Nokia 5800 Xpress Music » Nokia 5800 v/s Apple Iphone

20 Reasons Why Nokia 5800 is better than Apple Iphone

Admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:03:42 +0000

We get lots of requests to compare in detail Nokia 5800 with Apple Iphone 3G. Here are some reasons we believe Nokia 5800 is way ahead than Iphone-

1) Size
The iphone is bigger in size and uneasy for one hand grip. Nokia 5800 is designed to fit well into your hands. Being smaller in width, its easy to operate single handedly.

Iphone size: 115.5 X 62.1 X 12.3 mm
Nokia 5800 size: 111 X 51.7 X 15.5 mm

2) Weight
Iphone is much bulkier than Nokia 5800. Nokia 5800 is 25g lighter than Iphone in weight.

Iphone: 133g
Nokia 5800: 109g

3) Screen Resolution
The Iphone has 3.5” screen while Nokia 5800 has 3.2” but the resolution of 5800 is far more superior to Iphone.

Resolution:
Iphone: 480 by 320
Nokia 5800: 640 by 360

4) Storage
Iphone comes with two options- 8GB & 16GB internal memory. Nokia has a more flexible option to offer 8GB with micro SD card which is expandable upto 16GB. Nokia owners can expand memory size according to needs which the Iphone guys can’t do.

5) Input Methods
Iphone: Finger only.
Nokia 5800: Finger, stylus, plectrum, handwriting recognition.

6) Features
Apple Iphone has lots of missing features like cut and paste function, saving email attachments, no support for third party headphones, ringtones, pricey iphone applications, many software bugs and other technical glitches. Nokia 5800 Tube has no such issues plus many more amazing features included.

7) Colors
Iphone: Black for 8 & 16 GB, White for 16 GB only.
Nokia 5800: Red, Blue and Black.

8 ) Battery
Nokia 5800 provides upto 35 hrs of music playing time against Apple Iphone which claims just 24 hrs. Overall battery power (talktime/standby) is also about 30% more in Nokia 5800. What more, 5800 has a removable battery which Iphone lacks.

Iphone: 5 hrs talk-time, 300 hrs standby, not removable.
Nokia 5800: 8.8 hrs talk-time, 406 hrs standby, removable battery.

9) Camera
Iphone: 2 MP, no flash, no zoom, no additional camera.
Nokia 5800: 3.2 MP, Flash, 3x digital zoom with Carl Zeiss lens. A second camera in front is available for video calling/conferencing.

10) Video Calling
Iphone: No Video calling possible in Iphone.
Nokia 5800: Video calling is possible.

11) Video Recording
IPhone: No option for video recording.
Nokia 5800: Video recording is included.

12) Music Service
Iphone: Paid service with Apple Itunes Store. You pay and download music to your Iphone.
Nokia 5800: “Comes with music” service is bundled with Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic phone by which you can download as much music as you want for 1 year- FREE!!

13) Voice Dialing
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available

14) Voice Recording
IPhone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available

15) Web Browser
Iphone: Webkit based Safari browser, no flash available.
Nokia 5800: Webkit based browser, supports flash lite.

16) FM Radio
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available

17) Bluetooth
Iphone: Bluetooth is available for just handsfree, no file sharing possible.
Nokia 5800: Bluetooth available for handsfree and file sharing is possible. Better audio quality on bluetooth in 5800 with A2DP technology which Iphone lacks.

18) Messaging
Iphone: It does not support message forwarding, multiple SMS deletion, sending SMS to multiple recipients and multimedia messages (MMS).
Nokia 5800: All the above is possible plus it has MMS ver 1.3, message size upto 600kb, and automatic resizing of Images for MMS.

19) Price
Nokia 5800 is hopefully unlocked (without any contract) and will sell much cheaper for just £219 in UK and in US for around $385 (US price is $269 now).

Apple iPhone 3G, on the other hand, with contract in US comes for $199 & $299 for 8 & 16 GB models and the plans with AT&T are way too expensive. Unlocked Apple Iphones sells for around $800 on Ebay.

In other parts of the world, the 8GB unsubsidized Iphone model costs 499 euros ($700) in Italy, 350 pounds ($620) in UK, $700 in India. Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic is expected to sell around the world for about $400 or below.

