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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 February 2009)  Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Consumer Reviews (676 reviews)Write a review of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Displaying reviews 1 - 100 of 676 (displayed in order of date):Reviewed by Christine on 04/11/2011 I have had this phone for 2 years now and am due for an upgrade but frankly I'm struggling to find something better for a similar price other than to gain the Android OS. It's convenient to use, though it could do with higher volume when you are outside, texting is very easy with the on board stylus, and the battery does me a week without recharging. Oh and the photos come out well too. There's a lot on it I haven't used but in the main it's served me well. My only gripe is that I keep getting a packet data error when trying to use the GPS or send picture messages. Rating: Reviewed by david guest on 26/10/2011 I got this phone on a two year contract after about a month the battery would not hold its charge for more than a day the local o2 shop told me to remove the battery replace it then charge for 15 minutes allow to go flat then recharge fully this did seem to work for a while,the recharge point on the phone is also very tempermental so if for instance you place the phone on a cupboard to charge and someone knocks it the phone stops charging ,and now after just a year the camera has stopped working so if this is the best nokia can offer they can go and stick them where the sun don't shine Rating: Reviewed by joe abeb on 27/09/2011 Love my phone? That is an understatement!! I have had a Nokia 5800 for about a week now and, already, I am completely mesmerised by it. My daughter promised me an iPhone about two months ago but, frankly, I don't think I need it because the Nokia 5800 is definitely sufficient in all respects. My ONLY regret is the small internal memory size!! But, all in all, I would not trade my 5800 for any other (non-Nokia)phone. It is SUPER!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Mohd ahmed on 17/09/2011 useing NOKIA 5800 XPRESS MUSIC VERY GOOD PHONE IT'S TOUCH IS NOT GOOD BUT MUSIC PLAYER AND OTHER FEATURES ARE EXCELLENT Rating: Reviewed by arvind on 13/09/2011 i like rhis mobile this mobil sou muni aposun i lovet this mobil Rating: Reviewed by Matthew on 07/09/2011 I got this phone and I love it!!! It is very easy to use and the apps are great and you can download music! A must have phone! Rating: Reviewed by mohan singh on 07/09/2011 Yes this mobile is very nice i like so much and thanks to all of you for listening music by this mobile. Rating: Reviewed by Rishi on 07/09/2011 No doubt the phone has got good feathers but i found many defects. 1.constanly resrting automatically 2.datas of memory cards r getting deleted some times automatically. Rating: Reviewed by Nil on 05/09/2011 I am using this phone for last 2 years. And frankly speaking, I am fade up of this device. A weird problem has started in my device within 2 months I bought it. It crashes automatically, switches off and restarts again. Not just that, upon restart, all my photos, music files and softwares are erased. Its troublesome. Many times I have lost my very very precious photos captured on its 3.2 mp camera. I have gone to company 5 times. Every time, they format my phone, install new software and gives back to me. But problem is still there. Company refuses to accept that its a hardware problem and they should give me replacement. Please dont buy this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Davy on 29/08/2011 I love my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic so much,this is my second year with it. Easy to use,loads of functions,reliable and the music player is second to none! It's louder and crisper than my laptop! Rating: Reviewed by Dilshan on 26/08/2011 i like that Rating: Reviewed by Prince Asad on 19/08/2011 An excellent phone with great features Rating: Reviewed by mel on 10/08/2011 The 5800 is one of the best phone I had ever...very stylish..fast internet browsing, excellent camera, nice touch screen and brilliant colours the lot. If you want a phone that does what it says on the tin you should go for the 5800. Rating: Reviewed by Bhima on 02/08/2011 I m very happy using the handset. Rating: Reviewed by fay on 31/07/2011 thanks to oey's info cause im about to get the LG renoir in replace of my 5800..*.* this phone is so much easy to use..but not so much with the camera.. Good thing i have a digicam..*.* Rating: Reviewed by Sharon-E on 27/07/2011 HI. I've had my Nokia Express Music 5800 phone a couple of yrs, at least. I've used it for 'everything going'. The camera is soo good its even allowed my photography skills to be taken to another level to now have portfolios of the photos taken. Battery life is amazing!!! Sound quality perfect!!! Cannot be faulted. Its even been dropped and has 'never' broken and has even saved info and retrieved info when thought was lost. Phew!!! This phone has been used constantly for business and personal 24/7 and has astounded all concerned!!! I'm now changing to another phone solely for the diversity of the business growth. The phone is as good now as when it was 1st purchased. Definitely in a major league of its own and well worth owning. Nokia you have soo done us proud. Keep it up!!!! This phone even works