Nokia X5-01

Nokia X5-01: Unique Squarish QWERTY Smart Phone with 5MP camera

Nokia has announced the launch of new X series music centric phone known as X5-01 during the Nokia Connection event at Singapore. The QWERTY handset comes with a unique squarish look featuring an excellent 5MP camera and whopping social networking tools. The phone also comes studded with awesome multimedia options, accompanied with dedicated music keys and loud speakers.

The best part about the handset is that it will feature Symbian v3 as its operating system. Nokia X5-01 comes with a screen size of 2.36 inch bearing a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

Regarding the connectivity issues, it supports GPRS, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA and even WiFi. As stated earlier, it also focuses on social networking services. The phone offers easy access to major social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Hi5 and MySpace.

Nokia X5-01 has 200MB of onboard memory and you can always expand the memory options up to 32 GB. Moreover, the handset boasts of its unique spinning and shaking feature. Its spinning feature allows you to change music tracks whereas by shaking the phone, you can view all the unread messages.

Another cool thing about the phone is that it comes with various color options like Yellow Green, Purple, Pink, Graphite Black and Azure.

Nokia X5 Availability and Price

The handset is expected to be available in third quarter of 2010 at an expected price of 165 Euros (Approx Rs. 9500) in India.

My Verdict

Nokia X5-01 seems to be cool announcement from Nokia. It comes with stunning multimedia options including 5MP camera. The handset also offers brilliant social networking services as well as connectivity options. If you like the squarish look of Nokia X5-01, then it is definitely worth a bargain.

Speccifications:

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, June
	Status	Available. Released 2010, September

Size	Dimensions	74.3 x 66.4 x 16.9 mm, 76 cc
	Weight	129 g

Display	Type	TFT, 256K colors
	Size	320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
		– QWERTY keyboard – Accelerometer sensor for auto rotate

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, Polyphonic(64), WAV, MP3 ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes
		– 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Detailed, max 30 days
	Internal	200 MB
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included, buy memory

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, LED flash
	Video	Yes, VGA@15fps
	Secondary	No

Features	OS	Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI
	CPU	ARM 11 600 MHz processor
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Pink, Azure, Graphite Black, Yellow Green, Purple
	GPS	No
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		– Comes with music in selected markets – MP4/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player – Organizer – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Flash Lite v3.0 – Voice memo – T9

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 950 mAh (BL-5F)
	Stand-by	Up to 384 h (2G) / Up to 384 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 5 h (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
	Music play	Up to 24 h

Misc	SAR EU	0.67 W/kg (head)