Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - orange (T-Mobile)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp. Part number: 5310XPRESSMUSICORGTMB
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- The Nokia 5310 continues the fine Xpress Music tradition by offering a satisfying blend of features and performance in an attractive design.
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CNET editors' review
Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - orange (T-Mobile) price range: $0.00
- Reviewed by: Kent German
- Reviewed on: 05/30/2008
The good: The 5310 Xpress Music has an attractive design with a brilliant display and easy-to-use controls. It also offers a solid feature set and satisfying performance.
The bad: The 5310 Xpress Music has a pitifully small internal memory and poor photo quality; also, it's not a quadband world phone.
The bottom line: The Nokia 5310 continues the fine Xpress Music tradition by offering a satisfying blend of features and performance in an attractive design.
Ten months after announcing its new 5310 and 5610 Xpress Music phones, Nokia finally has released them to a U.S. carrier--well, at least one of them. Last week in New York City, T-Mobile added the 5310 to its lineup, and from what we understand, it will soon pick up the 5610 as well. The 5310 offers everything you'd expect in an Xpress Music phone, but it sports an attractive candy-bar design that is more than a hair trimmer than T-Mobile's previous Xpress Music phone, the Nokia 5300. It passes the performance test as well, and it's a bargain at $49 with a two-year contract. Alternatively, you can buy it unlocked for around $200. To find accessories for this phone, see our cell phone ringtones and accessories guide.
Design
Nokia doesn't blindly follow trends, so it wasn't surprising that the company didn't rush to copy the thin-phone success of the now-ancient Motorola Razr. But with the eye-catching 5310, Nokia is giving slim design a go. And we can report it comes together quite nicely. At 4.1 inches by 1.8 inches by 0.41 inch, the 5310 is the trimmest Nokia we've seen, if not one of the thinnest phones ever. It is a world's difference from the relatively bulky 5300 and 5700 Xpress Music handsets; in fact, if it weren't for the external music controls on all three models, you wouldn't know that they're related. We're not afraid to admit that the 5310 is one stylish, even sexy, cell phone.
Though compact and portable the 5310 is no wispy phone. At 3 ounces it has a comfortable, solid feel in the hand and we felt confident that it could take a few drops to the floor, even with the plastic rear face. T-Mobile sells the 5310 in three versions: purple and black, orange and black, and red and black (in case you haven't heard, purple is the new pink). We examined the purple version, but all features are the same on each model. Meanwhile, the unlocked version comes in red and black and blue and black.
The 5310's 2-inch display supports a full 16.7 million colors. It's a brilliant display by all accounts, with rich graphics and sharp text. The default font size may be a bit small for some users but you can change the size and the font color. The 5310 uses Nokia's Series 40, third-edition user interface. The menus are user-friendly, even if the main feature icons are somewhat dull.
Below the display is the easy-to-use navigation array. The square toggle is raised above the surface of the phone, so it's tactile. You can set it to act as a shortcut to four user-defined features, while the center of the toggle functions as an OK button. You'll also find two soft keys and the Talk and End buttons. These controls are flush, but they're also fairly big. Like many Nokia phones, the 5310 lacks a dedicated back button.
The keypad buttons have a relatively spacious design, though the numbers on the keys are quite small. As such, users with visual impairment should test this phone before buying. On the upside, the keys are raised slightly and they benefit from a bright backlighting. We didn't have any issues with misdials.
The signature Xpress music controls sit on the 5310's left spine. They're flat with the surface of the phone, but their large size makes them quite user-friendly. On the right spine is a thin volume rocker, which is easy to find when you're on a call. The camera lens sits on the back side of the phone. Though it's well situated for taking photos, vanity shots are tricky without a self-portrait mirror. The least remaining exterior features are a charger jack on the left spine and a power button, a mini USB slot and a 3.5mm headset jack on the top of the 5310. The 3.5mm jack is especially welcome. The 5310 also offers a microSD card slot, but it's located behind the battery cover.
