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Nokia 5300 Xpress Music

21 Mar, 2007, 12:33 pm IST | Shayne Rana | Mobile phones

Battery
Well the battery is fine. No issues here. The 5300 uses a Nokia BL-5B battery that can give you around 3 hours of talk time and just about 10 to 11 hours with music. That’s adequate, wouldn’t you say? However I would have hoped it would give you more with regards to talk time. I mean, isn’t that it’s primary use?

Bottom Line
Priced at around Rs. 10,700, it’s a neat little phone that’s loaded with all the multimedia you need. I wish you could install a few more software like the Series 60 phones, but it’s still a great phone nonetheless. The bottom line is - all of you may not love the phone, but I’m positive, all of you will like it.

Now in case you have a bit of a money crunch problem but do want a phone with a music player, and you don’t mind a lower resolution display with just a VGA camera, you could always opt for the 5200. (Which by the way is available in Blue and Red no black) The price on this is just around Rs. 7,500.

Specifications

Nokia 5300
Network	GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS, EDGE
Physical	92.4 x 48.2 x 20.7 mm, 106 g
Display	240x320, 256k colors, TFT, 31x42 mm
UI	Series 40
Memory	5mb, MicroSD (256MB provided)
Media	MP3, AAC, FM, 3GP, MP4, Voice Recording
Camera	1.3 megapixels, video
Connectivity	USB 2.0, Bluetooth, Infrared
Battery	223 hours stand by, 3 hours, 11 hrs music
Street Price	Rs. 10,700

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