In a nutshell: This
is a good music phone from Nokia that can rival Sony Ericsson's
Walkman range. We love the ultraslim, lightweight design, the practical
keypad and the hot looks. The 5310 has a fully loaded music player
and FM radio, up to 4 Gbytes of memory for storing songs, a 2 megapixel
camera and Bluetooth connectivity. The battery life is below average,
but this phone is definitely worth a look, especially the Comes
With Music edition that gives you a whole year of unlimited free
music downloads. Outstanding value for money. Check out the top
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Nokia
5310 XpressMusic Review
Review:
October 2008. Last updated July 2009.
Oh yes! Nokia's XpressMusic range
has moved up a gear and Sony Ericsson had better watch out. The
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is a classic-shape music phone available
in a choice of red or blue. It's an ultrathin phone, at just 9.9
mm, and has a lovely practical design with a good sized conventional
keypad and a 5-way navigation key (Sony Ericsson take note!) There
are three dedicated music keys placed at the side of the screen
and volume keys along the edge.The bevelled edge makes it easy to
hold in your palm, and the red or blue stripes are funky but not
over the top. We like the look, we like the feel. This is definitely
a phone that you can enjoy even when it's switched off, and it's
small and light enough to carry anywhere - jeans pocket, shirt pocket
or handbag.
This is primarily a music phone, and it's equipped
with a full function music player and FM radio. The music player
has support for playlists, album art and an equaliser. You can listen
to your music using the built-in loudspeaker, or preferably using
the stereo headset supplied or a Bluetooth
wireless headset (optional extra). The 5310 also includes a
3.5mm headphone jack, so you can plug in any standard fit headphones
- a definite bonus. The 5310 has a new upgraded audio chip, and
the audio quality is impeccable. Really, the music player is just
as easy to use as one of Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones, or even
a dedicated MP3 player. We like the fact that there's a decent amount
of memory built in (30 Mbytes), but you'll definitely want to kit
the phone out with a memory card: the 5310 supports microSD cards
up to 4 Gbytes, which is enough for around 1,000 songs. MicroSD
cards are really cheap these days (around £25 for 4GB),
so really there's no reason not to go for the maximum size available.
The Nokia 5310 COmes WIth Music version has a 2 GB card supplied
in the sales package.
From 16th October 2008, the 5310 is available with
the ground-breaking Nokia Comes
With Music service. This service is exclusive to the Carphone
Warehouse. We're not usually impressed with these kinds of add-on
services, but this one is actually quite incredible. When you buy
a Nokia "Comes With Music" phone, you get a whole year
of free unlimited music downloads! Whatever you download during
the year you can keep forever. Now if you are just a modest music
buyer you can save quite a lot of money with this. If you're a heavy
buyer, or if you'd like to be a heavy but didn't think you could
afford to, then this is unbelievably good value! You can even transfer
the music to a registered PC as well as your phone. Initially this
service will be available only on the 5310 XpressMusic and the N95
8GB Comes With Music Edition. The Comes With Music edition phones
are available in a choice of 7 different colours that differentiate
the phone from the normal 5310.
But the 5310 is not just a music phone. As well
as making calls and playing music, it will do everything that you'd
expect from a mid-range non-3G phone. The camera is a respectable
2 megabytes. It lacks a flash, which is a shame, but in good light
it'll take decent pics. The display is outstandingly good, with
a high-res screen that's as good as anything in this price range.
Although the phone isn't 3G, it supports fast downloads using EDGE
and has the Opera Mini Browser built-in, so you can still browse
the web, and the screen is large enough to make this feasible. The
phone comes with 3 games, and you can download Java games too. The
UI is quite customisable, with animated screensavers, wallpapers
and downloadable themes.
If there's one thing wrong with the 5310 (and at
Mobile Phones UK we love to find things wrong!) it's the battery
life. Nokia quote 300 hours standby - that's 12.5 days. Forget it!
You'll probably get 1-2 days use from this phone, depending on how
much you use the features. Since it's a music phone, you'll probably
use it a lot and will need to charge it most days. Get over it -
this is an ultrathin phone with a large LCD screen and tons of features.
This is what the battery life is like in this kind of phone. If
a longer battery life is essential for you, then buy a different
phone (not an ultraslim one - maybe the SE
W810i or SE W910i.) A
number of users are also reporting that their phone freezes or restarts.
This is unacceptable, and if this happens to you, return it to the
shop or upgrade to the latest firmware, which seems to be completely
stable.
