Nokia launch the 5320 XpressMusic
Published by Ewan Spence, Steve Litchfield at 9:51 BST, April 22nd 2008
Nokia just announced a new S60 music and gaming focussed smartphone, the 5320 XpressMusic. There's a new 'Say and Play' feature (voice-controlled music playback), up to 24 hours of playback time (almost double that of the N95 8GB), a dedicated audio playback chip and USB2 transfer speeds for loading music on in the first place. Some thoughts, PR details and images below.
Ewan: "The battery life for music players is now squarely in the same ballpark as similar mobile music players. I'm going to make the obvious comparison to the iPhone here, which has 19 hours of music playback (the Touch has 22 hours), but the 5320 is a big step up compared to the N95's 11 hours and the N95 8GB's 13 hours.
While it carries the branding of the XpressMusic phone, the 5320 does appear to be this Christmas season's 'standard' S60 phone. The one you turn to that has no fancy toys or gimmicks, but is the baseline of Nokia's expectations of S60. As such it's good to see the inclusion of both the Ovi ecosystem and the N-Gage platform in a non N-Series device."
"Nokia 5320 XpressMusic - Dynamic design, 3G social entertainment package
Featuring
a dynamic design with 3G social entertainment capabilities, the Nokia
5320 XpressMusic delivers exceptional music and web 2.0 access. With
the innovative new voice-controlled Say and Play feature, consumers can
merely say the name of a favorite artist or song to automatically play
it. Offering an array of additional features, the Nokia 5320
XpressMusic device includes dedicated XpressMusic keys, a 3.5mm audio
jack, up to 24 hours of playback time, an audio chip for hi-fi sound
quality, extendable memory up to 8GB, HS-USB for fast music transfer
and HSDPA for fast access to data.
The
full featured Internet browser, access to Ovi and Nokia Search 4.1
allow users to find and share media content and information with ease.
In addition, dedicated N-Gage gaming keys and landscape view deliver a
true gaming experience, while HSDPA provides fast access to N-Gage,
which will be available for download. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is
expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with an
estimated retail price of 220 EUR before taxes and subsidies. "
Categories: Hardware
Platforms: N-Gage, S60 3rd Edition
News Discussion
krisse
This is the first non-Nseries N-Gage phone, incidentally. Hopefully we'll see it on the 6220, 6210 and 6120 as well.
I can't see any gaming keys though, can anyone else?
Look at this little detail though:
220 euros sim-free at the launch?! Add a few months onto that and we'll probably see it retailing sim-free for less than 200 euros (plus taxes of course).
I can't see any gaming keys though, can anyone else?
Look at this little detail though:
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| estimated retail price of 220 EUR before taxes and subsidies. |
Hardeep1singh
The phone looks awesome, would like to see more details.
USB2 transfer speeds: Nice
dedicated audio playback chip: Sweet
Does it have..
Accelerometer?
Wifi?
3D graphics chip? (i know its not needed for n-gage but generally)
USB2 transfer speeds: Nice
dedicated audio playback chip: Sweet
Does it have..
Accelerometer?
Wifi?
3D graphics chip? (i know its not needed for n-gage but generally)
Unregistered
At 220 euros?wifi?you must be kidding,
krisse
Hardeep1singh, let's not get too ambitious for 220 euros... ;-)
This is pretty much the same specifications as the N81, but with a much longer battery life, and for half the price.
Even without wi-fi, that's a darn good bargain.
This is pretty much the same specifications as the N81, but with a much longer battery life, and for half the price.
Even without wi-fi, that's a darn good bargain.
Unregistered
Oh by the way,the gaming keys is the d-pad itself which is 8 directional
krisse
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| Oh by the way,the gaming keys is the d-pad itself which is 8 directional |
Unregistered
There's a button above the XpressMusic branding
sandy_1988
Anyway they put the gaming buttons, let the gaming experience be enhanced. Afterall, they are promising 'Landscape gaming'. BTW, it seems to be a nice deal, as it packs N-Gage with it. Any word on the microSD in the sales package? 2 GB, or more?
viipottaja
Look at the shapes around 2, 4/7, 5/6 and 8. To me those look like it could be that in gaming mode they are used as directions. And the fire button is on top next to the mic.
Nice grip enhancing textures at the back, and looks great overall (including 3.5mm jack) and fantastic price point!
What I do "worry" about that N-Gage might become exclusive to the N-series, Xpressmusic series and perhaps Xpressmedia/TS series.
Nice grip enhancing textures at the back, and looks great overall (including 3.5mm jack) and fantastic price point!
What I do "worry" about that N-Gage might become exclusive to the N-series, Xpressmusic series and perhaps Xpressmedia/TS series.
bartmanekul
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Originally Posted by sandy_1988
Anyway they put the gaming buttons, let the gaming experience be enhanced. Afterall, they are promising 'Landscape gaming'. BTW, it seems to be a nice deal, as it packs N-Gage with it. Any word on the microSD in the sales package? 2 GB, or more?
