Nokia XpressMusic 5610
The Nokia XpressMusic 5610 has a glossy stylish finish and a slider form factor. There are two color variants, blue or red version, and we reviewed the former. Unlike its sibling, the 5310, it does not come with external music controls but carries a slider control to switch the screen from normal to the music screen. The glossy front design contributed to its aesthetic but also attracted more fingerprints. The thin metallic blue line running along all sides added a little extra something to the look. The front housed a 2.2 inch screen, with a video call camera and an ambient lighi sensor on the top. Below the screen is the glossy flat pad where all the standard keys with the re-designed center five -way navigation button are embedded. The rubberized back has a 3.2MP camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash.We found the 2.5mm headphones port but not the 3.5mm though an adapter for standard headphones is supplied. Its glossy alphanumeric keypad is revealed when the slider is opened. The phone uses the Symbian Series 40 interface. Its built-in memory is 20MB and also supports a micro-SD card whose slot requires removing batery cover to access it. The music player plays all popular music formats. And there is also FM Radio in case you run out of your tunes.For net access, it supports 3G and EDGE. Data transfer is taken care by the Bluetooth v2 with A2DP support and the micro-USB supporting USB2.0
Being a slider, it’s nice to play around with the phone and the mechanism works fine. Typing messages is easy on the responsive keypad. The display is also vibrant and provides good NOKIA 5601 HAS a 3.2MP camera with dual LED flash and a slider control for quick music access.visibility under sunlight. The overall response was average but not lightning fast. Call reception was standard Without too many dropped calls. Its loudspeaker also sounds clear and loud enough.As a music phone, the Nokia 5610 exceeded our expectations thanks to its dedicated audio chip, this time it really sounds different.With a little tweak of the Equalizer settings it sounded on par with most stand-alone MP3 players. FM Radio with Alternative Frequency feature worked well which looks for a stronger signal when the reception is weak.The 3.2MP with auto focus delivers apart from its snail pace processing speed. Pictures taken were clear under good light condition. I always accompanied with noise and color artifacts. Videos were captured at 15 fps in 640×480 resolution which is average for a phone in this range Transferring files via the data cable was slow despite its support for USB 2.0. Its battery life is less impressive, when fully charged, we managed to get 2 days of battery life with one hour on call and multimedia usage of at least 4 hours everyday.
The Slider has a solid built body with decent performance overall. It’s worth a try if you want a good music phone without missing out on a higher MP camera. But if you’re looking for cheaper alternative, you can consider the Sony Ericsson W580i which has a good sound and a 2MP camera.
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