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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Best for music

Ever since the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was first glimpsed in the movie The Dark Knight it has been eagerly awaited. And thankfully, it lives up to the hype. The Nokia 5800 is what you might have expected with Nokia's first entry into the battle against the new wave of touchscreen smartphones. It's not quite the iPhone killer some had expected, but it is much better than Apple's pride and joy in some important ways. It's a breeze to cycle through menus and search for music using your finger, although the 5800 XpressMusic lacks the advanced multi-touch capabilities of the iPhone. However, there is a stylus to help you on your way. Nokia has implemented its vast knowledge of the multimedia market to create a phone perfect in size for using the multimedia features of the handset, but small enough to fit in your pocket and carry like an MP3 player on the tube. 

FIRST POSTED MARCH 10, 2009
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
PROS: Quality touchscreen, phenomenal music quality including free tracks for a year, feels like a proper Nokia phone
CONS: Lacks advanced multi-touch capability, 8GB storage may be too small for some tastes, slightly slow web browsing

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