Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Unlocked Phone with U.S. 3G, GPS with Free Voice Navigation, Wi-Fi, and 4 GB MicroSD Card--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)

I've had this phone now for a little over a month. I can tell you that after using it for this length of time that it is an excellent phone. It can do more than any other touchscreen phone out there today. The only two phones that can even come close are the iPhone 3G and the BB Storm. This phone can do more than either of them two. The camera gets dogged a lot, but in all actuality, it does a pretty good job when taking pictures in bright outdoor/indoor light. The front facing camera is an outstanding feature and works very well. The Video (which iPhone does not have at this time) is very exceptional as well; even more functional and better quality than the camera still shots (odd eh?). The virtual qwerty is very nice and has all the keys in the right place. I also have an Eternity, but the layout of the 5800's keyboard is way better (don't make me dig for my apostrophe Samsung!) >:[. Also, the haptic feedback is awesome too. The vibration actually 'feels' localized and not just vibrating the whole phone. The call quality is top notch, not sure why some reviews say other wise, but compared to previous phones I have owned, this was on par with my old Nokia E51, and better than my Eternity, Quickfire (what a joke), SE w580i or LG Vu. I've had other phones too, but they were very basic phones and were also Nokias. The OS is still a tad bit immature, making its crossover to the touchscreen. However, it is still very stable and functional for its 'immaturity'. I love how they managed to keep all the previous capabilities of the S60 3rd and include it into a very well packaged bundle what is now called S60 5th Edition. I love the 'tap and hold and slide' to copy and paste things. It is so awesome! Syncing is great as usual. I downloaded the iSync plug from Nokia website and was able to sync my calendar and contacts via bluetooth flawlessly! Also, PC Suite worked like a charm as with any Nokia phone. The sound is best in class. I don't think anything out there can compete with the sound quality that this phone puts out. It's still a new phone, been out only about 7 months now. But they provide excellent firmware support (3 to date) and are constantly looking for ways to improve performance and enhance any existing features if not, they even add more useful features. As for all the other features (gps, radio, messaging, browsing); it does them all very well. I have no complaints. Probably the only drawback if there were one, is the fact that this phone can do so much with its Symbian OS that you really need to read up and research all the things it can really do and how to do them. This phone's OS has a very rich Symbian ancestry. It's an excellent phone and I honestly believe that this phone is best in class and overall compared to the other phones currently out there. I would even go so far as to say I am glad I did not wait for the N97. I know blasphemy! But it's true. If you get this phone, you will not regret it. Just keep in mind that it does come with plenty of features and the OS is very 'sophisticated'. Oh, by the way, I do have to admit, that it is very nice to have a 'Smart Phone' that can use the internet and check email without having to pay any PDA fees. Kudos Nokia! Keep it up!

I bought this phone because i did not want to be caught in a 2 year plan with AT&T along with an additional $50 data plan for the iphone. Despite the fact you can buy the dual sim card iphone fake in chinatown across the river was not an option. Also when I do my international travel I can switch in my sim card and use the same phone. I must say I have discovered so many nice tricks and features with this phone the more I explore it. I love the fact that you can put 5 of your closest contacts images on the main frame and simply press the pic to call, text etc. I also assigned a ring tone to every person. Phone call quality is awesome no one has ever complained they could not hear me and vice versa. The volume I wished was a tad louder but that is being picky. I love the headphones with the music controls there so you can ff or rew or even while listening to music you can get a call and the phone automatically turns off the music until you end the call.I love the GPS as well as the dictionary. I am a traveler and I do a lot of crosswords on my travel time so having the dictionary was a nice discovery. The versatility of the keyboard for tap, plectrum, mini, full qwerty as well as the handwriting makes writing notes or texting convenient.There is even copy, cut and paste. I was able to record a phonecall for a return of a product so that if they said I did not call i can play the conversation as my proof. I have used both cameras and the picture quality is great, the video feature is awesome as well. I was able to assign a picture to most of my contacts from my pc as well using the very versatile Nokia PC Suite. The ability to simply drag and drop any file including my music has really made a difference. I also love the fact that on the phone you can edit your pics just like you would do on coreldraw or any graphic program. I have added talk bubbles and designs to some of the pics. You should see the one I did with my ex hehehehe!!! Thankfully Amazon not only gave us the rebate( which I am yet to receive) but the videoondemand 50 credit. I have so far bought mall cop and night at the museum pt 1 and downloaded to my phone. I watched them recently waiting for my delayed flight last week using the nice stand that they gave me to hold the phone landscape style.The graphics on this phone is awesome the speakers are adequate and loud. When I hooked the tv out cables from the phone to the tv it actually worked!!!! I was able to see slideshows of my pics on the phone as well as anything I did with the phone. This phone is awesome. I did play the tactile games, guitarrock, bounce and car racing cute but I am not a gaming person but they did keep me entertained. Goshhhhhh there are so many other things on this phone but I will end on the music. I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO love this phone for the music. I downloaded album art and 578 songs so far including my personal cds and I am loving it. I have not been using my IPOD recently because I have the same songs, pics etc on this phone which is really neat. I am really happy with my purchase but I wished the dialer had alphanumeric keys I wanted to call 1800 flowers and I had to call someone to ask them to look at their phone and tell me the numbers for flowers which SUCKED!!! Otherwise I have not found anything bad with it. Oh yeah.......... one more thing I actually got a cover for the phone and I bought a reasonably priced 16 g microsd card because my 8 gb that the phone came with has 1.6 gigs left with all the stuff I saved on it.

