Nokia 5530 XpressMusic out of box, handled on video, preferred over 5800

As far as we're concerned, Nokia's 5530 XpressMusic far and away out-classes its more expensive older brother the 5800, even if it is lacking in the 3G department. British phone retailer mobiles.co.uk thought it best to tease us with an unboxing video of their own, along with some quick impressions of the touchscreen device. It's certainly a looker, and a sleek device they're pretty confident will do well. Some of the S60 5th edition additions are very welcomed, such as the new scrolling contacts bar, but for better and for worse (mostly worse), it's still S60. See it for yourself after the break, and if you wish really hard, there's a good chance this still won't get 3G, but at least you can say you tried.

[Via Cell Addict Blog]

[smover Posted Aug 9th 2009 5:01PM]

Great entry level phone compared to all proprietary crappy OS running on competition (Samsung, LG, etc...). Great shot from Nokia, and one more way to make OVI on of the main place in town. I hope they will upgrade the 5800 with these new sweets !

Let's hope they will be as good regarding high end devices with Symbian^2...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2009 9:50PM]

Is it really necessary to show the manuals, chargers, etc.? We all know phones come with that.
JUST SHOW THE PHONE OFF.!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2009 9:51PM]

Which also including SHOWING HOW THE MESSAGING WORKS !!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2009 10:41PM]

That was obviously NOT the first time he opened the box :)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 10th 2009 1:26PM]

"...but for better and for worse (mostly worse), it's still S60..."

Seriously??

I love the unbiased, fair and balanced 'blogging' that RM puts into his finished products. Yes Ross, that is sarcasm.

Good source video though. I'll give you that. All the other hateful venom you spew at S60 is not though.

Thanks.