in the extreme atmospheric conditions of the high peak Welsh Mountains too. That's saying something!!! Rating: Reviewed by Jordan on 25/07/2011 This phone is the best phone I've ever had! The only thing I would change on it is the camera. Although it is quite good quality, it isn't very bright in poor light. Check my videos out on youtube. Nearly all of the videos on my chanel are filmed with my Nokia 5800 xpressmusic! thejiddy 512 Rating: Reviewed by Jay777 on 25/07/2011 I've had the phone for two years now its brilliant!!! Rating: Reviewed by ABIN on 23/07/2011 I AM A USER OF NOKIA 5800 XPRESS MUSIC, IT IS AMAZING,ITS THE NOKIAS EVER BEST MUSIC PHONE Rating: Reviewed by Malcolm on 12/07/2011 Uc web browser, and Opera are both free on ovi store. Makes the phone much better for browsing. Uc is superfast, and Opera is good in it's own way as well(more simpler..but slower). All phones have bugs......i like the great video quality and pixels of the 5800. It beats the wilfire for screen, video, picture quality. Whats amazing, is a lot of professional review say how terrible and pointless watching video and pics is on such like the wildfire, and how they are not reliable for calls and txts. Yet this phone has great picture quality, pixels, and battery life in comparison. I think phones nowadays are considered good based on their web performance. Symbian is mediocre, but at least the phone and screen quality is watchable for pics,videos. Rating: Reviewed by machiehead on 11/07/2011 Worst phone ever - period Rating: Reviewed by bert on 05/07/2011 Very disappointing smart phone. Internet browser sucks. Very slow and a bad touch screen. Rating: Reviewed by gobiraj on 04/07/2011 nice model i like it............. Rating: Reviewed by zhao on 22/06/2011 good phone Rating: Reviewed by Harry on 07/06/2011 The phone developed a fault with the screen where the picture was replaced by a series of horizaontal lines - on looking at reviews this seemed to be not uncommon. Notwithstanding this I like the size and slimness of the phone. I like the mechanical buttons on the phone for turning on or off and answering the phone. Also like the labelling showing call status. Just replaced by HTC Wildfire S an adroid phone which is a nightmare to receive a call or end a call as this is is done by pressing the screen. Not fool proof. I Like the 5800 - nokia need to make it more reliable. Rating: Reviewed by Alex on 25/05/2011 happy with my blue 5800 minor problems but very pleased with its music output can't complain Rating: Reviewed by Cookiebird on 24/05/2011 Had my 5800 for 2yrs now. The screen plays up a fair bit now probably a software thing. Looking for a replacement but nothing is hitting the mark. I'm supprised its still £199 on payg I paid £170 2 yr ago. Obviously a good piece of kit! And battery life is fantastic. Had a SE xperia mini pro for a day had to send it back too small and need tiny fingers. Battery lasted 8 hrs on standby crazy! Rating: Reviewed by tom on 23/05/2011 Guys, its 2011 and I'm still using this phone... When I bought it 2 years ago I was completely happy. I love its fast internet modem. Just connect by USB or Blutooth and you can run. The web browsing is disastrous... I susect this is due to its weak processor and internal RAM... Ovi Maps is a MUST !!! I do not use my GPS anymore. However, the earlier version was rubbish. I hate connection to wifi it comes off after few minutes and you have to log on again. The screen has good resolution. 8GB make good storage. What I miss here: - i wish it had better resolution camera; - faster processor for browsing; - FM transmitter; I admire 3 for fast internet. With GB a month I hardly can use it even with my notebook. Now, I'm tempted to get N8. iPhone 4 without OviMaps and easy internt modem would be a nightmare. Rating: Reviewed by Sonia from London on 20/05/2011 I was a little apprehensive at first but grew to really enjoying using this phone. So easy to use. Unfortunately the handset itself was not very reliable. The first one i had froze and the screen stopped working after a few days. That was replaced but had to go for repair with in the year. Now the touch screen is totally dead rendering the phone useless. Rating: Reviewed by richard my mail add richard.quinn9@gmail.com on 20/05/2011 i like the phone very much easy to use,and its the best i can say among all nokia phones i will present this phone to my wife for her birthday thank you nokia Rating: Reviewed by LEBONELASECHABA on 18/05/2011 AFTER 24 MONTHS THE PHONE IS WONDERFUL. NO MATHATA. KE BOSS NGWENYA.HO UPGRADE KE GO PHAPHA,BUT WE MUST GET NEW VERSIONS OF THESE COOL PHONES, THAT MEANS UPDATE IS A MUST. Rating: Reviewed by pj uk on 14/05/2011 I have a Nokia 5800 xpress music. After having the phone from new for 2months i had to get it replaced as the phone would freeze. Just after the warranty ran out it played up again. I find the battery life dies very quickly when you start listening to the music. So it's not much of a music phone! I wouldn't buy another Nokia has let me down. I've also had Nokia but this phone hasn't done Nokia any favours... My contract is up in a few months & i dont think it will be a Nokia. Rating: Reviewed by Simon Mckenna on 10/05/2011 Poor phone, I don't reccomend Rating: Reviewed by Nag Shiv on 09/05/2011 Performance is good Rating: Reviewed by Jow on 06/05/2011 I have had the Nokia 5800 now for two years. I am still as pleased as I was the first day. I have played with iPhones and such that my friends have, but when I put on the Stereo loudspeakers on my Nokia they all get the same "wish mine did that" look on their face. Let's face it, why have all that tech and still no Stereo loudspeakers iPhone? Sexy, fast, and loud music for everyone at the push of a button. Catch up with the 21 century, we want our music and we want it...now! Rating: Reviewed by thaj on 28/04/2011 i have been using this phone for the last 3 weeks, all performances afr good and some are excellent............... but the sole problem i meet is i cant stop while alarm rings,unless it is snoozed three times........ if anybody knows the solution pls write here Rating: Reviewed by S Bala on 21/04/2011 Worst phone I have ever owned, I hate it but I am stuck with it for another year, tried complianing but they arent doing anything about it, phone switches off randomly, freezes alot, cant type the letter 'b' or 'c' without it going straight to number 2 by itself, if someone calls me, they can hear me but I cant hear them, when I put a picture as my wallpaper, it cuts it all down and focuses on one bit, its a utterly stupid phone and I want to smash it on the ground, this isnt like the nokias I owned before, I doubt it actually is a nokia and its like a BMW X3, its made elsewhere and just branded as a BMW, like this is just branded as a Nokia but actually isnt, In this case, AVOID THIS PHONE! Rating: Reviewed by tom carois on 17/04/2011 sickkkkkkkkkkk phone buy it when u can Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 17/04/2011 I have had this phone since, sept 2009 and I can say it is the worst phone I have ever had. Its only redeeming quality is the music player, but if I wanted a music phone I would get a Sony Ericson Walkman phone. Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 17/04/2011 good phone to start but after about a month or two it start freezing turning its self off doesnt respond. Phone looks nice and would be good if it worked more than 90% of the time and this isnt just the odd faulty phoneits the same with freinds who also have this phone or who have previously had this phone. This has put me off buying another nokia. Rating: Reviewed by Gyoukugen on 16/04/2011 Awesome Phone. Bought it 2 years ago, not a single problem since then. Have dropped it 4 times(seriously), 1 time from the stairs, yet there's not a single sign of any falling on my screen and the software is user-friendly. Only minus are the non-touch screen menu, call and red button. Rating: Reviewed by Kyle on 28/03/2011 The best mobile phone i've ever had. beats my old Samsung s-5600 by a mile. i love how easy it is to use especially with a Qwerty keyboard. Rating: Reviewed by Ben on 22/03/2011 After another vain attempt at using a Nokia phone I have finally given up any kind of hope for the future. The only good thing about this phone is the camera, which is kind of moot as the 5800 is supposed to be a phone. After a year of using this phone and updating it, deleting unused apps etc, it is still the slowest phone I have ever used. The touchscreen is a huge disappointment and the interface is obviously not designed for tactile use. Battery was ok to begin with and has got worse and worse, started off with about 5 days use from it, now i'm lucky to get a day. I don't use the internet because the browser closes constantly of its own accord. For the hassle of using a stylus, i may as well just use buttons. A rubbish phone from a rubbish company. Again. Rating: Reviewed by karen on 18/03/2011 why are people going on about the camera it`s a music phone omg if they want a camera phone with good quality pics get the 8.2 mega pixels the only problem i had was my phone would freeze trying to get onto my songs Rating: Reviewed by karen green on 18/03/2011 I am on monthly contract with 02 and was excited at receiving my nokia 5800 music express phone my excitement lasted a day i love listening to music the phone would play the music for so long then the screen would freeze or go blank needless to say my phone has been in for repair twice with the same problem then 02 sent me a brand new nokia 5800 music express phone the same problem i took it to the 02 shop i am now waiting for a sony ericsson i`m disappointed as i always go with sony ericsson that make never lets me down shame really Rating: Reviewed by capi on 16/03/2011 best mobile ever Rating: Reviewed by Jack on 16/03/2011 I've had this phone on a 2 year contract which finishes tomorrow, and overall it has served me very well. The touch screen is good, if not as good as some as the competition, but that's understandable because it's Nokia first touch screen. Reliability wise mine has done extremely well, I've dropped it numerous times onto concrete and it survives, albeit with a few marks on the plastic case. That and the easily scratched screen are two of the main problems with the phone. The other main use I have for it is as a music player and it is excellent quality, and easy to navigate. I have nearly 16Gb of songs on there but it manages, and only a few times has it frozen which can be solved with a quick restart. The internet is quick and clear and texting is very easy yet I still use the alphanumeric keypad because I find it easier to hold when walking. The other main downside to it is the disappointing camera and video camera, which in