I have had this phone almost a month now and I am still discovering its versatility. It is well worth the cost and does everything I wanted it to do. I have AT&T as my provider and receive a strong 3.5g signal. The phone is light, fits well in the hand and the touch screen is beautifully clear and responds well with the stylus. The reception/sound quality is crystal clear, also. The volume range is very good and the stereo speakers work surprisingly well. The FM radio is a nice addition and I find I use it more than I thought I would. The MP3 player is good; however, their is one thing to note about the Nokia software you use for transferring the files from your computer. It offers an option to reduce the file size prior to downloading the music to the phone but it seems to greatly reduce the sound quality of the tracks, so I no longer use it. The wifi/browser works fine and the zoom option helps to make all print readable. The camera produces excellent photos but do not rely on the auto mode to give you the best shots. The manual options have proven to allow for much better quality results so it is best to become familiar with them. This is true with the video recorder, too. For example, indoors on auto mode the video recording is very grainy but when using low light option the results are great...In fact, better then I had expected. The video player was a little disappointing because seems with most of the movie files I have played so far there is some drag periodically which is irritating, especially right after the video has started. I wonder if a more powerful processor is needed or just a firmware update would solve the problem. Despite this I still give the phone a 5 star because it excels in every other regard. And finally, I downloaded the free flashlight software I found on the internet and now this phone can be used as a bright flashlight for times when I need to find something in the dark. I am waiting for a DivX player software for this version of Symbian (which Samsung offers for their phones using the same Symbian operating system) so I can play this popular movie format. When I received the phone I noticed there were 2 tiny scratches on the screen (one was deep), which I couldn't notice until I was outside with the direct sunlight reflecting off the screen. So inspect the phone carefully right away for that or for any other defects. Amazon customer service offered to replace the phone but I didn't want to wait for a new one to arrive. I just wanted to mention it so you know that if you do find there is a problem Amazon is very good about offering support.

First off, when I was looking for a basic (unlocked), no bells and whistle phone. But couldnt find one that fit my needs. (Purchased a supposed basic unlocked Motorola off Ebay, different story, but lesson learnt, don't trust Ebay) I have a new Ipod touch, so did really want apps, wifi and media. But after being unsuccessful in a basic phone search, I thought about getting a full featured phone and eliminate my itouch. After reading all the reviews about this phone and seeing the price of an Iphone (well out of budget), I decided on this nokia. Once receiving this phone, setting it up and with playing some java games on the device. Upon using I immediatly realized that this phone is not even close to the same ballpark as apple products. Comparing this nokia to my itouch (pretty much a iphone), I began to notice that this phone is not as refined as apple options. 1) The screen is a pain to use, even with the stylus, screen feels soft, not as sensitive and annoying. It gets scratched easily, my ipod is 12 months old and not a mark to be seen, this phone is now 2 weeks old and has a few deep marks. I have purchased protector to eliminate this. 2) The apps and games available for this phone are terrible, I have downloaded 20-30 java games and apps for this phone and have deleted all but two. Graphics, game play and entertainment on all games is terrible. I have downloaded (not purchased) awful games from itunes, but then there are some great games. The graphics of these java games remind me of my first ever gameboy and I would prefer to use the gameboy as the on-screen function of the nokia is crap. 3) This phone has issues, it freezes at times and you get a solid blue screen, shutting down and a minute later and the phone is fine (happened twice in two weeks). This phone is great as a phone (only as a phone), easy to use, great for contact detail, good battery life (3-4 days with minimal use, 1-3 with moderate)great sound for media/calls and acceptable Wifi. For the price I think this phone has great value, it was one of the cheapest I could find with wifi, great for music and movies (forget games and apps). I travel a bit and basic phone Wifi is great to check emails and facebook at free hotspots. In the end I will keep this phone it does what I require, but I will still be keeping my ipod touch, its just so much more enjoyable to use. My advice if you have/can justify the money get a unlocked Iphone, if not this nokia will suffice.

