort from Nokia but should have been more espcallised.
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- 2008-08-09 19:50
- w9JJ
- Nuki
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Definitely cant beat w series from sonyericson even w200, shame on u nokia.
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- 2008-08-09 05:58
- M@T2
- nandu
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yesterday i got fon frm d company.its actually a gud fon.d nly thing i hate is d camera part.
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- 2008-08-09 03:49
- up1m
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Marwan @ 2008-08-09 00:53 from n{ZaI don't think I will ever use that feature if I own the phone.
Anyway, this phone is worse than I thought, but I'm still getting it as a present for my younger brother.
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- 2008-08-09 03:15
- ib4D
- Marwan
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A very unique feature of the 5320 XM has gone missing in this review, the 5320 XM is capable of playing any track/s stored on the phone, by simply saying the name of the song or artist, a feature that combines voice recognition with Music Files ID tags.
after pressing and holding the 'my own key' button, you will be alerted to say the name of your desired artist/song and it will automatically play it for you.
Neat, huh?
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- 2008-08-09 00:53
- n{Za
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Typhlosion @ 2008-08-08 23:59 from bamvTyphlosion that phones called a N96 loll....all the music is the same now for nokia's i hate the music on My N95 8GB and N81 has amazing music.....i've seen alot of people complain and i read that nokia are now really gonna seriously resolve this prob by providing at least music qualtiy like the N81....which is great for regular music lovers.....
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- 2008-08-09 00:33
- n2J%
- Anonymous
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theres a trick to install n-gage onto FP2 phones, you gotta get rid of that n-gage preview and on the forums alittle modded version with all the required files cam be found, after that it works like normal you can buy games download there directly and play as normal.....kinda disappointed with the phone though....pretty below average for a music phone and nowadays whats the price gonna be around the same as 5700....i'd go for that and whos cares about FP2 if the screen is tiny and bad gallery and anyway i went to the mobile market yesterday.....if your buying a 5700 all you gotta do is save up alittle more and you can get the N81 8GB!! i was supprised at the price drops man even N78 is almost the same as N81 8GB.....i almost bought the N78....its way too tempting.....but still held on for the N96......man august is gonna be a cool month for phones.....later guys keep chillin!!!
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- 2008-08-09 00:27
- n2J%
- Typhlosion
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Ha! Well my 5700 is still way better. I can live without HSDPA and FP2 but 5700 still has goodies like stereo speakers, cool twist form factor and larger screen. But to be fair, 5320 scores good with a standard 3.5mm audio socket, latest Symbian platform and N-gage support.
I hope Nokia can come up with the ultimate XpressMusic monster (and I mean monster of a music-phone).
I'm dreaming of a future XpressMusic phone that has features like:
>3.5mm audio port
>WLAN
>bar form factor (i won't prefer moving parts)
>dedicated music keys
>1000+ mAh battery
>Symbian FP2 platform
>at least 8GB of internal memory and expandable with microSD
>at least 2.4 inches screen dimension
>5 megapixel auto-focus camera
>Video recording and playback in VGA resolution
>Bluetooth with A2DP support
>FM and AM radio
>stereo loudspeakers with mono output option
>8-band graphic equalizer
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- 2008-08-08 23:59
- bamv
- CSingh
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4th!!! Also hideous phone lol this phone looks like its roughly 4 years old the other xpress music phones put this to shame by far...
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- 2008-08-08 20:04
- k6GL
- flavor
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i guess it's fair enough when sometimes people (should I call Nokia fans?) bashing SE with their small display, no WiFi, bla3x.... GSMArena trying to be fair with us that this Nokia call it XpressMusic that should concentrate with Audio Quality & other support stuffs still can not produce the best Audio.... what a shame.....
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- 2008-08-08 19:32
- PFyG
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