the daylight manages fine but in the dark it is terrible and grainy. Value for money wise for a good phone that does everything you want then you can't complain. Rating: Reviewed by Frank. Preston on 14/03/2011 Very good phone but one problem with mine. The battery symbol does not go down with use, it shows fully charged all the time then suddenly shuts down. I have no way of telling how much battery power is left Rating: Reviewed by arno on 13/03/2011 get this updated to v52 firmware the bugs go i have this phone in daily use and its fine keep the software updated its good i have had android this beats it hands down android google update every 2 months 2.1 to 2.2 and so on Rating: Reviewed by Sharne on 11/03/2011 The moment you touch the screen it starts "rolling" and takes forever before displaying anything. I also find that you the phone cannot muti-task. The moment you receive a sms whilst busy on a call, the phone stops working and needs to be switched off to reboot. Rating: Reviewed by Adeel on 20/02/2011 Very good phone all features in a modren mobile is included in it Rating: Reviewed by suresh chauhan Fiji on 17/02/2011 I love Nokia 5800 and it has wonderful application that we can download for free. Only problem with this phone is the stylus slips out and gets lost Rating: Reviewed by karla on 01/02/2011 it's good alright. but not very durable...i mean, after 1 and a half years of using it (properly and carefully) it has shut down on me 3 times! losing all my music and pictures! i'm fed up with it and am going to replace it soon... Rating: Reviewed by Kian on 30/01/2011 Had the phone for 3 months the worst phone I have ever bought. The phone turned itself off for no reason, the alarm never worked and the software was so unreliable. A year later I bought a I phone4 and I have never looked back. The reason why its expensive? because its the most easiest, cleveriest phone and of course the more people want it the more they can charge for it. Still Nokia phones are good just this particular Nokia phone is really pants!! Rating: Reviewed by dean,from essex on 30/01/2011 wow,,got this phone from nokia uk.had phone now 8months ,let me give you an update,,loads of apps, gps,updates,facebook and myspace,music,e-mail ovi store,,wifi ,google ,sat nav,bluetooth,signal always good. screen is brilliant,oso clear,,bbc iplayer good 4 tv.. films drain batt tho, video gd,,camera ok..dropped a few times,still ok. games are good,,came with sucker pad for car(satnav), does everything it says in the book,,would give it 6 stars,but it only goes up to 5,,recommended, big time great phone all day long. Rating: Reviewed by bob on 28/01/2011 i got this phone of of my dad he had it for about a year and as soon as i got it the bluetooth broke. somtimes when i am sending a text it crashes and restarts i have read some reviews about it that sugest that the touchscreen is as good as the iphone but i also have an ipod touch and it is nowere near as good.the apps are really poor i was expecting better. it is also to fat. overall i think this is the worst phone i had and was a big stepdown from my sony erickson w580i i am still using it at the moment and would like to buy iphone or blackberry Rating: Reviewed by Jenni on 24/01/2011 The camera is fantastic, but I have had this less than a year and I am getting lines coming up on the phone when I switch it on. Also texting can be very jerky and jumps around sometimes. Also had problems with hearing people who phone me on it sometimes, the other line just goes dead. Looking for something else now, won't touch Nokia again. Rating: Reviewed by Kick on 20/01/2011 The stylus on this phone falls out after being used a dozen times, because of wear to the internal clip. The stylus hole is on the bottom edge of the phone, so the stylus then falls out. Since the wear is to the phone's innards rather than the stylus, buying a new stylus won't help. The wrist strap is anchored to a concealed hook inside the phone. The hook is very weak, meaning that the slightest stress leaves you with a broken hook and intact wrist strap. Every couple of months the email app simply forgets all the accounts. This isn't a simple case of reconfiguring the accounts - it then tries to download all old emails from the server, runs out of space and locks up. Trying to delete emails it had already downloaded didn't work because it got "clever" and assured me that despite me wanting to delete them it would keep the headers because it knew best. Incoming text messages are timestamped with the time of ARRIVAL, rather than the time they were sent. So when I switch my phone on and get a message I have no way of knowing how old it is. THIS IS PATHETIC! The touch screen is sluggish and the interface laggy. The menu system is inconsistent... in some contexts you can drag the actual menu to scroll (eg in Contacts) but in some (eg Apps) this just launches the app you touched. The scroll bars are far too sensitive and all too often there's too much content, so that it's actually impossible to see it all as moving the scroll bar a pixel whips the content up and down whole pages at a time. Despite having installed several software updates since having the phone, they do not take effect. The date of last update is shown as two years ago! The screen lock/unlock is a slider switch on the side of the phone... a switch even more vulnerable to accidental nudges than a