I had owned various phones in the past and Nokia is the best on any comparison, for the Features available on this phone, had Apple had all these features it will cost 10 times more, most people don't even know it has extra camera on the front for video Calls along with the 3.2 MP on the back, Video is far better and there were no sluggish performance as far as I had used for more than a month, unlike iPhone this phone can run multiple applications at same time which is like multitasking in PC, so I can play music and browse websites at same time and switch to GPS , attend a call and type an SMS.. And it goes on...all at same time, iPhone cannot do more than one at a time, we get millions of free software, games, themes etc., unlike Apple App store, no need to pay more and more. Best feature, no MP3 conversion required, if you have lot of MP3 files on hard disk just drag and drop in few seconds, we can play, phone comes with 8GB of SD Card, can upgrade to 16 GB, that's more than enough, I had used the N95 earlier which costs double this price, this is not a NSeries phone from nokia, but it had all the features + touch screen of N series phone at half the price. If you like Garmin for GPS, Garmin GPS software available for this phone and installing that will make it the best GPS (it comes with Nokia's map software too) and no data plan or internet required for GPS as maps are copied to memory. It comes with lot of add on and Its not too big like iPhone and not too small, exactly made for using with single hand and I had replaced the blackberry phone used for Office with this and configured my Office outlook exchange server along with Gmail, hotmail and yahoo, how cool is that. It handles website just as a PC and there is no difference with any websites, I can login to bank accounts and do anything like PC, it has stereo speakers but the Nokia Headsets are far Superior in sound quality and build and it comes with built in Mic and buttons for music track change so we can play music and attend calls without touching phone. And FM is there to use while driving and at the Gym, Google has lot of software available for this phone like latitude, docs etc. If you want free chat software Fring ([...]) is available for free, it connects yahoo, hotmail, AOL, Gtalk and Skype users all in one place and we can even make voice calls to online users. It has the great sync software that syncs all your photos, videos, contacts, notes etc between phone and PC using Bluetooth, just switch on the PC and it does the sync automatically. We can import and export all contacts from outlook, Lotus notes etc. And there is software to use the screen as a touch screen mouse for the PC like a wireless Bluetooth mouse and that's free too. For brand conscious users like me, I want to buy a phone from a telecom company like Nokia than a computer (apple) or TV (Samsung) company, who were just trying phones as one of their business. iPhone doesn't have many of these features and only selling because of marketing, if nokia did their part, this should beat any phone for sure, I don't want to lock with AT&T for lifetime with iPhone and pay $ monthly and pay for any applications and did I say its unlocked? What else you can expect from a phone?

Let me start by saying this is my second 5800 XpressMusic. I purchased it because I need to send my first 5800 (purchased direct from Nokia) in for service (one too many drops). I did not think I could go a couple of weeks without my phone so I bought another. I keep a Nokia N75 for backup but it was driving me crazy thinking I would have to use it for weeks; I use my phone way too much and have become quite addicted to the touch screen. I was having trouble making a purchase on the Nokia website so I decided to try Amazon. So far, I cannot complain, it was brand new, straight out of the box. Shipped on time and got it the day quoted on the site. Both of my phones work perfectly, though I have heard horror stories about the 5800 I cannot add to or corroborate them. I have only ever owned Nokia for myself but I have purchased other brands for family members and have heard more negative things about them than I have about Nokia. This phone does everything I want it to do and more. The only thing lacking in the phone I purchased here was no music stand, no $50 gift card from Amazon and no car charger. The original phone came with all three because they were promotional items for the first release of the phone. I would have loved the gift card but I can live without it, I still have the music stand from the first phone and do not really use it, and as for the car charger, I only need one. It is a great phone; then again, I am a huge fan of the Nokia brand. Nokia customer service is lacking but they usually hit the nail on the head with their phones. The 5800 is not too big and it is not too little, easy to navigate through shortcuts and menus. The camera is great and takes good pictures, the screen is gorgeous and looks nice when surfing the web. I have a 16 GB memory card so I have more than enough memory for whatever I want to store on it. My battery life is ok; I listen to music all day on stereo bluetooth, so I really give it a work out and have to keep it charged. The Nokia Ovi store has great apps and games to personalize your phone with, if you have not checked it out, you should.