Features of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
include:
2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
Video camera
Display: Active matrix LCD, 240 x 320 pixels,
16 million colours, 2 inches
Music player (MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAc+, and WMA
music files / OMA DRM 2.0 and Windows Media DRM)
Stereo FM radio with Visual Radio support
Ringtones: Video ringtones, MP3 and MP4 tones,
eAAC+ tones, AAC tones, WMA tones, 64-voice polyphonic MIDI, message
alert tones, and alarm clock tones
Integrated handsfree speaker
Voice commands
Voice recorder
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP
4) with attachments, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Games: Music Guess, Snake III, Citybloxx, downloadable
Java applications
Animated screensavers, wallpaper, themes
Internet: Opera Mini Browser, Yahoo Go!, Nokia
Mobile Search, WAP 2.0, HSCSD, EDGE up to 177.6 kbps
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, modem,
3.5mm headphone jack
Memory: 30 Mbytes plus microSD card (up to 4
Gbytes)
Organiser: Alarm clock, calendar, to-do list,
notes, calculator, stopwatch and countdown timer
Flight mode
Size: 104 x 45 x 9.9 mm
Weight: 70g
Talktime: 5.4 hours
Battery standby: 300 hours
Music playback: up to 18 hours
Nokia 5310
XpressMusic Consumer Reviews
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Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Reviewed by Kavi from India on
9th Mar 2008
An excellent sleeky mobile!!!! One of the best designs that are
available in the mobile world !!! Extraordinary screen although
i have some problems with schedular !!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from Romania on
8th Mar 2008
Good phone. Beware : - no gapless playback - some pops during playback
reset was solved it seems with new update Rating:
Reviewed by phillip morrison from isle
of man on 7th Mar 2008
this fon is ace way better than the w880i as its thinner, more atractive
and sound is good unlike w810i Rating:
Reviewed by John Mbuthia from Kenya
on 7th Mar 2008
I think the Nokia 5310 is a fantastic phone with an excellent music
player which supports several formats.But it has problems, like
low battery life and a low 2 megapixel camera which i did not except.Also
my major issue, the volume of the phone is soooo low that the competition
is a L7. Otherwise it is a great phone...i also hoped it would be
3G..But ohh well Rating:
Reviewed by Abdullah from Syria on
7th Mar 2008
Everyhing is good about it except the sound. The quality is very
clear but the volume is very low. It froze few times but it unfreezez
imediately and there is no harm done. But other than that a this
is a very good phone. Rating:
Reviewed by catscan93 from uk/england
on 6th Mar 2008
this phone is a brilliant piece of technology the music player is
great, and easy to use, the screen is massive, and the whole phone
is really sleek and sexy. really good phone if you looking for a
music player, and it comes with 400 song worth of memory ^_^ Rating:
Reviewed by kris from england on
4th Mar 2008
nice looking, sound in calls is quiet even on loudest setting, good
phone but very fragile, broke screen within 24hrs, and sometimes
when putting on charge the text tone starts on its own. Rating:
Reviewed by Matenneh Dunbar from LIBERIA
on 4th Mar 2008
I LOVE MY NOKIA 5310. IT IS BLUE AND VERY SLEEK. IT AFFORDS ME THE
LEISURE TO ENJOY HOLDING IT WHEREVER I GO..... THE FUNCTIONS ARE
JUST UNIQUE. THE STORAGE CAPACITY IS HUGE AND IT CONTAINS LOTS OF
MESSAGES I WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE LOST DUE TO LOW STORAGE CAPACITY
ON OTHER PHONES. THE CAMERA TOO IS VERY BRIGHT AND DOES JUSTICE
TO YOU WHEN A SHOT IS TAKEN. KEEP UP THE SMART JOB, NOKIA. MAKE
EASY AND BETTER PHONES....I'LL RATE THE PHONE FIVE STAR. Rating:
Reviewed by Colm Mone from Ireland on
29th Feb 2008
WORST PHONE EVER CANT HEAR THE OTHER PERSON TALK FREEZING MOST TIMES
I GOT A TEXT AND U HAD TO TAKE THE BATTERY OUT AND PUT IT IN AGAIN
AND WHEN YOU TURN IT ON AGAIN THE BATTERY WOULD ALMOST BE DEAD WORST
NOKIA EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by vasman from uk on
29th Feb 2008
Got this phone free on orange 3 weeks ago and so far behaved impeccably.Very
easy to use, slim and stylish, music player excellent just invest
in some decent headphones. Camera quite a comedown from my SE W810i
but that's my only minor gripe. Recommended. Rating:
Reviewed by mohammed Abdul Raheem from
india on 28th Feb 2008
nokia 5310 phone is good.but speker vice is slow but every thing
is fine I like it very much Rating:
Reviewed by Clyde from Malta on
24th Feb 2008
An amazing phone, and worth every peney!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Dave Smith from England
on 23rd Feb 2008
This is just a brilliant phone to own. I previously had the motorola
slvr L7 which was an ok phone but this nokia feels like they have
taken all that was wrong with the slvr and improved it aswell as
adding new extra and shrinking it down. I truely recommend this
to anyone and urge you to ignore all the cynics up top moaning about
how they couldn't get there sim cards in (which was not difficult
at all)and so on. Brilliant phone, 5 stars. Rating:
Reviewed by Hayley from uk on
22nd Feb 2008
I really like it! Ive always had nokias and this is my fav. I got
a 6111 at christmas and that broke to a fault in a whole line of
them, and ve had this one for 3weeks or so and cant fault it. It
can happen with any phone company that there is a line of faulty
products which i guess can explain all the negative reviews below.