numeric keypad, rendering it completely pointless! The sensor which tells the phone which way up it is works only sometimes - I have to gently shake the handset so that it notices a change in orientation. The email app behaves differently just about every day - sometimes automatically downloading everything, sometimes only headers, sometimes going completely manual, and sometimes (mentioned above) all but uninstallng itself. The controls for menus, camera, etc are all awful. It's been designed with one aim in mind: To make you press lots of buttons. eg. In File Manager, you can view a list of photos. You can tap a photo to view it. (oops - its DOUBLE tap this time... that's another seemingly random arrangement - insome contexts you double tap, in others single.) So, you're viewing a photo in file manager... Can you delete it? NO! Can you move to next photo? NO! To do either of these you have to... TAP the photo to get a menu, BACK UP to the previous level, THEN go ahead and delete or move to next pic. Imagine going through a couple of dozen like that! To delete all text messages in my inbox is easy. To delete them from Sent Items is completely different. Der!!! I could go on and on... even a simple thing like making a telephone call is deliberately made difficult. And the apps?? Wow! Imagine this scenario EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU START FACEBOOK: Tap icon. Wait ten seconds. Get asked permission to continue. Tap. Wait ten seconds. Get asked again for permission to continue. Tap. Wait ten seconds. Finally get into app. ooh - I have a message... tap to show it... NO! Doesn't work! In short, this is the WORST phone I have EVER had. I implore you not to buy one, even very cheap second hand. In my honest opinion Nokia and (in my case) Vodafone are breaking UK law by even selling it. It's not "fit for purpose." Rating: Reviewed by jay on 13/01/2011 Stilll got my 5800 Rating: Reviewed by Chris Barnard on 11/01/2011 I purchased this phone Nokia 5800 , but when I arrived home -- The manual is not in English This is very poor... Rating: Reviewed by amz on 09/01/2011 i've had this phone about a year on contract and st first its really good , but then after a year the phone keeps freezing and it's happened to my friends phone aswell , if your taking it out on contract i wouldnt advidse getting it but before it started freezing it was good , if you dont keep your phone for a long time then it is a good phone and has lots of features Rating: Reviewed by D.Mcneill on 06/01/2011 Had the 5800 for just over a year now. It's Ok. Does everything it says it does but hardly sparkles.......except for the music player. Typing messages is a bit difficult due to the size of the screen and having to use the stylus all the time is a bit of a pain. Although the display is clear and bright. The screen (plastic not glass) is too small for me and can be a bit sticky for a touch phone but the call quality and signal strength has always been excellent and like most nokia's the ring and message tones are loud and clear. It is bulky (thick) for it size. Too big for my wife who sent hers back (loves her toca lite) Connects to the internet at a decent pace but can be slow on loading some web pages. It's aged badly as well. It's not worth the £120+ they are selling it for sim free. My 10 year old daughter will love it but I'm afraid there are a lot of phones out there that do it better for less money. Rating: Reviewed by sunny on 28/12/2010 An outstanding phone i have got it. It may be old now but its classic, old is gold! Rating: Reviewed by somebody on 25/12/2010 ive had this phone for today and i am already pleased with the nokia 5800. its realy easy to use and is realy well presented . i have got it in black .however white is also availible . Rating: Reviewed by Phil on 23/12/2010 Nokia 5800 is the best phone ever am not changing it i've had it for 2yrs now and its still working wonders for me, have never changed the battery or anything i just love nokia phones but the 5800 tops for me. Rating: Reviewed by joe Burnard on 14/12/2010 amazing pone great 4 everything, mynes 2 years old now & it has never had a fualt once, if u keep it in good condition it works perfect, i would recomend this phone 2 anyone.123355555555555555667777899999999900000000000000 stars Rating: Reviewed by joe Burnard on 14/12/2010 i love this phone Rating: Reviewed by Michael Barrett on 10/12/2010 fantastic smartphone for the first 3 4 mounths then after that you will hate it it starts freezing and having to pull battery out 2 times in a row to go back and start again with what u wanted to do and my friends have also had the same phone 2 of them and they have exactly the same problems all on contract and im on pay and go not a good phone to get!!!! not reccomended due to that!! before issue: 10/10 with issue: 2/10 Rating: Reviewed by lister on 08/12/2010 Marvelous Rating: Reviewed by lawrence louchanza on 07/12/2010 I give this phone 5 stars not because it is the best handset in the world. It certainly doesn't beat an iphone for desirability or the ability to surf the internet. However, when you consider that it is quite tiny (the phone) and packs so many features for a relatively low price, it has to be a winner. The resolution is very good. The camera and video capture is also very good, despite a mere 3.2 mega pixels. I use the radio all the time. The earphones enable decent