Nokia 5800i XpressMusic hits the FCC: it's like the 5800, only less so
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jul 31st 2009 3:43PM
posted Jul 31st 2009 3:43PM
Over the years we've found that usually, when a company takes a model number and slaps an extra letter on the end of it, there's some sort of feature or update they're highlighting. iPhone 3GS? That one's easy: "speed." But if we're reading this FCC business correctly, Nokia's new 5800i XpressMusic handset apparently differs little from its older sibling -- save for the fact that they've removed that pesky WiFi antenna from the thing. Because, really, what would you do with all that connectivity, anyways? Also, while still sporting a 3 megapixel camera, those specs are listed as a 4.6mm on the new handset (the original is 3.7mm). As GSM Arena has pointed out, this could be due to either a narrower field of view or a larger sensor -- probably the latter. Not too much more info here, but if you're morbidly curious, please feel free to check out the gallery below. It's a blast.
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o, while still sporting a 3 megapixel camera, those specs are listed as a 4.6mm on the new handset (the original is 3.7mm)
WRONG - Nokia handsets have FLEXIBLE aperatures. Nokia never gives the lens parameters!!!
1) It's focal length, not aperture
2) The N86 is Nokia's first handset with a variable aperture. And one of the first cameraphones with that feature, for that matter.
3) Nokia print the camera's focal length and aperture on the lens surround or lens cover of all of their Carl Zeiss licenced products, including the 5800.
In conclusion:
WROOOOOOOONG
Maybe they removed the wifi for ATT.
That's how AT&T ruined the 9300 back in the day.
Possibly capacitive touchscreen device?
No wifi = version for China, the label seems to agree. And I think the lens spec is just a typo or something, it has happened before.
I thought the E61i was better than both the E61 and E62 so the I is not always a bad thing.
Probably it is for China Unicom, the only WCDMA operator in China, as you can see "WCDMA" and Chinese words on its label.