20) Experience
Nokia: Ages of experience, hundreds of success stories and dozens of smart handsets in current portfolio. Nokia has about 40% market share with the No.1 spot with no close competitors. Certainly the king when it comes to brand value, service and experience.

Apple: First phone ever launched by Apple is Iphone, no prior experience in the telecom market. It’s a novice in the market with a very less market share despite having millions of Iphone sold.

Verdict:
Almost all the major brands around the world like Samsung, HTC, LG, etc launched their touchscreen smartphones with a hope to beat Apple’s Iphone. No-one came close to Iphone when it comes to looks, style, feel and features.

This is the first time a tech giant like Nokia has hit it hard with its first true touchscreen smartphone. Nokia 5800 is a real Iphone killer with way ahead features, perfect looks and great price. Bravo Nokia, Well Done!!

Is Tube Nokia Really an Iphone Substitute?

Admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:07:10 +0000

The much anticipated Nokia touchscreen smartphone is about to get public in few days from now. The Xpressmedia phone (as it is popularly called) is going to be a tough competitor for the Apple’s Iphone as per the market prerdictions. There are few other smartphones as well which tried to compete with Iphone but Iphone never stopped its upward journey. Brands like HTC, Samsung, LG all launched their touchscreen devices with all the hype but Iphone is still the leader.

Give credit to Apple’s team which designed the gadget so sleek and sexy that it became everyone’s favorite in no time. But the Iphone came with many problems and complaints as well and lacked some of the basic functionalities like bluetooth file transfer, sms forwrding, battery replacement problems, poor camera and other technical glitches. This is where other brands popped up with their so called iphone killers.

Its been years since Iphone first launched but we never saw any decline in Iphone sales till now. No matter how hard every Iphone substitute tried to replace Iphone’s position, its still the leader. The tech giant Nokia was secretly under the making of the best Iphone killer- The Tube 5800 Xpressmedia as they named it. The reason Nokia didn’t came up with any Iphone fighter is just that people expect the best handset from the best handset maker.

Nokia Tube is all set to take on Iphone this time with some of the best features and specs you can expect from any of the smartphone in the market. Nokia Tube 5800 may not be as sleek in design as what the first pics reveals, but its certainly expected to be a grand daddy of Apple iphone when it comes to the cool features.

Lets keep our fingers crossed till everything gets revealed finally in the London meet of Nokia on Oct 2. Do keep yourself updated with our RSS feeds or email subscription about latest happenings on Nokia Tube.

Nokia Tube 5800-iPhone Killer

dave1 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:45 +0000

Nokia is gearing up with their “Nokia Tube 5800 model” to follow the leader and position its new phone with some of the interesting and unique features in parallel with the top brand. Because of the huge success of iPhone, Apple certainly brought a sort of insecurity in mobile market effecting several other mobile brands and Nokia is also one of the brands that suffered the punch of iPhone.

With similar look. Size and shape of iPhone, Nokia is going to launch first full touchscreen-enabled phone, alongwith a 3.2 MegaPixel camera,3G UMTS/HSDPA, quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio and TV-Out port for a wide-screen view. The Nokia Tube 5800 touchscreen phone will supports Wireless LAN and Bluetooth with WiFi connectivity, it would lineup with GPS and 3.2 inch touchscreen display functionality alongwith 16 Million colors. In addition it will have 140MB internal memory, the Tube supports also SD memory card which is one of the prime feature of Nokia tube phone. Nokia Tube 5800 most likely seems to be the OS of choice for use in all Symbian-based touchscreen equipped devices.

An auto focus 3.2 megapixel camera in conjunction with the support for DVB-H technology would be one of the many features of this model. It would also support Java and a 3.2-inch touch sensitive display and the handset would be equipped with a direct upload feature for videos and images, bluetooth, WiFi capability, GPRS, 3.5mm earphone socket and a lot more.

Also known as the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Phone, there are buzz about its different features and design spreading around the net for quite sometime, but so far the actual release date has been not yet finalized, however there are possibility that 8th October is the supposed launch date and it will be initially offered in the UK. However there are no specifications about the pricing and availability of the handset is yet confirmed.