Nokia 5530 XpressMusic. Economically viable
After weeks of basically toying with internet gossip mongers, Nokia have finally released details of the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, the strangely numbered new version of the 5800. The lower number might be in some way related to the reduction in dimensions, weight, and even features in the all new, slimmed down version. Like so many Nokia phone’s, the 5800 was something of a slow burner. With the looks of the long rumoured original a league below that of their obvious competitor the iPhone, many wrote off the 5800 when it was released, but the feedback from those who’ve taken the plunge has been almost uniformly high, and it’s no surprise the sequel is now confirmed.
The 5530 XpressMusic is going to launch at a far lower price than the 5800 (and indeed far far lower than many of its competitors) and there’s a few simple reasons why Nokia have been able to achieve this. Like a model of a post-credit-crunch business, in fact, the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic has slashed and booted out everything previously employed that has now been deemed inessential. Gone is the 3G capabilities (the WiFi being deemed enough connectivity), gone is some of the screen size (though the remaining 2.9” screen is being forced to work even harder, resulting in a much crisper image) and gone is the GPS (with the hope being users want to navigate little more than social networking sites). And you know what, we think they’re all good choices, and it really shows. The 5530 still plays music better than an iPhone (better even than an iPod), still has widescreen video viewing, still has a great, intuitive operating system. Check out a full rundown of the stats in this Nokia 5530 review.
So it’s already got our vote. This is the point we’d normally point to a video to back us up, but seeing as how Nokia seemed to have slashed their marketing budget as well and got an intern to make this demo video, you might need to believe us despite it, rather than because of it…
