Besides its audio-centric features, the handset comes with a resistive touchscreen and runs on the Symbian 9.4 5th Edition platform. These attributes are shared by almost all XpressMusic phones launched after Nokia 5800. The Finnish giant seems to take the XpressMusic lineup very seriously, hence the diversity of the handsets included in the series.
It looks like Nokia aims to design an XpressMusic phone for anyone, by adding or removing features from a “standard” set. Some of these handsets feature a QWERTY keyboard or a touchscreen, others have a good camera, while some simply rely on sound quality, depending on their target.
Announced in June 2009, Nokia 5530 was launched on the market in August 2009 and can be bought for about 240 US dollars without a subscription. Potential customers can choose from five available color schemes: Red on black, Blue on white, Grey on black, Pink on white and Yellow on white.
Design
Even though the XpressMusic series is one of the largest handset lineups made by Nokia, it seems that design wasn't the manufacturer's main concern.
Once Nokia 5800, the company's first touchscreen phone, was launched, the entire lineup that came afterwards looks like it has been standardized. Of course, there are some differences, but “evolution” is not the first word that comes to your mind when you compare Nokia 5800 with any other XpressMusic handset.
Nokia 5530 features a TFT 2.9-inch resistive touchscreen that supports 16 million colors with 360x640-pixel resolution, which can also be controlled with the stylus included in the sales package. Unfortunately, going back to a resistive touchscreen after using a capacitive one for a long time can cause finger damage. Seriously speaking, I had a hard time typing fast or dialing unless I was using the stylus.
Nokia 5330 runs Symbian 9.4, with the S60 5th Edition interface, the same as its XpressMusic touchscreen siblings. Little to no improvements have been applied to the graphical interface, and the same goes for its functionality.
Nokia 5330 is a quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) handset that features GPRS and EDGE class 32 as the only options for data transfer connections when you're not near a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Nokia 5330 is powered by the same ARM11 family processor running at speeds of up to 434 Mhz that has been embedded in N97 model. The device works pretty smoothly, but I have noticed some lags when using other applications while the browser is open.
Multimedia
The smartphone features the same standard looking music player as Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, with little to no cosmetic changes. You have five pre-installed equalizer modes: Bass booster, Classical, Jazz, Pop and Rock. Other settings are: Balance, Loudness and Stereo widening.
Battery
The 1,000 mAh Li-Ion (BL-4U) battery has an officially stated life expectancy of 336 hours for standby mode and 4 hours and 45 minutes for talk time mode. The manufacturer also states a play back autonomy of almost 27 hours official.
After one week of full use I only need to charge the phone once. Overall, I would say the phone has an excellent battery, which is a perfect fit for the phone's features.
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