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#69300 6-Oct-2010 02:25

Since I desperately need a smarter phone so I can email and tweet, and the 5800 is so damn cheap now, I am thinking of getting one since it will be a while before I can afford anything decent.

But, my current nokias have several issues that make them pretty crap to use (2730)

Can the 5800 do the following?

1, have _NO_ alert for SMS, but vibrate for calls, or nothing for sms and vibrate and then ring for calls.

2, drive a pair of headphones to a decent level (I am hopeful with expresmusic in the name, but the N97 was a disappointment)

3. Handle loading tunes without using their or any software and not make it do crazy slow (n97 was a dog with 4000 songs on it in a sensible layout on the SD card, but fine when loaded with nokia music software that cant understand tags properly)

I can live with out nice to haves like gapless playback, understanding disc tags so I dont get track one off each disc, then all the track twos etc but just retagging multidisc sets to have the disc name in the disc title.

Also, anyone got one for sale? 850MHz prefered since 900 is useless to me and I may move to XT sometime.

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#389360 7-Oct-2010 21:51

I have a 5800 on XT and am very happy with it.

To answer your questions as best I can.

1, have _NO_ alert for SMS, but vibrate for calls, or nothing for sms and vibrate and then ring for calls.

It has a pager profile which has ring tone a message tone switched off but vibrate alert on in the default settings. Like all profiles it can be customised and various options regarding types of alerts can be chosen.

2, drive a pair of headphones to a decent level

It drives my headphones to a decent level for me but this is very subjective, what I may think is good you may not. Also the type headphones you use may also influence how well it drives them.

3. Handle loading tunes without using their or any software and not make it do crazy slow (n97 was a dog with 4000 songs on it in a sensible layout on the SD card

I loaded my songs just by copying onto the SD card with the phone connected to my computer in mass storage mode, where the phone is seen like a USB drive. It was very simple and easy plus the tags with the song, album and artists details were there as well. I don't have 4000 songs loaded but the phone runs well.

Also, anyone got one for sale? 850MHz prefered since 900 is useless to me and I may move to XT sometime.

The 850MHz can be bought for parallel importers, I got mine direct from Nokia in the US, I got a friend in the US to get it for me. It came unbranded, just put in my sim card and away I went, though I did a firmware update right at the start as well.

Hope this helps, if you have other Q's please ask.

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#397113 29-Oct-2010 00:09

I use 5530 and when I was going to buy it I was deciding between it and 5800. It was cheaper, the battery lasts longer (5530 don't have GPS, it's not a big con) and it's more elegant. Somewhat 5800 is bigger. But this models are too old, IMO. Check some of the new Nokia phones in phonearena.com . Oh and the headphones are awful for an XpressMusic model

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#397118 29-Oct-2010 00:32

They are cheap, whereas the newer ones are not something I can really afford at the moment.

I wouldnt ever use supplied headphones anyway as they are eadbuds which I cant stand.

5230 doesnt seem to be available in 850MHz, and its not much cheaper than the 5800 and GPS is something I would like to have, by the time I get an external bluetooth one its virtually the same price.

I may possibly stretch to the X6, but its not something I have seen in a 850MHz either. Seems that all the importers are really just getting in the 900MHz ones for the vodafone network I never see anyway.

The 2 degrees cheap android one has made me reconsider. If I can live with hopeless 3g and stick with them, its quite a viable option, and the price is certainly nothing to complain about.

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#397133 29-Oct-2010 05:25

I would agree on the GPS, it is a function I use almost daily. The X6 is basically the capacitive screen version of the 5800 which has the resistive screen, both screen have their advantages. I can go into this in more detail if you want me to, let me know.

Try here for a Telecom XT version for the 5800. http://www.digiparallelimports.co.nz/nokia-5800-black-telecom-xt-p-1393.html?cPath=60_37

This is the NAM (North American version) the same as the one I have. I think this is the best 850Mhz version for New Zealand. You will find other places selling them as well. I searched on Pricespy for this.

For the money the 5800 is very hard to beat.

Here is a link to the X6 http://www.digiparallelimports.co.nz/nokia-x6-16gb-yellow-on-white-telecom-xt-p-2308.html

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#397199 29-Oct-2010 10:17

I also have a NAM 5800. had it for about 18months now. Is a great phone. I paid $480NZ shipped from ebay when they were $1100 here.

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#397318 29-Oct-2010 13:28

Every phone I have ever picked up and used has been too slow, they are like computers.

I have used one, If i minimize my emails on it, I can live with it. I cant live with the abortion of email on the 2730 which has to be the biggest joke of a mail client ever...

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#397596 29-Oct-2010 23:36

mine was great for the 1st 6months but now it freezes and wont ring or vibrate occasionally ( restart fixes for a while) when i receive a text and this is even with the latest firmware. But other than that its a great phone has great reception everywhere on telecom

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#397605 29-Oct-2010 23:56

Decal,

Mine is a bit over six months old and working just like the day I bought it, I hope it keeps that way, I expect it will.

Have you installed other software or Apps that could be causing your problems?

I did read somewhere that the MicroSD cards that came with some phones cause some operational issues.

Have you tried a factory reset for the settings?

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#397712 30-Oct-2010 13:12

Yea tried that just lost everything on it haha and kept the problems

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#397739 30-Oct-2010 14:49

Decal: Yea tried that just lost everything on it haha and kept the problems

You mean you didn't do a back up first?

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#397817 30-Oct-2010 19:09

there was nothing on it anyway. so it was all good

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#397889 30-Oct-2010 22:37

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Import a AT&T X6?

Might come to it, not seen any deals on eBay tho, would have to find somewhere else that would ship here.

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#397904 30-Oct-2010 23:10

Yeah, thats the 900MHz version, which is about as usefull as 2100MHz only if you never leave civilization on VF, and makes no diff for 2 degrees. At least if I get a 850MHz one I have the option of XT, with no real downside to not having 900MHz, by the time the second round of windows 7 phones come out I will hopefully be in a position to get one of those, and hopefully both bands are supported on some handsets by then (that are not made by apple that is)

If there was a XT 5800 for sale for that price I would be in there quick as and seeing if they would layby it and getting 2.

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#397934 31-Oct-2010 00:50

could you put the battery from the no screen one in the no battery one? How much you want assuming it works?

I would rather not get a telco's own brand phone again, had one before and it was so glad to give it back.

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