A deffo recommemded phone! All you need from a phone! Plus it has
its own music head phone jack built in so you dont have to waste
money on connectors etc. + It comes with memory card n all the cables
which nokia usually dont do. Rating:
Reviewed by harry from uk on
21st Feb 2008
wat a rubbish fone first problem i had with it was it wouldnt read
the memory card.got a another then the fing wouldnt turn.when on
and working great fone.am now searching for a new fone Rating:
Reviewed by MOMIN FAIZ AHEMAD .G. from
DHOLKA on 20th Feb 2008
NOKIA 5310 EXPRESSMUSIC IS A BEAUTIFULL PHONE AND VERY VERY SEXY
PHONE. I LIKE THIS PHONE. Rating:
Reviewed by lou from notts on
20th Feb 2008
just got it i cant get the sim card in at all, not impressed, Rating:
Reviewed by hotgirl from u.k on
19th Feb 2008
this phone is the best. it really good the camera is good, battery
is okay lasts me about 5 days without really using it. i just got
it on the 6th of feb so still discovering it. the only disapointment
is that the camera is very slow and it moves really quickly when
taking a picture so you have to have a steady hand or the picture
will come out blury Rating:
Reviewed by ujjwal_l from nepal on
19th Feb 2008
i have read comments from thousands of people in hunderds of sites
about the restarting problem in nokia 5310. i also have the same
problem. but i don't know why nokia has not come out with any answer.
it looks good but is a headache to people like me who have the restarting
problem. Rating:
Reviewed by Withheld from england on
14th Feb 2008
Just bought this phone today .. just finished sending all my contacts
pictures videos etc. So far so good really impressed with this phone
and i love it. Its very slim and sexy and a proper fone which looks
the part and feels the part. I read reviews n alot of people said
do not buy this phone as it crashes all the time etc .. so far my
fone has not crashed, the camera is good and takes good photos,
the space on the phone is really big and is holdin quite afew of
my music and pictures etc. Everyone has said the music player is
loud .. its loud enough for you to hear it but you wouldnt hear
it if you was at the top of the garden etc. I would reccomend buying
this phone it is well worth it .. !! Rating:
Reviewed by Pinky from Kenya on
14th Feb 2008
First of all I must say am very disappointed in this phone. I hardly
used it for a week and it crashed. After repair hardly another week
passed by and it started hanging, i could not delete anything from
my memory card nor could i add anything to week so in a nutshell
PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE EVER IF U KNOW WHATS BEST FOR YOU Rating:
Reviewed by charlotte from uk on
14th Feb 2008
Ok looking, nice and slim but thats where it ends..... freezes alot!!
i get no signal in places where i got 3/4bars with my sony......
and now wont send text messages. Ringtones very quiet. Im just glad
i never paid for this! got it free when i damaged my sony. Would
not recommend!! Rating:
Reviewed by sonia from england on
13th Feb 2008
the worst nokia phone , ,bad reception , crackeling , can bearly
hear the other person talking , loud speaker isnt loud Rating:
Reviewed by amna from uk on 11th
Feb 2008
thiss is a really good phone but it freezes alot what can i do.
[Editor's reply: take it back to the shop.] Rating:
Reviewed by omair from UK on
9th Feb 2008
Brilliant fone, has got the looks, ultra slim, super display, camera
not all that but still not bad at all! Rating:
Reviewed by ENIGMA from UK on
9th Feb 2008
I JUS HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS PHONE.... IT IS THE MOST
QUIETEST PHONE U CAN HARDLY HEAR THE MUSIC TOTAL DISASTER. I RECOMMEND
ITS SLIDE BROTHER THE 5610 :) Rating:
Reviewed by aaron from england on
9th Feb 2008
the phone is very good but for listening to music its RUBBISH it
freezes and restarts all the time i wouldnt recomend it to anyone.
exept for people i dont like. Rating:
Reviewed by Simon from UK on
7th Feb 2008
Great looking phone, good to use, packed with features. However,
battery life leaves a lot to be desired, and mine crashes randomly
when playing music and reboots, sometimes it does this up to ten
times an hour (!) but sometimes it goes for days without doing it
once. I'd avoid it personally, unless you can live without music
(which is what this phone does best). Rating:
Reviewed by hassan from manchester on
4th Feb 2008
this is a exellent phone but it hasnt got a flqsh Rating:
Reviewed by Ali americana from london
uk on 3rd Feb 2008
The phone is excellent, except the camera is not that good, and
the ring tones is not that loud. but for the price of the phone
on pay as you go is very reasonable, so would recommend. Rating:
Reviewed by Lindz from Scotland on
1st Feb 2008
I am delighted with this phone! great music, camera is acceptable,
great storage for contacts, easily customised, user-friendly...
wasn't too impressed with the battery but after I stopped playing
the cityblox game every spare minute of the day my problem was solved!