Features
The 5310 offers a solid midrange feature set with an emphasis on music. The phone book holds a healthy 2,000 contacts with room in each entry for five phone numbers, an e-mail address, a URL, a company name and job title, a formal name and nickname, a street address, a birthday, and notes. You can organize contacts into groups or you can pair them with a picture and one of 28 polyphonic ringtones. Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a countdown timer, and a stopwatch.
Though the 5310 is far from being a smartphone, it offers a few work-friendly features. There's full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, PC syncing, a voice recorder, a world clock, a unit converter, and instant messaging. E-mail is onboard as well, but only for POP3 accounts such as Yahoo and AOL. Also, you must log onto the Web browser to access your messages. It's not the slickest experience, but it works in a pinch.
Like other Xpress Music phones, the 5310 is all about its music player, and here again Nokia succeeds. As we've said before, the Xpress Music handsets offer everything you want in a music phone, including ergonomic controls, few restrictions, and satisfying audio quality. The interface is nothing special, but the controls are simple and intuitive, and the player supports album art. Features include an equalizer, shuffle and repeats modes, and an airplane mode for listening to tunes while you fly. What's more, you can create playlists and play music via Bluetooth. The player supports, MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+, and WMA files, and you can use tracks as ringtones.
Getting music onto the 5310 is a breeze; you need only you connect the phone to your computer via a USB cable or transfer tracks on a mini SD card. When using the former method, your computer should recognize the phone immediately; you then can drag and drop music back and forth. Also, the music will sync with Windows Media Player 10. When listening to tracks, you can minimize the player so you can access other functions, and the player automatically pauses when you receive a call. And of course, you can activate play instantly by pressing the aforementioned play control on the 5310's left spine. If radio is your thing, the 5310 also offers an FM tuner with station presets.
For your imaging needs, the 5310 offers a 2-megapixel camera that takes JPEG pictures in seven resolutions, from 1,600x1,200 down to 160x120. There's a variety of camera settings, including three quality modes, five color effects, a landscape mode, a self-timer, a sequence mode for shooting six photos in rapid succession, an adjustable white balance, and a 4x zoom. There's no brightness setting, nor is there a flash for dim lightning. Photo quality was disappointing. Colors weren't bad, but objects were blurry, and our shots were washed out.
The camcorder shoots videos in two resolutions (176x144 and 129x96) with sound. Other options are similar to those of the still camera, and you can mute the sound if you wish. The short mode lasts about 20 seconds, but you can also shoot longer clips, depending on the available memory. And speaking of which, the 5310 offers just 7.3MB, so we advise investing in a memory card. The 5310 can accommodate microSD cards up to 2GB.
You can personalize the 5310 with a wide variety of color themes, screensavers, and wallpaper. You can download more options from T-Mobile's t-zones service or you can create your own wallpaper using the 5310's integrated Wallpaper Composer application. Games include demo versions of AMF Bowling Deluxe, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Surviving High School, and World Series of Poker Pro Challenge. You can buy the full versions with the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser.
Performance
We tested the triband (GSM 850/1800/1900) 5310 in San Francisco using T-Mobile service. Unfortunately, the 5310 is not a quadband world phone. Call quality was very good with excellent clarity and more than enough volume. Voices sounded natural for the most part, and we had no issues with static or interference. Our only complaint was that on a couple of occasions, some of our friends sounded a bit metallic, but it wasn't prevalent enough to be distracting.
On their end, callers said we sounded fine. They could tell we were using a cell phone, but they could understand us the majority of the time. A few callers said they could hear a lot of background noise, but on the whole we didn't get many complaints. Automated calling systems could understand us as well, but it is best if you make your call when you're not in a noisy location. Speakerphone calls performed well. The volume loud, and there was decent clarity on both ends.
