Nokia X5-01 Disadvantages

Nokia X5-01 review: Round the square

 

Introduction

On occasion Nokia will experiment with form factor and shape. The Nokia X5-01 is the kind of phone that might just leave you wondering. Is it having a bad slider day or a great square day? No, the Nokia X5 is better than that. It’s a neat and chubby Symbian smartie with a QWERTY keyboard and a 5MP camera

Key features

• Full QWERTY slider form factor
• Quad-band GSM/EDGE, tri-band 3G with HSDPA and HSUPA
• Symbian S60 UI, 3rd edition FP2
• 600MHz processor, 256MB RAM; 200MB user-accessible storage
• 2.36" 256K-color QVGA display
• 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera, LED flash, VGA@15fps video recording
• Standard microUSB port (charging)
• microSD card slot (32GB supported, 2GB included)
• Wi-Fi b/g; DLNA and UPnP support
• Bluetooth (with A2DP)
• Accelerometer-based controls
• Dedicated media key
• Stereo FM radio with RDS, Internet radio
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Excellent audio quality
• Comes With Music bundle in select markets
• Good email and social networking support
• Office document viewer; ZIP file support
• Quick Business and Personal homescreen toggle

Main disadvantages

• No GPS receiver
• No office document editing
• Small, low-resolution screen
• Non-hot-swappable microSD card under the battery
• Fixed focus camera
• Poor video recording
• No camera lens protection
• No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
• No smart dialing