Nokia 5630

Nokia 5630 Review – A Mid Range Slim Music Phone

Nokia 5630 is a thin and eccentric XpressMusic handset that is sure to impress entertainment gadget lovers. Available in three color versions, Nokia 5630 looks very fresh and appealing. Nokia 5630 can easily slip into your pockets with dimensions of 112 x 46 x 12 mm and weight of 83 g. The Li-Ion 860 mAh battery provides a standby time of 400 hours for 2G and 408 hours for 3G, talk time of 7 hours for 2G and 4 hours for 3G and music play time of 25 hours.

The Nokia 5630 features a beautiful 2.2-inch QVGA display that offers incomparable brightness with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. However, the screen looks smaller as there is more real estate on the front panel of the phone. Below the screen, there is a D pad along with the alphanumeric keypad. The keys are small, but once you get used to those keys, you can use the Nokia 5630 without worries.

A 3MP camera with maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels is available with the Nokia 5630. It has dual LED flash, but there is no camera protection. There is no auto focus too. The camera has a handful of features and image quality is good. The videos are recorded in VGA resolution at 15 fps, which is good only for MMS.

The XpressMusic player of the Nokia 5630 caters to the demand of music lovers, just like any other XpressMusic phone, but when you expect more, you will be disappointed. The Dedicated music keys make the music player just a click away. Say and Play features let you say a song to play it. The Video player is good enough, but the small screen makes it viewing videos uncomfortable. Also, there is no DivX or XviD support. The FM radio with RDS support and internet radio will be enjoyed by music lovers.

The Nokia 5630 has Symbian S60 3rd edition operating system with several notable features. The contacts bar is placed at the bottom of the standby screen. Interestingly, you can add a RSS feeds to your contacts stored in the Nokia 5630. You can view your communication with the contacts from the same screen. The task manager is improvised and it pops up with every pop up menu. The voice recognition system recognizes your commands to the T.

As with other Symbian mobile phones, the phone book is highly robust with all features possible. Videos and personal ringtones can be assigned to contacts. The telephony is quite good and sound quality is very good when the phone rings. Ovi contacts are integrated to the phonebook, and it comes preinstalled in the Nokia 5630. Instant messaging to your friends is as simple as sending out a message. Gtalk support for Ovi contacts is also available.

The Nokia 5630 has a very decent keypad designed exclusively for the youth who show more interest in messaging rather than calling. SMS, MMS and emails are supported and you can manage messaging your contacts very effectively. MMS can be created without any extra editor because when you add pictures or other media to your SMS, it becomes an MMS. The audio message editor helps you send audio messages. The email client is simple and user friendly. Message reader app reads your emails, which is quite impressive.

Data transfer is supported by the USB and Bluetooth. To connect to the internet, you can use Wi-Fi, GPRS/EDGE or HSDPA/HSUPA. The Browser is very good with full java and flash support, but again, the small screen limits the enjoyment. The organizer features are good for the XpressMusic handset and the search application is quite useful to search the entire phone. The dictionary application is fully featured and you can download more languages if you need from the Nokia website. There are a couple of preloaded trial version of games, but there is a single activation key to activate one of those games you want. Of course, you can download more if you want.

Specifications:

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 2100 / 900
Announced	2009, February
Status	Available. Released 2009, June
Dimensions	112 x 46 x 12 mm
Weight	83 g
Type	TFT, 16M colors
Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone	Yes
	- 3.5 mm audio jack - Dedicated music keys
Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records	Detailed, max 30 days
Internal	60 MB storage, 128 MB RAM
Card slot	microSD, up to 16GB, 4GB included
GPRS	Class 32
EDGE	Class 32
3G	HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port	No
USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, enhanced fixed focus, LED flash
Video	Yes
Secondary	VGA videocall camera
OS Symbian	OS, S60 rel. 3.2
CPU	ARM 11 600 MHz processor
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games	Yes, N-gage + downloadable
Colors	Red on black, Blue on grey, Chrome on grey
GPS	No
Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1 - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player - MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player - Voice memo - T9
Standard battery	Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-4CT)
Stand-by	Up to 400 h (2G) / 408 h (3G)
Talk time	Up to 7 h (2G) / 4 h (3G)
Music play	Up to 25 h