Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Nokia 5130 - Does Nokia need a quality check

Hey everyone
After using the Nokia 6260(the flip one),7210c,and my good 1200, i bought a new phone - Nokia 5130c-2 also known as Nokia 5130 Xpressmusic. And have to say, it looks good. It has a black colored LCD panel, and the rest of the phone is wine red.The phone has a glossy finish, which makes it look really really sporty and good. It supports upto 4Gb SD,and has a 2MP camera ,which is quite enough for me. The main factor that i bought it was its long batterylife along with decent enough performance for me. I seem to be satisfied with this phone at the moment. Here are some detailed specifications for it


General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2008, November
Status Available. Released 2009, February
Size Dimensions 107.5 x 46.7 x 14.8 mm, 65 cc
Weight 88 g
Display Type 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches
- Downloadable themes
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dedicated music keys
Memory Phonebook 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records Yes
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB (verified), 1GB included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 32
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QCIF@15fps
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Red, Blue
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA player
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1020 mAh (BL-5C)
Stand-by Up to 288 h
Talk time Up to 6 h
Music play Up to 21 h



But yesterday, just two days after i bought the phone, it got broken. It fell accidentially and the LCD started to flicker, though the colours were not completely distinguishable, and the text was quite readable. This seems quite irritating. Before this, the Nokia 7210c also known as 7210Supernova had got a broken LCD just after 7 days of buying it. It seems to me that Nokia has started to make cheap quality products after succumbing to market pressure, or the retailer is the culprit.

What say,are you going to buy one Nokia too!

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