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krisse
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| There's a button above the XpressMusic branding |
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| What I do "worry" about that N-Gage might become exclusive to the N-series, Xpressmusic series and perhaps Xpressmedia/TS series. |
This is the cheapest S60 phone so far, there's no reason for including N-Gage on the cheapest model but leaving it out of more expensive models.
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| Afterall, they are promising 'Landscape gaming' |
krisse
It seems there IS a button above the XpressMusic logo, you can see it more clearly in the high res version of the publicity photo. It's got the same circular logo as the top gaming button on the N81:
http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/it...ic_A_new_N.php
http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/it...ic_A_new_N.php
bartmanekul
I notice you said the 6210N in the list for (hopeful) ngage, but I doubt it. If Steves chart is correct, the 6210N has naff all running RAM. 20MB if I remember rightly.
krisse
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| I notice you said the 6210N in the list for (hopeful) ngage, but I doubt it. If Steves chart is correct, the 6210N has naff all running RAM. 20MB if I remember rightly. |
According to Forum Nokia the N73 only has 14MB of free RAM, so pretty much any S60 made since then is a potential N-Gage phone.
bartmanekul
Hmm, interesting. Have to see how that pans out.
viipottaja
Krisse, "why they might do that"? Well, you know as well as anybody how important segmentation and differentiation is in the mobile phone business. Canvassing everything with everything (to simplify grossly) is not necessarily what Nokia wants and plants to do. As simple as that. And there are plenty of examples/presedents around.
Having said that, I of course hope N-Gage will be available EVENTUALLY (i.e. don't expect it to happen anytime soo) in almost any S60.
Having said that, I of course hope N-Gage will be available EVENTUALLY (i.e. don't expect it to happen anytime soo) in almost any S60.
ayush3090
"audio chip for hi-fi sound quality"
Sounds like another hoax.............they said the same fr my crappy 5700
Sounds like another hoax.............they said the same fr my crappy 5700
viipottaja
Calling 5700 a hoax is a bit harsh. It does have a dedicated chip (if I am not mistaken). Therefore, within normal marketing talk its perfectly fine to say it has high quality sound. Even the crappiest home stereo system would be marketed as the highest achievement in quality - its up to the customer to actually test the product before buying it to make sure it meets his/her expectations...
hargs48
Of importance is that this is the 1st N-Gage compatible device with a 2" screen (look at specs at GSMArena) all other devices have been 2.4" and upwards...:icon2:
sandy_1988
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Originally Posted by krisse
You can get landscape gaming on all of the new S60s, as they have horizontal support as standard in FP2.
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viipottaja
Hands on video (found via Symbian-Guru):
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...o-review.phtml
The guy does not appear 100% on top of what he is talking about as he (if I am not mistaken) says it has 8GB built in. :) Hope he is at least right when saying it will one of the phones offered with Comes With Music. Also, the gaming key on top (I hope it doubles as a gaming key) is also the Say and Play key. Essentially appears to be just voice recognition that has been available for speed dialing numbers for ages now. In the proto appears rather slow. Could be useful if you can use it with a mic headset, otherwise pretty useless gimmick.
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/ne...o-review.phtml
The guy does not appear 100% on top of what he is talking about as he (if I am not mistaken) says it has 8GB built in. :) Hope he is at least right when saying it will one of the phones offered with Comes With Music. Also, the gaming key on top (I hope it doubles as a gaming key) is also the Say and Play key. Essentially appears to be just voice recognition that has been available for speed dialing numbers for ages now. In the proto appears rather slow. Could be useful if you can use it with a mic headset, otherwise pretty useless gimmick.
bills2north
... just plain sucks.
Once again real gamers suffer.
How about a bt gamepad sold separately.. maybe for 40€???
I know that clipping an add-on device is complicated since many candybar phones are different widths.. but check out what nintendo did with the wiimote. It fits in a steering wheel, a guitar and a machine gun not to mention the nunchucks!
Our phones are worth more than a wii so we should ask for more! If Ericsson went to bed with Sony then Nokia could alope to Las Vegas with Nintendo and make baby wii-phones running N-gage! :D
Once again real gamers suffer.
How about a bt gamepad sold separately.. maybe for 40€???
I know that clipping an add-on device is complicated since many candybar phones are different widths.. but check out what nintendo did with the wiimote. It fits in a steering wheel, a guitar and a machine gun not to mention the nunchucks!
Our phones are worth more than a wii so we should ask for more! If Ericsson went to bed with Sony then Nokia could alope to Las Vegas with Nintendo and make baby wii-phones running N-gage! :D
davidmaxwaterma
> up to 24 hours of playback time
As oppose to 24 minutes? ...24 days?
Strange to emphasise that word...sounds like an American thing.
Anyway, phone looks good. Hope it sells well.
As oppose to 24 minutes? ...24 days?
Strange to emphasise that word...sounds like an American thing.
Anyway, phone looks good. Hope it sells well.