hands free conversations when at the wheel. Internet browsing is a bit slow but it is feasible. I have used it to watch the BBC iPlayer. I use it on wifi. Oh - lets not forget the decent music player. The only downside I can think of is that transferring files (music, pictures) to my Apple IMac is awkward but that might just be me. I never really bothered to read the instructions. Incidentally I have owned the phone on o2 PAYG for about 8 months and have no issues with it crashing or freezing. What more do you really want from a phone? Rating: Reviewed by junaid on 02/12/2010 the touch screen is good not excellent sometimes it freezes if you have a lot of apps on the phone it takes a bit of a time for it loads. it has a lot of features you really don't need a screen protector because it doesn't get scratched. the maps and system software update are really good on the maps you can make the gps talk and is fitted with a walking gps and shows you the quickest rout to the location. it has 3.2 mega pixels and video but you can change it to a higher quality graphics and if you watch something on the BBC iplayer the video runs smoothly and it has a lot of stuff to do on it if you are a person who had a phone with was not touch and want a touch phone this is the excellent phone to start off with. Rating: Reviewed by Will on 01/12/2010 When I fist got this phone I would have been happy to agree with the reviews below, very good phone, very easy to use, then the honeymoon period has truely worn off. This is probably the most unreliable phone I've ever owned, the Facbook app is terrible, the phone will close apps you are using at random so things like web browsing can be a game of chance, the screen is no longer responsive as it was when first owning. I really think Nokia have really dropped the the ball with this phone as it would seem it has a shelf life of 6 - 9 months and I would be very interested to see what the reviewees think of the phone now nearly 18 months on. I do have the option to upgrade my handset but I shouldn't be wanting to. Yes it's a good phone but is being destroyed by other phones today. Starting to wish I had gotten the Iphone now, only another year to go... Rating: Reviewed by blooeyes on 30/11/2010 i agree with the above review. i love my nokia 5800 (been using it for 6 months) and all its features but recently (usually after using the camera feature) my screen disappears and half inch bands of colour appear across the screen. i updated to version 4 andall seemed to be well until i used the camera to take snow scenes yesterday. its ok again once i turn it off and then on again. apart from this music and battery life excellent, and as usual for nokia phones its easy to find your way around. Rating: Reviewed by anonymus on 24/11/2010 I had my Nokia 5800 xpressmusic on contract with 02, it seemed to be a great phone at first. However within a year of having it the screen went blank and wouldn't come on, so I took it down to Carphone Warehouse and they repaired it free of charge saying that there was moisture inside. Then again about 5 months down the line exactly the same thing happened again and I did the same process - took it down to Carphone Warehouse, although this time it was the same problem and the inside components had corroded away, and it was unrepairable. I wouldn't recommend anyone to purchase this phone, because not only with that problem the screen freezes and won't rotate and when you're texting it can delete the whole message, especially when it is a really long one. SO ANNOYING!! DON'T GO THERE! Rating: Reviewed by twistedwitch on 22/11/2010 Hideous phone. Eight months of replacements and no 'comes with music' service for most of it. Silly of for thinking that calling nokia support would help because it cost an arm and a leg and got me nowhere. Unable to edit photos at all. For most of the time I owned my second one (about four months) the screen froze up when unlocked. In the end I think I had four or five replacements and every one had faults that rendered some of its services unusable. I will never own another nokia as long as I live. Substandard Phone non existent customer service. Save your money and choose anything else Rating: Reviewed by batul on 21/11/2010 hi i m frm dubai.my frnd owned dis phone n wen i saw da phone i even felt dat i want da phone so i bought it but after me buying da phone my frnd got a prob when suddenly his phone switched off n wen he restarted it screen never came...........n now i have dis phone n even my phone keeps on hanging i even thought dat coz i loaded it so much dats y its happning but den after checking da reviews i m sure dis is factry fault Rating: Reviewed by Sue on 09/11/2010 I just had to write about the Nokia 5800 Music Express. I have had this phone now for 18 months and although due an upgrade, I think I'm going to keep it. It's an excellent phone in all departments and I think I will be hard pushed to find another resistive phone (at the same sort of contract price) that can do what this does. Lost the stylus long time ago, but fingernails are a great asset here. Just love the 5800. Rating: Reviewed by DOCO on 08/11/2010 Though some bugs its a nice phone. Rating: Reviewed by kingsley cent on 07/11/2010 i love is phon... the 5800 xpressmusic is goood & is good for me & u, am using it till date Rating: Reviewed by Sharon on 05/11/2010 Bought this phone for my daughter