HeHeHunter’s Wish List
May 13th, 2009
I found a phone that I really want. This phone was claimed to be better than iPhone. I wish I could further test this phone and review this phone.
Anyone willing to sponsor me this phone?
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music
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Well, this is just my wish list. Since my old 3120C is giving me headaches, I think it’s time to get a better phone. But I am not working. What should I do…
Note: My birthday is on 18th May.
@rainpocky
I am not going to buy one anyway. It’s just my wish list.
Hey there, I can’t sponsor you that 5800, but I can tell you that – besides its quirky flaws – that phone is the best phone I’ve ever had.
My experience has been relatively different from rainpocky (except for the OS, yeah it’s kinda slow SOMETIMES – but WinMo is WAYYY worse, IMHO): It runs nearly everything I throw at it (that is S60v5 friendly, of course), the SQ is good if not great, and while the OS is a bit slow and relatively finger unfriendly (compared to the Phone-To-Rule-Them-All), it does what I want it to do.
Granted, my 5800 is not a lemon and hasn’t given me much trouble.
Yep, an Iphone has a quick OS, true, but we both know how much THAT thing is gonna set us back over here in Bolehland, right? I have a review over at my webbie that might help you decide.
For RM1300+-, you can’t go wrong.
Unless you get a lemon, in which case you attack Nokia and tell them to exchange the unit, or repair it to perfection.
@eiraku
Thank you eiraku for providing me with more information. I would really wish to ask a few question.
As far as I know, it’s a touch screen phone. I would like to know how fast is the response to touching? I know it doesn’t support multi touch, but as in one finger touch, is the response fast?
Besides, I wish to know either it is easy to scratch the screen?
@HeHeHunter
The resistive screen of the 5800 would need a slight push for it to register, vs the touch –> instant response on the iPhone. But for general use it’s quick enough (if you compare it – say, for instance, to a similarly priced Windows Mobile smartphone). And the haptics (the vibrations every time you touch a screen button) help a lot without draining your battery TOO much.
Though, the response to touch would start to lag slightly when you have too many apps running in the background (yep, with its 369MHz processor and 128MBs of RAM, the ADVANTAGE of the 5800’s multi-tasking becomes a problem if pushed too far).
And as for the virtual keypad, it’s fine but if you’re a speed SMSer, you will quickly overwhelm the keypad.
All in all, I’ll have to admit, in terms of touch response the iPhone slaughters the 5800 flat. But as Symbian phones go, as long as you update it to the latest firmware (AND turn off the theme animations, unfortunately), it should be speedy enough.
About the screen, it’s plastic and not glass. Thus, as long as you have a screen protector on, it shouldn’t scratch THAT easily.
I use my gadgets hard (to the point of abuse) and the screen’s still generally fine (thanks to the screen protector). But with repeated touch and oil from your face, everything gets real grimy and sticky real fast if you don’t wipe the screen regularly.
i’ve had the phone for two weeks now, i agree with rainpocky on the memory card issues and eiraku on the speed sms-ing part since i’m one myself XD… but overall, great phone ^^