Nokia Tube 5800 XpressMusic Finally Unveiled

October 3, 2008 in Handsets, Nokia

The Nokia Tube, now donning the less cool XpressMusic 5800 name, has been spotted for the first time with the blessing of Nokia at an event today in London. It’s Nokia’s first ever foray into the touchscreen market and most are complaining that the 5800 enters with a fizzle.

To its credit, the phone looks pretty attractive:

So what’s under the hood? Here are some of the key features:

4.4 by 2 by 0.6 inches
3.8 ounces… lighter than both the iPhone (4.8) and G1 (5.6)
3G and Wi-Fi
Accelerometer
3.2MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics
dual LED flash
video recording (up to 30fps)
Stereo Speakers
Stereo Bluetooth Support
3.5mm headset jack (which doubles as a TV-out port)
16GB of microSD memory expansion

The latter 4 features listed illustrated why the device is called the XpressMusic and not The Tube… its meant to be a music phone. It will also come with Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service which is shaping up to have a solid library of songs/bands for unlimited download.

Don’t expect TOO much from this phone. The touch screen is supposedly a little less accurate/sensitive than the top dogs out there but thankfully, it comes with a stylus for help in that area. It isn’t designed to be one of the elite phones on the market, but rather one of the most feature packed, touchscreen phones for an affordable price for mid-level handsets. It will succeed at that and Nokia has a knack for doing volume… probably their goal here.

With GSM technology you can bet that it will come to AT&T or T-Mobile in the United States - unfortunately not until 2009. Meanwhile, it will rollout across other parts of the world for the equivalent of $385 US dollars. Not too shabby once you calculate in the rebate for a 2 year contract.

You have to think that Nokia is working on an N-Series touchscreen phone or even better - a completely new line of touchscreen devices. Until then, you’ll likely be seeing a heckuva lot of teenagers running around with “The Tube”. If you’re thinking about one yourself, don’t expect to be doing a ton of emailing and whatnot… it is what it is… a multimedia/music touch phone.

Sources:
Yahoo! Tech
Gizmodo
T3

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