I was just wondering how many people's phones freeze? mine does
every now and then. I haven't even had it a month so could easily
get it changed if it's not a common problem. If most of them do
it occaisonially I'm happy just to put up with it. Rating:
Reviewed by Shekar from India on
1st Feb 2008
Cool phone. Cool music player. Radio works great. Battery could
be better. Doesnt tell me when it is done charging. Want to try
and play on my car stereo system. Anyone know where I can buy a
3.5 m.m to sony aux input (I think this input is primarily intended
for an ipod). Rating:
Reviewed by John from Uk on 31st
Jan 2008
This phone is the most useless phone i ever bought in my life. the
camara is soooo slow and the music quility is reaaly low. (DONT
BUY THIS PHONE) Rating:
Reviewed by hey from h on 28th
Jan 2008
gr8 phone the best ever!! Rating:
Reviewed by billy from england on
27th Jan 2008
great phone exept for the fact that it the screen freases sometimes Rating:
Reviewed by Wheeze from UK on
26th Jan 2008
This phone is a design classic. I got one from Carphone warehouse
for £99.95 and I'm seriously thinking of getting the second one.
This wonderful phone could outshadow the iphone if it had touchscreen
and 16GB. Simply put---I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS PHONE. Rating:
Reviewed by Burhanuddin Vaz from India
on 26th Jan 2008
Too Too Good Phone... this is the best mobile i have ever used,
Too Slim, Too Sexy... its speaker volume is very low but than to
its the Best and the voice clarity is the best .... Rating:
Reviewed by Sazman from Nottingham on
24th Jan 2008
great phone al most everything is great, experienced no probs except
1 minor problem, the speaker isnt very loud for all you who play
music through your speakers , incredible music phone though i mean
DEDICATED MUSIC CHIP!!! the quality is as good if not better than
my ipod through the headset!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Anurag Gandhi from India
on 22nd Jan 2008
The worst phone I have ever seen. Phone restarts any time while
playing music. Keypad tones sounds much later after key is pressed.
Sound loudness is very low. You can't even hear the ringtone. I
purchase this phone one month back and I had to go 2 times to repair.
They formatted my phone and memory card and all data lost. Rating:
Reviewed by james from england on
20th Jan 2008
it is a amzing phone outstanding i love it to bits and it is so
fine i wish it would last me forever Rating:
Reviewed by Islam shut up! from Not
Egypt on 19th Jan 2008
1 not all phones restart, only some of them have the rebooting problem,
the warranty covers that. 2 same thing, not all phones have that
problem, you are then first one I've heard. 3 it's not the loudest
but for such a slim phone it's acceptable. 4 not everyone has your
fat fingers, if you know you had those why did you buy it in the
first place? get an Emporia.. 5 battery time is just as good as
other phones, it lasts for several days after normal usage(about
6 calls, 10 messages, some game playing and camera usage and about
2 hours of music playing a day) and takes 2-3 hours max to charge
not half a day. 6 USB cable comes with it, you don't have to buy
anything, so what is the problem? 7 camera is good enough for a
slim music player phone, if you want to take superhigh quality photos,
buy a digital camera not a music phone. 8 do you realize how stupid
it is to complain about getting a free memory card?? seriously,
I'm not even going to comment on that, I mean you get a free one,
FREE!! who cares what you do with it, you can use it as a paperweight
or as a Frisbee, it's FREE!! people don't listen to people like
this guy or religion or whatever he is, he obviously just tries
to find things to complain about.. just one word: 3.5 mm !!! in
you face SE and all other phones! Rating:
Reviewed by Ali from uk on 18th
Jan 2008
Neva by a fone through phones4u carfone warehouse etc. Choose network
you want and go to the stores like vodafone, o2 etc. Phones in the
other places break as they get sent bad batches. I got mine from
phones 4u it kept breaking freezing etc. I had 2 phones n lone n
b hold it broke agen got fed up n claimed on my vodafone insurance.
I got a new fone the next day. Swapped it at the door so i dint
av 2 go out and this phone is 100% better den others ive had. my
friends are having problems with carphone warehouse as we speak
as her phone keeps breaking which puts you off the fone. So word
of advice get it from the network shops. This fone i have got is
brilliant now changed and cant fault it!!! So just watch out!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Sabrina from uk on
18th Jan 2008
This fone is brilliant. First phone i had locked and i couldn't
answer calls or anything took it back swapped it straight away.
Had no probs with this one now. When i use my headfones the songs
don't stop like people suggested and mine works fine. I would advise
to get insurance through network provider s you will then get a
door to door swap if fone goes wrong.I think this fone is FAB!!!!Buy
one.lol. Rating:
Reviewed by Islam from Egypt on
17th Jan 2008
After using this phone for over a month, I think I should put another
review: 1-yes, the phone restarts when music is on with headphones,
I think it also restarted while it was on standby at least one time.