Review amended Nov. 2010 After 6 months of use this is how I view the 5800 XpressMusic now. Pros: The 5800 ExpressMusic is a very adequate 3G phone. The touchscreen is smooth, both the touchscreen and soft keypad are very responsive. It hold a lot of media in it's external micro-SD card (up to a 16gb microSD now). The sound volume is good using it's internal speakers and with both wired and wireless headsets. It pairs easily with multiple bluetooth devices. It picks up wi-fi connections quickly and connects to the available wi-fi router in a reasonable amount of time. The software is intuitive and things are where you expect them to be. Cons: The camera takes somewhat good pictures, especially with the flash. The camera does have focus problems in low and excessively bright light. When I say focus problem, I'm not intimating that the pictures are blurry or look like you are taking pictures under water, but that they are not sharp. This could be called "soft" focus. The video camera takes video, not particularly sharp video, but it adequately gives you decent video images. The camera/video part of this phone is not equivalent to a stand-alone camera, like my Panasonic Lumix. It won't fast focus or quickly adjust to changes in available light. The 5800's GPS is a real GPS, but that said, it takes a long time to link to enough satellites to actually see your position on the provided maps. The free maps are very good, once they appear. I sat with the Nokia GPS and my Tom Tom 340XL under a cloudless sky and started both searching for satellites at the same time. The TomTom connected and found itself in less than a minute, the Nokia GPS took almost 4 minutes to come alive. Once it did connect it did function as well as the TomTom, with respect to showing the relative position. As I use the GPSs primarily for location while walking and I don't drive, I can't describe it's performance in an automobile. The screen of the 5800 while not distorted as intimated in a previous review, is slightly wavy, but not in any way unpleasant to view. I don't find this waviness to be a problem. What I do find to be a screen problem is its tendency to be a fingerprint magnet. I spend a lot of time wiping the screen on my shirt to get rid of the latent fingerprints. The FBI would love this phone if it could suck fingerprints from an adjacent surface. I have the same fingerprint problem with my Compaq 931 laptop, but I don't get fingerprints on its screen as often as with the 5800. The last con I want to bring up is the battery life. The 5800 does have an auto-shutdown feature which shuts off the screen and asks you to push the unlock lever on the side to restore the screen. The problem with the auto-shut off feature appears to be, that the screen goes off as it should, but if I leave the camera function on and then while the screen shuts down, it does not shut down the camera and the battery continues to be depleted as if the screen was on and I was using the camera. The same appears to happen if I leave the video player on and let the phone go into auto-shutdown mode. I would hope that Nokia would address this in a future update, but they may not be aware that it is a problem. With consideration of all of the above, would I still buy this camera if I had it to do all over again? Yes, I would and knowing what has been presented here, and in other reviews for the price, I would recommend the phone to others who are considering it vs. other 3G phones.

There is no sense in reviewing the features since that's already pretty well covered. I searched Amazon for the best cell phone with WiFi sorted by ratings. This item came up at the top of the list at the price range I was looking for. That is one of the best features with Amazon in my opinion. Boy, I am not at all dissapointed. This is simply the best phone I've ever had or that I've ever seen. It does everything I could ask for in a phone, and it is totally useable as an Internet device. It is small enough to carry on your hip, less than 1/2 inch taller than a closed Razr V3, yet large enough to read a book or a web page pretty easily. And of course you can turn the phone for a landscape view. Plus, it is light as a feather as compared to an HTC for example. I have it set up to ask me what network I want to use everytime I access the browser. That way, I can use WiFi whenever it is availabe. I switched from T-Mobile prepay to AT&T prepay so I could get the monthly data package of 100mb for $[...] . This works perfectly for me. From what I've read, I can re-fill the data package for $[...] each month for 1mb and roll over the unused data. I also pay an additional $[...] per month for 200 text messages since AT&T charges .20 per text. And, at $.[...] a call, I just try to avoid the voice and send email or texts. The $[...] prepay re-fill will last a year and each of these monthly items get deducted from my prepay balance, along with the phone minutes. I really don't use the phone very much, and I would usually get away with about $[...] per month on T-Mobile. With the AT&T data plan and texting, I figure it should be closer to $[...] per month. Not a bad deal compared to the T-Mobile minimum unlimited data plan at $[...]/mo plus $.[...] per call, or AT&T/T-Mobile @ $[...]/mo plus outrageous taxes for calls and data. The big plus is that this phone is DESIGNED to be used unlocked from any carrier. Unlike the Blackberry, where you have to figure out ways to bypass their network, the Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic sets you up to avoid the carrier and tries to warn you as much as possible that you may incur data charges. VERY HELPFUL. I Highly recommend this phone. It is an excellent value. EDIT: I just received my AMEX $[...] rebate debit card today 8/2/10 (Rebates always feel like a crap-shoot to me), so now I'm even happier with my first Nokia buying experience. Total cost was $[...] less $[...] or $[...].