Music quality was quite good, particularly if you're using a headset or an accessory like the Nokia MD-7W Bluetooth stereo speakers. The phone's speakers external speakers are rather weak, and the music suffers somewhat at the highest volume level, but the experience was satisfying overall. As is typical with music phones, our tunes lacked bass, but on the other hand, the sound had a lot of warmth and it wasn't overly tinny.
The Nokia 5310 Xpress Music has a rated battery life of 5 hours talk time and up to 18 days standby time. It had a talk time of 6 hours and 44 minutes in our tests. Additionally, the 5310 promises 18 hours of music playback time, but we got just 12 hours in our tests. According to FCC radiation tests, the 5310 has a digital
User reviews
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I like it........
by sarahhou on November 10, 2008
Pros: The sleek and slim design is great. Its a great music phone.
Cons: I can't say there is really anything I dont like about this phone yet.
Summary: I am a VERY picky person when it comes to phones. I have always had a blackberry but I wanted to switch to more of a basic phone because I ...
Summary: I am a VERY picky person when it comes to phones. I have always had a blackberry but I wanted to switch to more of a basic phone because I was tired of the blackberry. So i switched to this phone and i love it. I can still check my email and text etc. But what i really love about this phone is the mp3 player. It is really cool. The screen is beautiful and gives a great picture. So far I am very impressed. Oh and I also love the slimness of this phone, it is great.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Low battery life
by Owlchick on September 30, 2008
Pros: The phone is slim, looks nice and it's easy to transfer music to it.
Cons: 18 *days* of standby battery life? Try more like 18 *hours*
Summary: I wouldn't buy this phone again for anything. The battery life alone means I'm constantly recharging it. I don't really use it as a music player, yet ...
Summary: I wouldn't buy this phone again for anything. The battery life alone means I'm constantly recharging it. I don't really use it as a music player, yet it won't hold a charge. That makes me even less inclined to try to use its music functions.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Excellent phone...if you ignore the camera
by chasethebarber on September 24, 2008
Pros: Music Player-easier to use(in my opinion) than an iPod
Email-I hardly have to touch the computer anymore
Java-You can get as many free Java apps as you want on the internet
SDHC slot-Lots of storage spaceCons: Camera-Horrible color quality, but if you change it to black and white it does okay. Shutter lag is bad too
Summary: First of all, I love Nokia phones. They're durable, they perform wonderfully, and they never lack in features. This phone is no exception. I bought this to replace my ...
Summary: First of all, I love Nokia phones. They're durable, they perform wonderfully, and they never lack in features. This phone is no exception. I bought this to replace my 5300 that died in July. So far, I've had no problems. It keeps signal very well and the calls are amazingly clear. Texting is surprisingly easy and you can now send mp3 clips as well as AMR files. The screen is brilliant and really bright.
The main reason I bought this phone was the music player. I had played around with it at Tmobile a couple of times and I liked it. You can easily make playlists on the go and you can use normal headphones without an adapter. The sound is great from the loudspeaker, but it lacks bass. With earbuds, however, it shines. It sounds better than my brothers iPod and it's really loud. The sdhc slot allows me to use an 8gb(currently reads as 4gb, but hopefully there'll be a firmware update soon) and I honestly don't think I can fill it. Games and applications are available on many sites and can be installed with the Nokia PC Suite.
The camera was disappointing, but since I knew what I was getting it wasn't too bad1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Better than average, but short of great...
by blakecgriffin on August 28, 2008
Pros: The screen is great. Really high resolution. That fact I can check my Gmail account without a data/internet plan is fantastic. The sound is great, and it's easy to hookup to a computer to add/delete files.
Cons: The buttons are so small, I have a hard time hitting the correct one, and it's not a quadband phone which sucks when you travel.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Piece of crap!
by LeoDog70 on November 21, 2008
Pros: The design
Cons: Crashes/shuts down/locks for no reason, uncomfortable to hold, lousy reception, drops calls left and right!
Summary: I bought this phone in July and at first I was happy with it. After a couple of weeks, I started noticing poor reception and frequent dropped calls. One night ...