2-it looses the contacts, meaning try to push "names" and you get
a message "contacts are not ready" if someone calls you at this
time, you get a number instead of his name, you need to restart
the phoen and wait. 3- ringing volume and speaker volume are low,
hardly can hear it. 4-too small for my fingers, my hands are size
8.5, I should've got the 6300. 5- Battary runs away very fast, lets
you down in the middle of a busy day, while charging takes half
a day.. 6- I still think they should've made the USB phone port
regular size. 7- Camera is absolutely useless, they shouldn't have
included one, but who dares to produce a phone with no camera nowadays,
ha? 8- What is the point in making the phone ready for 4GB memory,
and include only 2 GB with it??!! you either throw this away (no
one will trade it in) and buy a 4GB, or just use it, and as if you
never had this advantage of storing much music on it. I guess looks
aren't everything after all. Rating:
Reviewed by SI from ENGLAND on
14th Jan 2008
HAS ANYONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH NOT BEING HEARD ON CALLS? IT HAS HAPPENED
TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE I AM ABLE TO HEAR THEM BUT THE OTHER
PERSON CANNOT HEAR ME AND HAS TO REDIAL. OTHER THAN THIS THE PHONE
IS BRILLIANT Rating:
Reviewed by Malachi from England on
13th Jan 2008
ok ok ok! I brought this phone on December 10th. December 11th (the
first day the phone is in action) was going well! Until I realised
it shut down during songs are playing...at first I thought nothing
of it. Just said oh proberly needs charging more and every phone
shuts down once in a while. BUT NO! THIS IS A REGULARY OCCURING
PROBLEM! The phone shuts down while I'm playing music through Headphones.
When I play it loud its not a problem. but through headphones is
a big problem to this phone. REALLY BAD SINCE ITS A MUSIC PHONE!!!!
So far I got 528 txt msgs stored thats Brilliant! I love the phone.
but the shutting down in-between when I'm playing music really kicks
it down! Rating:
Reviewed by Karen from UK on
12th Jan 2008
Great looking phone, just a shame that there's a fault with it -
it automatically locks up after you miss a call. Beware of Carphone
Warehouse giving the run around when trying to exchange, they know
there's a problem with it. Rating:
Reviewed by kresha from UK on
12th Jan 2008
Amazing! Reliable and many funky features thrown in! MUSIC player
is simply the best and camera is of a high standard. All under £100!
It could not be better! Go for it! Rating:
Reviewed by Joseph from Philippines
on 12th Jan 2008
the phone is good. good quality sounds. but the headset that was
included is hard to use. 2 way headset. not so comfortable in using Rating:
Reviewed by abdullah from nigeria on
12th Jan 2008
i always try to read reviews before i buy new phones and i did b4
i bought the nokia 5310 on the last day of 2007 well i would have
given the phone a 5/5 but after a few weeks with it i discoverd
its nt so special 1. why must u make an ultraslim phone that affects
the battery life this is a music phone it needs a good battery 2.
its so slim as if its target is 4 d ladies my thumb can cover 2
rows of the keys and my fingers get stiff after smetime 3. y wuld
u put a camera in a phone that tks so long to store a pic its quite
embarassing when i tk pictures of friend 4. my sis has a 6300 and
the screen quality kills that of the 5310. if u can leave with all
these thing then it wuld b a good fone for u my advice is u can
do better the only upside about the phone is the 2GB memory card
that it comes with and the good sound quality almost as gud as my
ipod Rating:
Reviewed by rumahn from england on
11th Jan 2008
this is an amazing fone. trust me i ave had an experience with fones.
first i had the moto PEBL, den nokia n95, den sony ericsson k810i,
den ericsson k550, and now i have the nokia 8600 luna and ill tell
u next im gettin dis 1 the camera is a good qualiy sme as da music
player. my opinion is dat it is 1 of da best fones out Rating:
Reviewed by eddy from sweden on
10th Jan 2008
The phone is great. I have two questions: >>> How do you use frames
when using the camera? I tried in every way possible and I just
cant use them. There is an entire folder with frames but I can only
use them as normal pictures. >>> How do you add songs directly to
the memory-card through the PC Suite Music Manager? I noticed that
converting .mp3 files to .aac is recommended and I think it avoids
the crash problems that many people experience, and it can easily
be done through the Music Manager. However, when adding a song in
the Music Manager it goes to the phone memory and I can't change
the settings to the memory-card. Does anyone have another solution?
Thanks for your help(thanks Ruby, fortunately I found that setting
myself, it was well hidden). The phone is great, definitely worth
the relatively low price and the slim size. Rating:
Reviewed by salma from UK on
9th Jan 2008
HEEYY!! this is fanttic phone, in my view, they beat sony ericsson's
walkman phone. its slim loooks and feels great. fantastic. one prob,
not too sure on how to use the software provided. Rating:
Reviewed by Ruby from UK on 9th
Jan 2008
My orginal intention was to buy a SE W610 walkman phone, then I
saw the keypad and changed my mind as I text alot. I have had the
Nokia 5310 for over a week and I love it. Downloading music from
your computer using the Nokia software was easy.I like the fact
that you can use your own headphones with the phone and it come
with a 2GB microSD card at carphonewarehouse. The phone auto-tunes
in 20 radio stations, and it's menu allow you to alternative between
the Radio and Music Player, which is good on commuter journeys.
The Screen is excellent for downloading picture messages and reading
WAP pages. So far no problems making/receiving calls. CONS; If you
use the music player alot the battery will last about 2 days, the
SE menu systems is a lot easier to use and has a better camera.
I would definately recommend Buying A PROTECTIVE CRYSTAL CASE under
£1 via Amazon.co.uk to protect the screen and camera. RE: KEY PAD
TONES OFF:, the previous reviewer could not turn it when texting.
