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Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is a midrange music-oriented phone with excellent audio quality and a selection of other interesting features.

Overview:

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is a well designed music phone which can easily substitute a dedicated mp3 player. The phone offers great connectivity, very good audio quality, music light effects and much, much more for quite a reasonable price.

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic pros:
+ Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
+ Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
+ Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
+ 2″ 262K color TFT display of QVGA resolution
+ Ambient light sensor
+ Music light effects
+ Sleek body design and nice choice of materials

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic cons:
- No office document viewer
- No 3G
- No stereo loudspeakers
- No smart dialing
- No Java multi-tasking

The design:

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic measures 107.5 x 46.7 x 14.8 mm and weighs 88 grams with the battery. The phone is covered with shiny plastic which looks really great but is prone to get covered with fingerprints quite fast. On the front of the Nokia phone you will see the 2” screen displaying 256k colors in 320 x 240 resolution. Below the screen there is the D-pad and a comfy and responsive keypad. The top of the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic houses the standard 3.5m audio jack, microUSB slot and the charger plug, whereas the bottom has no ports, or buttons. The right side of Nokia 5130 XpressMusic houses the microSD memory card slot, whereas the left side houses the dedicated music keys and the lanyard eyelet. The overall impression of the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic’s build quality is very positive.

Performance:

As usual with Nokia phones there are no reception, or in-call sound problems with the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic. The phone has a capacious phonebook which can store up to 2000 contacts with multiple fields for information. The contacts can be organized in groups which can later on be used as call filters. The message editor is simple and setting up your email account takes only a few seconds with most email providers.

Multimedia:

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic has the standard (a bit old) gallery so do not expect miracles here. The phone has 16 MB of built-in memory, but as it ships with 1 GB memory card in the box you will be able to put some music on the phone right away. Although the manufacturer claims that the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic supports only 2 GB memory cards it seems that it can handle all cards.
The music player in Nokia 5130 XpressMusicis its most important feature and here the phone does not disappoint. The music quality is really great and you get a few equalizer presets. Additionally, you can sort the music by artist, album and so on so it is also easy to use. Thanks to the A2DP support you can use stereo Bluetooth earphones, or any other headphones as a matter of fact thanks to the 3.5 mm standard audio jack.

Menus / ease of use:

The menu structure in Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is the good old Nokia menu with no tweaks. There are a few viewing modes to choose from, yet there is no Flight mode. Lack of flight mode is strange for a music phone, all the more so because the competition (such as the Sony Ericsson W508, or Sony Ericsson T707) has no problem implementing it. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic lacks also a few other features found in some other phones, like smart dialing, multitasking, or office document viewer.
Selected Nokia 5130 XpressMusic features and specifications:
Display and 3D

• Size: 2.0″
• Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 256k colours

Keys and input method

• Numeric keypad
• Dedicated music and volume keys
• Voice commands

Colours and covers

• Available in-box colours:
- Red
- Blue
Available colours may vary per region

Connectors

• Micro-USB connector
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector

Memory

• microSD memory card slot, hot swap, support up to 2 GB
• 1 GB microSD card included
• 30 MB internal dynamic memory (incl. Pre-loaded content)

Power

• BL-5C 1020 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
• Talk time (maximum): – GSM 6 hrs
• Standby time (maximum): – GSM 288 hrs
• Video playback time (maximum): 4 hrs
• Video recording time (maximum): 1 hr
• Music playback time (maximum): up to 21 hrs

Operating frequency

• Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Data network

• CSD
• GPRS release 4, class B, with GPRS multislot class 32
• EDGE GPRS multislot class 32
• TCP/IP support
• Capability to serve as data modem
• Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Local connectivity and synchronisation

• Bluetooth version 2.0
• Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite

Call features

• Integrated hands-free speakerphone
• Number screening for messaging and calls
• Automatic answer with headset or car kit
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial
• Speed dialling
• Fixed dialling number support
• Vibrating alert (internal)
• Side volume keys
• Mute/unmute
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling

Messaging

• SMS
• Speed dialling for SMS sending
• List of recently used numbers in message editor
• Multiple SMS deletion
• EMS picture messaging (send and receive)
• MMS version 1.3 message size up to 600 kb
• Automatic resizing of images for MMS
• Nokia Xpress audio messaging
• Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Cell broadcast

E-mail

• Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP, OMA EMN
• Support for e-mail attachments

Web browsing

• Supported mark-up languages: HTML, XHTML
• Supported protocols: WAP 2.0
• TCP/IP support
• Opera mini browser
• Nokia Mobile Search

Photography

• 2 megapixel camera
• 4x digital zoom
• White balance modes: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
• Light sensitivity modes: high, medium, low, automatic
• Landscape (horizontal) orientation

Video

• Main camera
• Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels and up to 15 fps
• Up to 4x digital video zoom
• Audio recording formats: AMR
• Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: automatic, night, close-up, snow/beach, cine, old film
• Clip length (maximum): subject to available memory
• Video Player
• Video playback file formats: .mp4, .3gp;
• Landscape mode video playback

Music and audio playback

• MP3 Music Player
• Music playback file formats: .mp3 AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, Midi, WMA, WAMR, MXMF
• Dedicated music and volume keys
• FM stereo radio with RDS support
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• Nokia Music Manager
• Nokia Music Store support

Voice and audio recording

• Voice commands
• Voice recorder
• Audio recording formats: AMR
• FR, EFR, HR and AMR
• Digital stereo microphone

Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones

• Customizable profiles
• Ring tones: AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, 64- Midi, WMA, WAMR, MXMF (40 built-in tones)
• Video ring tones (2 built-in tones)
• Themes:
- wallpapers
- animated wallpapers
- organic wallpapers
- full-screen wallpapers
- screensavers
- animated colour screensavers
- colour schemes
- ring tones
- icons
- logos
- pre-installed themes
- changeable colour themes
- user defined themes

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Nokia E75, Nokia 8800 Gold Arte, Sony Ericsson W508, BlackBerry Bold 9000, Sony Ericsson T707.