Review summaries for Nokia 5310 from expert cell phone reviewers.
Audio:
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Video:
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Camera:
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Battery:
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Keypad:
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Display:
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Reception:
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slim and lightweight phone
Review: Nokia's Slim 5310 Music Phone:Mobileburn.com
Voice quality was pretty good too, and the earpiece volume was adequate. The sound was crisp and bass was more than adequate. This is useful for those who don't want to forget to turn their ringer back on after a meeting or movie. The numerical keypad is set flush with the phones fascia, but each key is slightly convex, giving good feel and separation between keys to allow faster typing. The screen is a really nice QVGA (240 x 320) display, capable of displaying up to 16 million colors. Font...
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Voice quality was pretty good too, and the earpiece volume was adequate."
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The sound was crisp and bass was more than adequate."
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speaker independent voice dialing"
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This is useful for those who don't want to forget to turn their ringer back on after a meeting or movie."
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each key is slightly convex, giving good feel and separation between keys to allow faster typing."
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the right and left directional keys of the D-pad can be customized to launch certain applications,"
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The numerical keypad is set flush with the phones fascia, but each key is slightly convex, giving good feel and separation between keys to allow faster typing."
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active standby menu"
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active standby display"
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Fonts and icons look smooth, and colors were reproduced perfectly."
it's not a quadband world phone.
Nokia 5310 Xpress Music - blue (unlocked):CNet
You can personalize the 5610 with a wide variety of screensavers, animations, wallpaper, themes, and light effects. 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. The 5610's music player is similar to the 5310's and that's a good thing given its lack of restrictions and the simple, yet intuitive, interface. Voices sounded natural, we enjoyed enough volume, and the signa...
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Music quality was quite good"
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The 5610's music player is similar to the 5310's and that's a good thing given its lack of restrictions and the simple, yet intuitive, interface."
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Speakerphone calls were quite good, actually."
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Photo quality was pretty good, fortunately."
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Video quality is nothing special, but that's typical on a camera phone."
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poor photo quality"
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Photo quality was pretty good, fortunately."
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It doesn't make the phone unusable"
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poor photo quality"
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The keypad buttons have a relatively spacious design"
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The numbers on the keys are a tad small"
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its keypad was slippery."
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brilliant 2.2-inch display"
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brilliant display and easy-to-use controls"
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brilliant display"
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The T-Mobile signal was relatively strong, but we did have trouble getting reception in subway stations and deep inside buildings."
combination of the best of both worlds.
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic:Mobiledia
The race is on for making cellular telephones as small as possible, and the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is sprinting towards the finish line. The Nokia 5310's various buttons are arranged in a fashion exceptionally convenient for one-handed phone-operation.
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The Nokia 5310's various buttons are arranged in a fashion exceptionally
convenient for one-handed phone-operation."
slim phone market
Nokia 5310 review: XpressMusic slimline:GsmArena
The calls are loud and clear on both ends and you will have no problems communicating with this phone.
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The calls are loud and clear on both ends and you will have no problems communicating with this phone."
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dedicated music keys"
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the menu items are intuitively accessible through keyboard shortcuts."
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entire menu"
Calls on the Nokia 5310 sounded very good
Nokia 5310 review:Infosyncworld.com
The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is a music phone that makes us happy for a number of reasons. This isn't an iPhone competitor, which makes sense, considering the low, $50 price tag. But it is far better than most other on the market, and includes many features that should set the standard. We like the 3.5mm headphone jack, the included 1GB memory card, and the two-stage stereo headphones a microphone. We also liked this phone for regular calling, and found call quality and even its messaging capab...
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The speakerphone is very, very loud."
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Calls on the Nokia 5310 sounded very good"
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During calls, our friends said we sounded clean and clear,"
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photos were fairly blurry overall"
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photos were fairly blurry overall"
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great screen"
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Text looks great, as do pictures, including Web site images."
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the 2-inch, QVGA screen is bright and rich with 16-million possible colors."
a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors Â
Nokia 5310:letsgomobile.org
At the Nokia press conference held in London, alongside the introduction of Ovi, the door to Nokia's new Internet services, Nokia unveiled the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic mobile phone specifically optimized for entertainment, music and games. The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic device offers dedicated music or gaming keys, expanded memory, large LCD screen and extended battery performance to provide quick and easy access to entertainment content.
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a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors  "
Web page loading speed is decent by EDGE phone standards
Nokia XpressMusic 5310:MobileTechReview
The voice quality is very good on both incoming and outgoing ends, and the volume is very loud through the earpiece and the excellent loudspeaker. The sound quality is very good through the headset and the FM radio application will automatically find your local stations, save your favorite stations and provide visual radio services. Phone calls are very clear and loud and listening to music is a joy. The 2 megapixel camera on the Nokia 5310 takes good photos with proper color balance and goo...
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The voice quality is very good on both incoming and outgoing ends, and the volume is very loud through the earpiece and the excellent loudspeaker."
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excellent audio"
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The sound quality is very good through the headset and the FM radio application will automatically find your local stations, save your favorite stations and provide visual radio services."
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The 2 megapixel camera on the Nokia 5310 takes good photos with proper color balance and good brightness."
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The videos look passable and audio is in sync with video."
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The 2 megapixel camera on the Nokia 5310 takes good photos with proper color balance and good brightness."
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decent camera"
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The battery life is good for talking and playing music"
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very useable dedicated music control buttons"
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We love the music buttons which are large and easy to use thanks to the clever design that put them on the front curved edge."
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Number keys and d-pad are too slippery."
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great display"
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The reception is good"
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Many Nokia phones are strong RF monsters, but the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone isn't one of them."
well-designed mobile
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic:Tech2
The 5310 has a wallpaper creator that seems able to create only some psychedelic images. Camera is slow. Battery life is inadequate.
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Great music player"
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The 5310 has a wallpaper creator that seems able to create only some psychedelic images."
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The 5310 has a wallpaper creator that seems able to create only some psychedelic images."
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Camera is slow."
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Battery life is inadequate."
We were pleasantly surprised to find a port for a 3.5mm audio jack,
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic:Cnet.com
We found the dedicated music buttons on the left panel of the screen very convenient for quick access to song playback.
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two tiny speaker slits"
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most of the buttons are responsive except for the "+" side of the volume toggle on the left edge."
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We found the dedicated music buttons on the left panel of the screen very convenient for quick access to song playback."
the aluminium sides and color arrangement causes the phone to appear elegant, yet modest.
Nokia 5310 Mobile Phone Review:Conita.com
The Nokia 5310 phone is smooth as a newly waxed sports car, so you will want to show it off to all of your friends and family members. This model offers a marriage of the best that the worlds of portable music and wireless communications have to offer. The pictures that the phone's 2 mega pixel camera with 4x digital zoom produces are inferior to those of digital cameras.
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This model offers a marriage of the best that the worlds of portable music and wireless communications have to offer."
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The pictures that the phone's 2 mega pixel camera with 4x digital zoom produces are inferior to those of digital cameras."
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The pictures that the phone's 2 mega pixel camera with 4x digital zoom produces are inferior to those of digital cameras."
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the aluminium sides and color arrangement causes the phone to appear elegant, yet modest."
Decent-enough music phone
Nokia 5310 Xpressmusic:mobilesift.co.uk
Music player is fine, as is the radio and basic features. The camera is basic, and Web browsing isn't great because there's no 3G, and it's a small 2-inch screen.
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Decent-enough music phone"
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Music player is fine, as is the radio and basic features."
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low-end 2 MP camera"
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The camera is basic, and Web browsing isn't great because there's no 3G, and it's a small 2-inch screen."