Go into MENU> SETTINGS> PROFILES> GENERAL> PERSONALISE, Use the
NAVIGATION key down the menu, until you get to KEYPAD TONES> press
NAVIGATION key to the LEFT>to delete the sounds, SCROLL down> &
press SAVE>. Overall I give this phone 4/5 for battery life, the
menu system. N.B Make sure that go into the SETTING MENU & MESSAGE
SETTING MENU and configure you settings to your network provider
as this prevented me from intially receving MMS and WAP. A good
phone, light, lot of features and good buy. Rating:
Reviewed by james from uk on
8th Jan 2008
well i bought the fne yesterday and already i am having problems
loading up some applications, the lights turn off once the buttons
are pressed several times and shockingly one of the dedicated music
key fell off. Looks nice but worst fone ever to use, don't by it! Rating:
Reviewed by eddy from Sweden on
5th Jan 2008
I just got mine yesterday and it's great, so far no crashes everything
is perfect. I will try to use a 8 GB memory with it and hope it
works, has anyone tried yet? Also, can someone tell me how to turn
off the sound the keys make when you press them? It's really annoying
when you are writing a message since the tone is slower than you
typing and for example when you press the 7 four times to get an
S the tone sound only plays 2 or 3 times if you do it fast (or just
at a normal writing rate) and you think you only pressed it three
times when you actually pressed it four times, so you press it again
believing it's the fourth time when it actually is the fifth. I
think it's annoying and I suppose other people have that problem.
The question is how you turn the sound off. It's usually easy to
find in the settings, but on this one I can't find it anywhere,
and the book, the cd or the website don't help at all. Please someone
help me: >How do you turn the key-sound off? >Does a 8 GB memory
work without any problems? Rating:
Reviewed by stacey from uk on
5th Jan 2008
FANTASTIC FONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by steve from united arab emirates
on 4th Jan 2008
Great music phone with the only problem so far being the lock-up
and freeze when u receive a missed call. That is pretty basic and
Nokia need to sort it out. Rating:
Reviewed by Simmo from UK on
4th Jan 2008
What a beautiful phone, lightweight, nice menus, easy to load music
(though a little frustrating if you are used to itunes as you cannot
easily track which albums you have loaded already). I had a Samsung
clamshell which I loved for being so light and simple, plus a nano.
This replaces them both nicely, with a 4gb card. Battery poor -
I use the radio or music on my commute to/from work, plus 2-3 phone
calls during the day. Battery lasts one day. Have had two suspected
crashes in first week, it might be voicemail related. If it crashes
more, I'll have to return it to the store sadly. Rating:
Reviewed by David from Hong Kong on
3rd Jan 2008
+ slim, fits in suit pocket without disrupting the cut of your suit.
+ Overall good package of features: music player, simple camera,
2GB storage card included, slim & light. - poor pc software that
frequently crashes. Luckily you can use it as a USB drive and drag
and drop but this means you don't automatic syncing which is particularly
useful for things like radio podcasts. - poorly thought out controls,
the headphone interface has no music controls (volume, next track
etc.) and none of the currently available Nokia controllers are
compatible which is pretty stupid for a music oriented phone. -
on-phone controls are average; the special music control keys are
poorly placed and I never use them as it is much more comfortable
to use the normal controls holding the phone normally. Little annoyances
like if you stop halfway through a track it doesn't remember where
(again particularly annoying for long podcasts), no scroll wheel
like an I Pod. It can replace having to carry both an mp3 player
and phone in an attractively small package, just a pity they didn't
really think through the details of the design and software very
well. Rating:
Reviewed by SHRUTii from LONDON on
2nd Jan 2008
ThiiS FONE iiZ AMAZiiNG ! AT FURST ii WOZNT SURE iiF i LiiKED iiT
OR NOT BUH iiM COMPLETELY SURE DAT ii DO !! SOO SLiiM NO PROBLEMS
WiiTH IT AT ALL APART FROM iiT RANDOMLY SWiiTCHES OFF SOMTiiMES
APART FROM THAT GREAT FONE YOU SHOULD BUY iiT DEFOO ! =) Rating:
Reviewed by kinok from ph on
2nd Jan 2008
there not much protection to its lcd. its so thin that once its
protective lens would be pressed its lcd could be damaged....I damaged
my lcd....because the protective iis not so stroing to withstand
certain pressures even itys just in your pants pocket. ublike the
other nokia products. Rating:
Reviewed by Philip from Northern Ireland
on 1st Jan 2008
Oh my good god. I hate these things. Reason? I work for Carphone
Warehouse we've returned almost every single one of these that was
ever sold. We've had multiple batches and the phones all do the
same thing. If the user has locked their keypad when using the phone
and receives a message or a missed call and tries to retrieve it
the phone will lock up! There was a stage we had 5 in one day same
problem! Avoid in my opinion. I love Nokia's I was using the N95
and 8600 and they are superb, but my god don't buy this 5310! You
have been warned. Rating:
Reviewed by Liam from Canada on
30th Dec 2007
The nokia 5310 is amazing! I could have swarn the camera was more
than 2 megapixles because the images looked so good. The phone is
great i highly recomend it! Rating:
Reviewed by kyle from uk on 29th
Dec 2007
An Excellent phone! Good value, music player is great, beautifully
designed. However two little points that are bad. As mentioned before,
it has a low ringing volume and also it takes a very long time to
take a picture. Other than that, an AMAZING phone! Rating:
Reviewed by John from England on
29th Dec 2007
just got this to replace a Sony Ericsson V630. So far it makes the
Sony look like something out of the dark ages. My priority was a
light small phone. After looking at the current brick range (of
which 99% of phones seem to fall into this category) if wasn't left
with much choice. Plumped for this and so far not disappointed.
