My precious… Nokia 5800 (Intro)

I heard about 5800 a.k.a Tube since May 2008. From the rumored pictures, what really fascinated me was the 3.2" touch screen. The screen is bigger than any other Nokia N-series. Other than that, the phone looks like ordinary candy bar phone.

The phone claimed to be Nokia's first touch S60 device. Because I was happy with my old N73ME , I didn't really care about all the hype. I assumed with all the rumored features include in this Tube, the price will be beyond my limit (>RM1.5k). I even think that 2Gb is enough for my daily use phone. Or is it?

In December 2008, I read that 5800 already available in Malaysia although it was not officially launched. What surprise me, the Recommended Retails Price is RM1499, below than my early assumption by RM1 (ha..ha... actually, I thought it will be RM1700-RM2000). The rumored features are throught. This phone really packed nice features like 3G, Wifi, MPEG4 and many other standard N-Series functions. So, starting from that, I was planning to get 5800 for my birthday present.

Now, it is already a month since I own the Tube. So here is my experience with my precious one.

(Note: I already upgraded to V20)

Quick Sneak

Pros

1. Large 3.2" Screen with 640x360 resolution (nHD)
2. Touchscreen.
   
3. Support MPEG4 with 640x360 resolution
4. Come with 8Gb microSD memory card.
5. Faster response (compare to N73).
6. Fix firmly in my hand (not too big and not too small)
7. Full screen wallpaper.
8. Nice lock key
9. Good loud speaker
   
10. Price
11. Nice search function in Home Screen(v20)
    

Cons

1. Low quality built for front cover.
2. Using none standard usb port.
3. No slip-cover for camera.
4. Sim card hard to remove, need to remove battery
   
5. Images quality from camera is low.
6. No volume bar in Music Player (probably firmware problem).
7. No pencil button.
8. Can't turn off camera sound (some region can disable the sound)
9. Lack of office suite.
10. H264 not fully supported

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