Nokia X5 01

An unusual phone with a confusing name, the Nokia X5-01 is an almost square smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, not to be confused with the other X5 model that Nokia are shipping to China.

Size and Weight :

The X5-01 is a lot wider than a normal mobile phone, a little taller than it is wide but essentially almost square. It measures 74 x 66 x 17mm & weighs 129 g.

Network and connectivity:

The Nokia X5-01 comes with WiFi and 3G data, plus support for HSDPA and HSUPA downloads and uploads. Talktime on 3G is up to 3.5 hours with a maximum of 16 days standby time. Of note is the 600 MHz ARM 11 processor inside the X5-01 which should make the S60 3rd Edition OS run very quickly. It supports 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100, GPRS (Class 32), EDGE (Class 32), 3G (HSDPA), WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB v2.0 microUSB.

Memory and Display:

The Nokia X5-01 cell phone runs Symbian S60 3rd edition and packs a 2.3 inch display of QVGA resolution. This arrangement allows for a 2.36" 320 x 240 pixel non-touch display mounted in landscape (wide) mode, which is a bit more useful for web browsing than the standard portrait (tall) orientation. Internal storage of 200MB, external microSD card (2GB included and can support 32GB). The display is capable of showing over 16,700,000 colors. The event’s second launch the Nokia X6 8GB – is rather more familiar, acting as a baby brother to the original Nokia X6 device which came with 32GB – and the 16GB version that followed.

Camera and Video:

New Nokia X5-01 mobile handset comes with a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, video recording is a reasonable 640 x 480 pixels at 15 frames per second, just about good enough for YouTube but certainly nothing special.

Entertainment Features :

Primarily aimed at younger customers, the X5-01 supports most main media formats and has an FM radio and 3.5mm audio connector, plus a dedicated music key. The X5-01 has a "spin the phone" control to select a random music track, which is quite cool. The standard sales package contains a stereo wired headset and a 2GB memory card for storing files. The X5-01 also supports several different social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter. This is an S60 smartphone, so you can add new applications as you go along. The Nokia X5-01 handset will hit the market in a variety of bold colors. Its music player supports Ovi Music / Comes with Music (MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / Stereo Widening / Equalizer).

The main selling proposition here has to be looks though, and the Nokia X5-01 is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it handset. Despite the squareness at the front, there's an interesting curve on the back and the supplied colours of pink, azure, graphite, yellow green and purple should certainly get the X5-01 noticed.