And to those of you complaining about a camera - ITS A TELEPHONE.
Go by a Canon Ixus if you want superb shots. Camera - Not the greatest
but like I say if you want to take award winning photos DONT USE
A PHONE TO DO IT. THe picture quality is good enough to send SMS
or have snaps to email around of to take snaps to set as wallpaper
etc. Sound/MP3 - Sooooooo much better than my Sony Ericsson. Much
easier to use, a much better laid out menu system, better sound
quality, you can use your own headphones through the 3.5mm jack
so dont get stuck with the manufacturers std. and the speaker is
just as good if not better than on my SONY. Got two dedicated MP3
players - Creative Zen and iAudio. I'd say the sound quality was
nearly as good as the Zen but not up to the iAudio standards. Battery
life so far seems great. 2 days of playing/setting up and its still
on full bars. A big plus is the software. I.e. you dont need it
to transfer files and music to the phone. Sony made me use their
own software. It was attrocious and made using the MP3 a chore -
took 2 days to transfer one album. ON this its just drag and drop.
And if you do use the software to sync with outlook its a doddle
to use. Only complaint is that the bundled software is not actually
compatible with the phone!!! Had to download the latest version
to get my PC and phone connected but once sorted its great. And
unlike my Sony this phone actually comes with a Telephone ring tone!
Overall very impressed. Glad I didn't go for the W880i. Its the
little things like drag and drop via USB through to being able to
set the time delay on the auto key lock and showing some of todays
calendar on the standby screen that make this such a great phone
to use. Rating:
Reviewed by eddy from Sweden on
29th Dec 2007
I really love this phone, the design is awesome and the sound is
rally good. For being so slim, I think the camera is perfect, it's
about half as thick as the n95 or the k850. I have a question though:
all the websites say you can have a 4 GB memory to it, but there
are microSD memories with 6 and 8 GB. Has anyone tried to use them?
Does it work? Rating:
Reviewed by Ella from UK on 28th
Dec 2007
This is a beautiful phone with great features and a ultra-thin design.To
start off it has a very good speaker and a good enough camera, and
for those of you who are having a strop over the camera quality,
its only a phone, you have to remember that. The battery life is
good and i definatly recomend this phone to all buyers. Rating:
Reviewed by jay from uk on 26th
Dec 2007
all in all a good phone that looks good BUT THE RINGING VOLUME AND
SPEAKER PHONE IS SO LOW i am forever missing calls and thats the
main point of a phone isnt it???? . Rating:
Reviewed by Force9Storm from UK on
27th Dec 2007
Well, so far I love this phone - haven't made a call on it yet,
but that's not what phones are for these days lol. One problem I
haven't managed to figure out yet is that when I'm using a Java
application, the light keeps going out if I haven't pressed anything
for a short while - really annoying on Sudoku! Rating:
Reviewed by Libanac from Serbia on
26th Dec 2007
outstanding phone.best phone for that price on the market Rating:
Reviewed by Sanjog from INDIA on
20th Dec 2007
Most Horrible camera I had ever seen. Dont Forget to check the camera
before buying. Rating:
Reviewed by Yudi from Indonesia on
15th Dec 2007
It is a brilliant phone. It is light. This phone has a good sound.
Rating:
Reviewed by Chandrachur from India on
14th Dec 2007
A SEXY phone. If you really know what SEXY is. I generally do not
use this term for gadgets but this is the first time I felt like
saying SEXY. Beauty with brains. Its one of the slimest...one of
the best music phones...smooth yet powerful display to sooth your
eyes. Its a class in its own. You can attach any headphone in the
market and get some out of the world sound man. Memory is great,
Camera is decent specially outdoors, video quality is good. The
battery life is normal...ppl may find it below normal because of
its extensive use for music listening. As its said in this artice...its
THAT good :) Rating:
Reviewed by iggle piggle from night
garden on 10th Dec 2007
i iniatially went out 2 by th w850 but eye instantlly looked at
thes. if ther ewas a 10/5 star id definitely clic dat wonderful Rating:
Reviewed by Tomo from uk on 8th
Dec 2007
brilliant phone sleek and beutiful. recommended. Rating:
Reviewed by sufy from england on
8th Dec 2007
best phon eva dont mess Rating:
Reviewed by Islam from Egypt on
8th Dec 2007
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Reviewed by simon from england on
7th Dec 2007
this looks like a good phone but it wont ever beat the sony ericssons.
The sony ericsson w580i beats this phone easily!!! Rating:
Reviewed by OnimushaGTA from England
on 5th Dec 2007
Phone is Ok but nothing compared to sony ericsson in both camera
and music , the camera has no flash and the music is rubbish quality!
