The new Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is a compact version of the popular Nokia 5800. The latest touchscreen phone from Nokia comes in a nice small package, and almost has the same features as the 5800, but a few changes are also noticeable, particularly its price. With a cheaper price tag than its predecessor, the 5530 obviously targets the music-loving youth market.
Although at first glance the 5530 looks like the 5800, a closer look reveals a slight difference in the size of its screen, with the 5530 coming in with a 2.9-inch high resolution touchscreen as compared to the 5800's 3.2-inch display.
There are three touch-sensitive buttons below the screen the two outer ones are for the usual call/send function and end/exit function, while the middle opens the main menu.
The music phone also has a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash at the back of the phone, video recording with 640 x 360 pixels, stereo speakers with surround sound at the top and at the bottom, a 3.5 mm stereo headphone socket, 4GB microSD memory card, and mini DVD.
Volume adjuster is on the right edge of the phone. Just below that is the sliding keyguard which allows the user to easily lock or unlock the phone display. This is a neat addition to both the 5530 and 5800 as it prevents accidental key presses and saves on power. brother button on the right edge is the camera button.
The stylus and micro SD card slot and SIM card slot are on the left edge of the phone. The slots for the cards are hidden in a long, slim, attached door, which could be quite difficult to pry open. This could be a hassle if you need quick access to the cards, but also an advantage if you don't want others to poke or touch them.
At the bottom of the phone are the standard Nokia power port, the audio port, and micro USB data port.
The almost hidden XpressMusic key sits just above the top right side of the screen, which gives easy access to tasks such as music library, media gallery, uploads folder, and bookmarked web pages.
Text messaging poses no difficulty on the standard alphanumeric keypad, but the qwerty pad could be quite tricky at first, given the smaller screen. But it gets easier once the user gets the hang of it.
Another impressive feature of the music phone is the "scrolling" Contacts Bar, which provides direct access to 20 people on your contacts list and their latest conversations and media update. This "people carousel" could also save thumbnail images of 20 contacts.
The homescreen also features one-touch shortcuts to content and popular network such as Facebook and Youtube.
Nokia 5530, being a music phone, comes with 27 hours of playback time on 3D surround sound on a single charge.
Unlike the 5800, which comes with integrated GPS, 3G and 8GB memory card, the new 5530 does not have GPS and 3G, and only has a 4GB memor card. Still the 5530 can support cards of up to 32GB. It only allows EDGE connectivity, but another option is through WiFi.
The phone is made primarily for music lovers, and on that respect, they have come up with an impressive product. It comes in Black-Red, White-Blue, Black-Grey, White-Pink and White-Yellow, and retails at $270.
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Specifications:
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Announced | 2009, June |
| Status | Available. Released 2009, August |
| Size | Dimensions | 104 x 49 x 13 mm, 68 cc |
| Weight | 107 g |
| Display | Type | TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 2.9 inches |
| - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off |
| - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate |
| - Handwriting recognition |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones |
| Speakerphone | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| - 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days |
| Internal | 70 MB storage, 128 MB SDRAM |
| Card slot | microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 4GB included, buy memory |
| Data | GPRS | Class 32 |
| HSCSD | Yes |
| EDGE | Class 32 |
| 3G | No |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.0 with A2DP |
| Infrared port | No |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB |
| Camera | Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Video | Yes, VGA@30fps (verified) |
| Secondary | No |
| Features | OS | Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 |
| CPU | ARM 11 434 MHz processor |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes + Java downloadable |
| Colors | Red on black, Blue on white, Grey on black, Pink on white, Yellow on white |
| GPS | No |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
| - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player |
| - MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player |
| - Voice command/dial |
| - T9 |
| - Photo editor |
| Battery | | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh(BL-4U) |
| Stand-by | Up to 336 h |