in Feb2010. Problems started 3months later ie; turning itself off, freezing, cursor doing things all by itself, turning itself on, sounding an alarm, it has been repaired twice once by nokia who on he third occassion sent an exchange after 2days problems started again. Not impressed with this phone at all but it looks nice. Rating: Reviewed by C Williams on 04/11/2010 I think I must have got a lemon in that case I've had nothing but hassle with mine can't wait till April next year so I can upgrade Rating: Reviewed by Tracy Wright on 02/11/2010 I have had two of these phones and both have suddenly just started flashing for no reason. I take great care of my phones and was shocked when it happened a second time. First time was on Orange warranty and they replaced immediately. But this time I lost my calendar and my contacts (not sim saved so my fault). I am pretty fed up. The Nokia help people were useless as I hadn't bought direct from them they wouldn't replace despite it still being under their warranty and now I am stuck with trying to find a new phone for the remainder of my contract. Don't buy this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 31/10/2010 sorry but i have had this phone for over a year and anyone who rates this over the iphone 4 is not thinking straight, i am trying to find the best phone and this is not it, it is not being made anymore because it was so bad. Rating: Reviewed by NepitisticNokia on 27/10/2010 Overall very good, but there are a few gremlins with my handset. Firsly useability is very good, apps are well done, the signal is strong and good graphics etc. The main problem with mine is that it shuts itself down now and again. The main problem is with the screen flickering when texting. Sometimes a slight movement turns the screen from horizontal to vertical causing a delay in the message. The other problem is that certain letters seem to avoid the sensitivity of the others like my "N" for example. Rating: Reviewed by Allie on 25/10/2010 RUBBISH. DONT BUY IT. ITS SLOW. NO FEATURES. NOKIAS FIRST TOUCHSCREEN PHONE- AND YOU CAN TELL. Rating: Reviewed by ?????? on 05/10/2010 the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a outstanding phone that way it is a 5 star phone :) Rating: Reviewed by jackie uk on 04/10/2010 I love my 5800, it is easy to use and mine doesn't freeze....I don't have access to the internet, I just like it as a phone. Rating: Reviewed by Mat Parker on 02/10/2010 My 5800 switches off and on constantly. It also goes offline now and then which means I can't make or recieve calls. I have been told it is a battery issue but replacing it hasn't helped. Rating: Reviewed by drunkenshogun on 01/10/2010 Nokia 5800 is the WORST phone i ever owned!Horrid is the word for it! Rating: Reviewed by Dave Parnell on 01/10/2010 I dont know what these bad reviews are all about because ive had my 5800 for 3 months now and i still love it more than my girlfriend (dont tell her i said that!) lol Nah, honestly its the best phone ive ever had!! Rating: Reviewed by ZhuZhuSteve on 01/10/2010 If you want to spend over $300 on a phone that has you going to Nokia for constant repairs, this is the phone for you. So far, I have taken this phone to Nokia Care five times and I am looking at six. Nokia has replaced the entire internal system of my phone twice! The GPS fails, the phone shuts off for no reason, battery life is terrible and there is little if any that your battery is low. The turning off for no reason was really frustating. The last time I was at Nokia Care they lost my ENTIRE contact list. Years of numbers they lost. I have wasted so much of my time having people try to repair this phone and what did Nokia do: replace the internal workings of the phone. The phone company I bought it from quietly said there are problems with this phone. Oh, really? Avoid this cell phone. I am DEAD serious. Nothing but a headache and I am OUT $320! Rating: Reviewed by Mark on 29/09/2010 Selling mine on ebay after 4 months of ownership. Very bad battery life (charging everyday, and I only use it to send 2-10 txts a day!). Touch screen is either too sensitive (home screen) or not sensitive enough (in contacts). Takes about 1-2 seconds to rotate the screen, and sometimes just sits there with the screen sideways on. If the battery runs flat then any alarms you have set fail to work, you have to deactivate and re-activate them. Horrid phone. I have an ipod touch and this nokia is nowhere near as user friendly. Rating: Reviewed by Rebecca on 29/09/2010 I read the review of the Nokia 5800 on this website and had watched a few video reviews on youtube because, no joke, I became obsessed with it. I was ecstatic when I finally got it, on contract as well! My first impressions were good, but my last Nokia seemed to crash a lot and turn itself off sometimes, so I was a little apprehensive. The camera wasn't as good as I'd hoped but I'd heard and read that it wasn't going to be anyway - it is a music phone, to be fair. I was surprised about how short the battery life was but I am always connected to WLAN at home, and I was reassured by my sister (who has the Blackberry Curve) that her smart phone didn't have a good battery life either. The music is very loud and of good quality. The handset memory, thankfully, is also good, because I download quite a few apps. I have no issues with the touchscreen, and the phoning speaker is nice