If you've been following my blog, you would've discovered that I bought myself a phone the moment the clock struck 12 on the 31st of December 2008! The HTC Touch Pro - to cut the story short, it was a great phone, but was just too much for me to handle... so I decided to let it go... at a FANTASTIC price... someone OUT THERE has gotten a good deal and I know my ex-phone has landed on good hands...
Alas, it's time to speak of what this blog entry was meant to talk about - the iPhone has been dethroned... the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
Looks familiar? If you've watched The Dark Knight, you could have caught a glimpse of this phone!
Firstly, let me give you a lowdown on what this phone has compared to the iPhone...
- GPS with directional guide (not in iPhone)
- 3D Stereo Speakers - rated as one of the best speakers on a mobile phone according to some professionals (iPhone's speakers suck)
- 1st ever phone in the Nokia world to have touch screen
- Tactile feedback - allows you to 'feel' every button touched (not in iPhone)
- 3.2 Megapixel autofocus camera (iPhone only offers up to 2.0 megapixel with NO autofocus)
- 640 x 480 video recording (not in iPhone)
- 8GB Memory standard - upgradeable to 32GB (iPhone - NOT UPGRADEABLE)
- WiFi
- 3G with HSDPA (iPhone only offers 3G)
- Plays Video
- Plays Music
- Uses Windows Media Player or simply drag & drop to drop in Songs / Videos (iPhone requires iTunes)
- MMS (not in iPhone at time of writing)
- Cut & Paste (not in iPhone at time of writing)
- Bluetooth profile supports bluetooth stereo, sending of business cards, images, files (neither feature is available on iPhone)
- 3G Video Call (not in iPhone)
As you can see, there are many things the iPhone 3G doesn't offer compared to Nokia's latest. Price tag? RM 1,499. Compare that to some of the non-contract iPhones you can pickup from our neighbour Singapore - RM 2,600 - that's a ridiculous RM1,300!
Plus, to begin with, the iPhone 3G is not even officially available in Malaysia - pick one up in Singapore or elsewhere, you'd not get official Apple warranty and service in Malaysia.
With so many points and so many glaring disadvantages compared to the 5800, in my opinion, iPhone's been dethroned, here's Nokia's latest, greatest, better alternative the 5800. I'll write-up an indepth review on the 5800 later but in the mean time, keep an eye on this latest baby - it could just be changing the phone landscape.
Drop me a comment if you've got something to say!
4 comments:
I think we should forget the iphone man! Its a myth that its the best out there! why on earth should we buy something from a company that doesnt even see the value to sell the phones here?
Nokia's 5800 looks the real deal and since Nokia is more interested in our market, this should be on your options list..Not the iphone?! iThink, we should forget the iPhone :)
With all the rumours floating all around on the pros and cons of the Nokia 5800XM model, what is ur comment about it?So far, do u encounter any problem while using it?
Surprisingly, although it's a 1st Gen Series 60 touch screen phone - it's got hardly any issues. Everything has been well thought off.
That said however, since it's a new platform, many of your favourite applications that used to run on other Series 60 (Nokia phones) will have issues running on the new touch interface. From what I've seen, many developers have been updating their software for touch screen support. One such vendor is Garmin - for their Garmin Mobile XT software.
The other gripe is perhaps the sensitivity of the accelerometer. It tends switch orientation of the screen from landscape to portrait and vice versa - when the phone is placed in the slightest angle. This I think is more of a software issue which can be easily solved through a firmware update.
Apart from that? Nothing really, the phone's great!
Hi,
I think abi has some depth in his view. My vote is with him. Thanks for sharing this nice article.
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