Summary: I bought this phone in July and at first I was happy with it. After a couple of weeks, I started noticing poor reception and frequent dropped calls. One night while I was shopping, the phone just died. The screen faded to black and when I pushed a button, the screen lit up again, but the keypad was locked. I un-locked the phone, tried to place a call and it turned off completely. I turned the phone back on, un-locked it, tried to send a text message and the screen faded to black again. I hit a button (like before), the screen lit up but was locked. This went on for quite a while. I spent a good half hour trying to make a call, with no luck. When I got home, I called T-Mobile and told them about the problem. They were great aboutit and sent me out a replacement phone. Well, the replacement phone did the exact same thing...so I called T-Mobile and again, they sent a replacement phone. Do I even need to tell you that the second replacement phone did the same thing? Needless to say, I will be getting a different phone! This is the first Nokia that I have ever had a problem with.
1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Ok phone, but there is a lot better out there
by Jsts22 on November 21, 2009
Pros: Small, has a 3.5mm headphone output, plays music and has plenty of space for it.
Cons: Signal is horrible. Needs a much better antenna on it. Half the time I won't have any signal, I have been driving around before on an open road in a big city with no signal. This hardly ever happened with my old phone (Sony Ericsson) on tmobile.
Summary: This is just a basic phone. A pain to txt on (no keypad), camera is pretty bad, and signal is very weak with this phone. With the weak signal it ...
Summary: This is just a basic phone. A pain to txt on (no keypad), camera is pretty bad, and signal is very weak with this phone. With the weak signal it doesn't even function well as a basic phone. Seems like its a better mp3 player than a phone.
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good looking
by fayaz_sailent on November 19, 2009
Pros: low price.......
Cons: color and style......
head phonesSummary: 2 years bond is very high, one year is correct......
Summary: 2 years bond is very high, one year is correct......
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I Hate This Phone!!!
by 2772gold on October 29, 2009
Pros: One of our two phones survived a ride in the clothes washer, dried it out over 24 hours put it back together and it worked.
Cons: We have two phones, If you do not keep the key lock on the music player will simply start up with the slightest touch to the phone. 9 out of every 10 calls I make I end up dropping the call, sometimes more than once when I call back, its horrible!
Summary: If you want to redial every call you make this is the phone for you because you will loose you call 9 out of 10 times!!! Its connectivity is the ...
Summary: If you want to redial every call you make this is the phone for you because you will loose you call 9 out of 10 times!!! Its connectivity is the worst of any cell phone I have ever owned in nearly 20 years of having a cell phone...the music player comes on randomely with the slightest touch to the phone unless you have the key lock on...and if you have the key lock on its nearly impossible to get off to answer your phone before it rolls to voicemail. The camera is horrible.
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Best phone i've ever owned! ran over and works fine
by kpowel10 on July 28, 2009
Pros: Light, user friendly, great battery life, thin, little quality sound super durable! overall amazing
Cons: My friends hated this phone becaue it's so little i occasionally sounded muffled when holding with my shoulder and talking to them. I wasn't a big deal, a little adjustment now and then was all it took. music started a few times in my pocket
Summary: I have owned 5 different phone models in about a year and a half, the w940, razor, ericsson, samsung juke, and my little nokia. I was afraid to buy this ...
Summary: I have owned 5 different phone models in about a year and a half, the w940, razor, ericsson, samsung juke, and my little nokia. I was afraid to buy this tiny phone because it's a bar, and it's super thin. To my delight, it is the most durable phone i've evey owned. I accidently ran it over and the only lasting problem was it destroyed the on off button on the top. It did have a temporarily line throught the screen, but it went away after a few days. I've never had any phone that compared to my nokia. It's not as scratched as my ericsson, razor or juke either. (i didn't keep w940 long enough to scratch it.) can't say enough good things about this nokia. they knocked it out of the park!
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Pretty Good Phone but...
by RavenGurl21 on July 3, 2009
Pros: The music player is awesome it has great buttons for changing the song or pausing.
