Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition Disadvantages

Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition review: As seen on TV

Introduction

Sometimes it’s the most unassuming of handsets that can start a revolution. The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV edition doesn’t top any geeks’ wishlist, nor does it make for the perfect business device. But what it does have is a DVB-H TV receiver and it brings this extremely rare feature in an affordable package so a wider audience can get a taste of it.

And once you get a chance to try it, you might decide that it’s exactly what you want in your next high-end phone. There is more than one way of becoming a market success and the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV edition certainly takes a risky path. But it’s a path that might just pay off for Nokia in the long run

Key features

·                 Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support

·                 Tri-band 3G

·                 2.4" 16M-color QVGA display with excellent sunlight legibility

·                 3 megapixel enhanced fixed-focus camera with LED flash

·                 QVGA video recording at 15fps

·                 DVB-H TV receiver

·                 Series 40 UI, 6th edition

·                 Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio

·                 Bluetooth (with A2DP)

·                 Standard microUSB port (charging)

·                 microSD card slot (16 GB supported, 1GB included)

·                 3.5mm audio jack

·                 Dedicated touch-sensitive music keys

·                 Great audio output quality

·                 Maps for S40 preinstalled

Main disadvantages

·                 No WLAN

·                 No HSDPA

·                 No GPS receiver

·                 S40 is feature-wise outdated, though visually updated

·                 No preinstalled document viewer

·                 No smart dialing

·                 Below par video recording capabilities

·                 Poor build quality

The list of disadvantages of the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV edition isn’t the shortest we have seen but it’s not much longer than you would expect from a feature phone with this kind of price tag. After all you get what you pay for and for its price the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV isn’t that bad as a package at all

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