and loud. I did find, however, that when I turned it on, the phone would crash and start up again and again, sometimes as much as 6 times. I've had it for a year, and it's started to turn itself off even after I've had it on for hours, sometimes days, on the trot. And again, when I turn it on, it would crash and automatically start up again. It's rare that it doesn't do this every time I turn it on. Sometimes, when I text on the alphanumeric setting, one of the numbered buttons will go black until I press it again. And as of recently, every time I press the '#' key to change the case to 'Abc', it will revert back to 'abc' instantly, and I'll have to reclick it - sometimes twice - for it to change case. Whatever I'm in - especially when I'm on the internet - the application will suddenly close and I'll have to open it again. Also, I usually have to crop a large chunk out of my photos to make them backgrounds, as opposed to the phone resizing the image to fit the screen. Also, sometimes the phone will sometimes crash but not restart and, because the touchscreen stops working, I need to take the battery out of the phone (and, obviously, when I turn it back on? It'll restart about 6 times, which also seems to use a couple of battery bars). All these things put together just make the Nokia 5800 so much less outstanding than I had expected and hoped for. I've had similar troubles with my old Nokia 7390, and I think I've learned that Nokia phones aren't as flawless as I always expect. Rating: Reviewed by freddy on 27/09/2010 thought i purchased an awesome nokia 5800 xpress music phone,turns out it was a mistake..screen keeps freezing up on me especially when i start using internet,it opens first page and then it freezes up til i remove the battery and nokia cant fix it,pretty much its a worthless phone Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 25/09/2010 Reading all of the reviews below, I'm beginning to think I've been given the wrong phone. The first 2 months were fantastic, the touchscreen was annoying but bearable and the stylus was a bad idea but never mind. Then, it froze and shut down and refused to turn back on for two days (on full battery) and gave me the infuriating 'packet data not available' message when trying to access the internet. I sent the phone off for repair, which fixed the freezing problem but not the internet problem. So I spoke to a rather nice lady on the help line, who told me to resend the packet data settings and made me feel a little bit stupid. Did this, still nothing, and after a few more attempts was faced with the 'unable to resend packet data settings' message which I have had to this day (18 months on). On top of this, when I complained to o2 (a lot more politely than i should of) and requested a replacement handset I was told that because it's outside the 2 week 'cooling off period' it's not their problem and i'd just have to put up with it. So I've paid monthly for a phone that only half works, that I can't do a thing about. And recently it's decided to drop all connectivity until the battery is removed and replaced, refuses to dial out or to receive calls, won't send or receive any texts but still show full signal. My contract ends at the start of October and I couldn't be happier. This is by far the worst phone I've ever had, and if this is what Nokia/o2 thinks is an acceptable level of service, I'm disgusted. I'm going back to Sony. Rating: Reviewed by George on 19/09/2010 I have my nokia 5800 navigator and it has everything i need. I would recommend it...in fact, i recommend it! It has GPS, nice touch screen with multiple keyword option, radio, memory card, light weight and the reception is good, no problems!!!...The only thing i would change is the optinal rubber protector (case) that comes with the telephone is not handy, other than that, excellent product! Rating: Reviewed by Jack on 17/09/2010 Nice enough phone with some good features. Easy to use. Issues I have are internet is very slow, and I cannot even watch a full video on youtube as i'd be waiting for over an hour for a 5min video to load. Other issue is camera quality which is pretty pants! Average phone, certainly not the best out there. I think i'll be upgrading to a HTC desire any time soon! Rating: Reviewed by Debbie on 16/09/2010 I absolutely love this phone.... it does everything that it says it should do... only better than i expected it would. Big thumbs up to Nokia :) Rating: Reviewed by User 5800 xpressMusic on 11/09/2010 the bad about this phone just camera....whatever this is best phone i ever had and i don't think to change my phone until realy2 bad broken Rating: Reviewed by Mossy on 03/09/2010 For the price and market this phone is aimed at it can't be beaten. Have to admit mine is unlocked and debranded and I've installed loads of apps so I have it fully customised and I love it. Having installed Opera 10.61 browser it suffers from insufficient RAM as I have other apps running in background, but thats a reflection of the technology getting a bit old now but throughly recommend it for anyone not quite as demanding as me Rating: 1 - 100 | 101 - 200 | 201 - 300 | 301 - 400 | 401 - 500 | 501 - 600 | 601 - 676 | Next 100 Reviews Consumer Reviews from other websites (116 reviews)Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Reviews at Mobile Phones UK (116 reviews)
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