The Design is great, sleek, sturdy, and cute.
Texting is either way, it has a nice sturdy firm keypad, but on the other hand a bit small.Cons: Camera Picture and video quality is terrible.
locks up quickly, but not a big deal.Summary: This is all over a great phone. I mean i drop it constantly and its still going strong. As i said before the music player is amazing, its just like ...
Summary: This is all over a great phone. I mean i drop it constantly and its still going strong. As i said before the music player is amazing, its just like listening to an ipod even if you dont have head phones connected it sounds great. It may look very flimsy and breakable but it feels very sturdy in your hands. The texting is awesome, the buttons feel really good on your fingers, this phone makes texting very easy and fast. I so far havent had any problems such as droping calls or crashing so far ive been extremely happy with it. now if you like good quality cameras and videos this is not the right phone for you, i was very displeased with it but its fine cause thats not all to important for me.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
- Part number: 5310XPRESSMUSICORGTMB
- Description: Enjoy crystal clear sounds enabled by the dedicated audio chip with up to 18 hours of playback filled hours of play back. Capture those unmissable shots with a 2 mega pixel camera with 4 x digital zoom and 2.0 " screen with 16 million color display. Make the easy switch between music player and FM radio. Plug headphones or speakers into the 3.5mm AV plug to complete your experience.
General
- Product Type Cellular phone
- Service Provider T-Mobile
- Width 1.8 in
- Depth 0.4 in
- Height 4.1 in
- Weight 2.5 oz
- Body Color Orange
Cellular
- Technology GSM
- Band GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band)
- Phone Design Candy bar
- Antenna Internal
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Conference Call Capability Yes
- Voice Recorder Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
Communicator Features
- Synchronization With PC Yes
- Synchronization With MS Outlook
- User Memory 30 MB
Messaging & Data Services
- Messaging Services ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM), Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
- Mobile Email Yes
- Supported Email Protocols POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Yes
- EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution) Yes
- High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- JAVA applications Yes
Multimedia Features
- Downloadable Content Games, Themes, Ring tones, Wallpapers, Audio files, Video files, Screensavers
Digital Camera
- Camera highlights With a resolution of 2 megapixels, this camera phone will give you higher quality pictures than other phones.
- Sensor Resolution 2 megapixels
- Digital Zoom 4
Organizer
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Reminder Yes
- Calculator Basic
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Display Resolution 320 x 240 pixels
- Diagonal Size 2 in
- Color Support Color
- Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
- Display Illumination Color White
- Features Wallpaper, Screensaver
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Supported Digital Audio Standards AAC, MP3, WMA
Memory
- Internal Shared Memory Yes
- Flash Memory 1 GB - microSD
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Headset jack - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x USB
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Headset, Software kit, Remote control
- Cables Included USB cable
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Capacity 860 mAh
Product series
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - orange (T-Mobile)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band), 2.5 oz
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - blue (unlocked)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: Up to 300 min, 2.5 oz
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - red (unlocked)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: Up to 300 min, 2.5 oz
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - red (T-Mobile)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band), 2.5 oz
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - purple (T-Mobile)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: GSM 850/1800/1900 (Tri-Band), 2.5 oz
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Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - silver (T-Mobile)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Specs: GSM 850/900/1900 (Tri-Band), Up to 300 min, With digital camera / digital player, 2.5 oz
Accessories
- A-Data Speedy Series flash memory card - 2 GB - microSD (33795596)8.99
- ATP SD Trio Professional PLUS card adapter - flash: microSD - Hi-Speed USB (32128464)17.00
- Centon 2GBRSD3-1 - flash memory card - 2 GB - microSD (33503634)11.84 - 13.29
- Centon flash memory card - 4 GB - microSD (33362243)16.74 - 70.99
- Krusell Purple Label Divine - M - holster bag (33358117)14.99
Manufacturer info
- Nokia Corp.
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