Plus no symbian and its soooo slowww ! Thank you for reading , i
am not telling its a really bad phone to use , its ok for the price
but some others phone just can do better for a better price and
PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE POINTS , you might need them !! Rating:
Reviewed by jaz from India on
5th Dec 2007
The negative point is no flash rest everything great. Rating:
Reviewed by splash from uk on
4th Dec 2007
(nokia 5310 Xpress) I purchased mine in november, crackling sound
all the way throught the call and you can here the person on the
other end but they can't hear you after 5 mins. Returned it at the
end of the month for a replacement, contacts list just says sim
not ready, and phone not even switched off. Rating:
Reviewed by aisha from pakistan on
4th Dec 2007
it's rocking and cool! Rating:
Reviewed by JR Ewing from UK on
2nd Dec 2007
Follow up to my earlier review. This phone has now been taken back
for a refund. Started continually shutting itself off whenever the
Music Player was on (I might not have the best taste in music but
that's no excuse !) Battery life also turned out to be horrifically
poor for such a small phone. Back using a Nokia Navigator - now
that is a phone !! Rating:
Reviewed by molly from uk on
1st Dec 2007
best phone ever made fits every where Rating:
Reviewed by billy from u.k on
30th Nov 2007
yes indeed just brought this fone and its the dogs balerics..tottaly
awesome..never bin so impressed wif nokia fone than this..features
r jammed packed..and get 2gb ov memory...tottaly awesum and amazing
price Rating:
Reviewed by veilside from phils on
30th Nov 2007
phone is superb when it comes to music and camera is good however
problem is whenever you play it thru the headset after sometime
it will automatically restart... Rating:
Reviewed by David from England on
29th Nov 2007
Just ditched my Samsung U600 for this. What a difference, the Nokia
seems light years ahead. The screen, the feel, the sound quality,
the menu system, everything. Even the battery lasts twice as long.
I would recommend getting some sort of cover. It's so small and
light, it could easliy slip out of the hand or pocket and would
smash into a million pieces! At long last Nokia are starting to
make class leading phones again. Rating:
Reviewed by Ben from England on
27th Nov 2007
Had it but took it back twice due to dead pixels. Bad screen colours,
bad camera. Have the w810i, much better mobile. Only good point
is it's slim. Rating:
Reviewed by Melvin John from Philippines
on 26th Nov 2007
This one is really cool, its so light and stylish but there is this
one thing that bothers me, sometimes the phone restarts when im
listening to music, i dont know why, maybe i should go to the nearest
nokia care center. but overall you guys should have this peace of
heaven. Rating:
Reviewed by chris from England on
25th Nov 2007
a really brilliant phone. the look is very eye catching. although
it's not as thin as the w880i it's nicer to hold and has a better
feel. the buttons are really nice to use because they are a good
size unlike all the new sony phones where the buttons get are getting
smaller and annoying to use. the price is excellent. i use the mp3
feature a lot everyday and battery life is pretty good, only charge
twice a week. Rating:
Reviewed by NaijaChic from Nigeria on
25th Nov 2007
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Reviewed by curly from uk on
24th Nov 2007
this is the best phone i have owned i find the battery exellent
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Reviewed by anonymust!!!! from France
on 24th Nov 2007
di fown suucks.. verry lllloooooooooooowwwww loudspeaker... i profer
di 5700 or d 6120, or maybe the 6233.. overall, its not that fast.
iz not zymbion 06 rel3.1.nice design but sucx. im warning u from
here and und Rating:
Reviewed by Steven from Singh on
23rd Nov 2007
the Nokia is rubbish it is no where near better than my W880I the
sound is lower without the Walkmans speakers and with the Nokia's
the battery isn't as good and is no match for the new Walkmans and
the software can't compare Rating:
Reviewed by Jo from England on
23rd Nov 2007
This phone is brilliant cant believe how slim it is have to keep
checking my pocket lol superb design fantastic music player one
of the best phones nokia have done better than sony ericsson walkman
range! Rating:
Reviewed by kunal from india on
23rd Nov 2007
A brilliant phone.very sleek and easy to operate.absolutely no battery
issues with this set and the sound quality is absolutely awesome,be
it via the phone speakers,headset or bluetooth headsets. good price
too,decent camera.on the whole a pretty good buy Rating:
Reviewed by baher from england on
22nd Nov 2007
This phone is great! It has great looks and is super-slim!! The
camera is good although it would have been better with flash but
is is still ok. I recommend u buy this phone but if a fantastic
camera is essential why not try the 5610i xpress music?? But this
one is better!! Rating:
Reviewed by JR Ewing from Scotland on
22nd Nov 2007
A fantastic little headset. Battery life perhaps not quite as bad
as stated in the site's main review too. Absolutely no complaints
about this handset at all. It's small, light and rammed full of
features and coming with a 2GB card for only £119.95 you can't afford
not to get one ! Rating:
Reviewed by adu from england on
20th Nov 2007
this phone is the greatest it has everything you and the music player
puts walkman to shame! Rating:
