Nokia 5300
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Nokia 5300 XpressMusic is a Nokia Series 40 3rd Edition FP2 mobile phone by Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

. It was launched in the third quarter of 2006. Nokia 5300 is the most popular and many units sold in all XpressMusic
XpressMusic
XpressMusic is a brand name for a line of Nokia phones that are specially designed for music playback.All of Nokia's XpressMusic come with expandable MicroSD memory slots, so these phones can also be used as MP3 players....

 phones, and among one of the most favorite Nokia unit phones.

Overview

The phone has a sleek slider design and features a 240×320 pixels (QVGA) TFT
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...

 display and a 1.3 Megapixel (CMOS
CMOS
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor is a technology for constructing integrated circuits. CMOS technology is used in microprocessors, microcontrollers, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits...

) camera which can be used in landscape. It has dedicated music buttons on each side which makes it easy to access tracks in music player mode or tune in different stations in radio mode, with a 2.5 mm. headset jack. It has also a powerful loudspeaker at the back for high quality sound output. It also features a removable MicroSD card with a maximum capacity of 2GB and powered by an ARM9 CPU running at 237 MHz. Nokia 5300 XpressMusic was launched on T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

's USA network on 1 March 2007.

Nokia 5300 can browse and surf the internet via GPRS. The phone can access different web or mobile sites like Friendster, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Google, YouTube, Multiply etc. The phone also features the Active Standby mode which can create shortcuts while on standby mode. It has a dedicated keys on sides let you access to music or just push camera button to start camera or video mode. The best view when you play your video is on panoramic view.

These are the Menu options of Nokia 5300: Contacts, Log, Organizer, Gallery, Messaging, Media, Applications, Web, Settings, PTT and the user's SIM network services.

Frequency and power

Operating Frequency
  • EGSM 900/1800/1900 MHz and EGSM 850/1800/1900 MHz


Power management
  • Nokia Battery BL-5B (820mah)
  • Talk Time up to 3.2 hours
  • Standby Time up to 223 hours
  • Music time up to 12 hours

(operation times depending on network and usage)

External features

Dimensions
  • Volume: 85 cc.
  • Weight: 106.5 g.
  • Length: 92.4 mm.
  • Width: 48.2 mm.
  • Thickness (max.): 20.7 mm.


Display
  • 262,144 (262K) color true color TFT
    TFT LCD
    Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...

     QVGA 320 × 240 pixels, 2' LCD display


User interface
  • S40 user interface
  • Dedicated music keys for play, pause, forward and rewind functions
  • Side volume keys can be used as zoom keys when camera is activated

Internal features

Imaging features
  • Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera with up to 8x digital zoom
  • Dedicated camera button
  • Landscape camcorder
    Camcorder
    A camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. Equipment manufacturers do not seem to have strict guidelines for the term usage...

     and video player
  • Video recording and playback
  • Download and upload images and video sequences
  • Fun frames and programmable white balance for camera


Multimedia features
  • Visual radio, listen to music and interact to favorite radio stations
  • Playback video formats
  • Integrated FM radio
  • New S40 music player
  • Integrated music player for MP3/AAC/eAAC+/AAC+/WMA/AMR/Midi formats
  • Listen, create playlists and manage music
  • Different skins for the music player


Memory functions
  • Combo memory with 32 MB flash and 16 MB RAM
  • Hot swapable slot for microSD memory card
  • Options to expand with microSD card


Messaging features
  • Multimedia messaging: MMS for creating, receiving, editing and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
  • Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and APOP protocols
  • Attachments: Supports JPEG, GIF, 3GP, MP3, PowerPoint and Excel files
  • Text messaging: Supports SMS, picture message, SMS distribution list
  • Audio messaging: Records own voice message and send to compatible devices
  • Instant Messaging and Presence-enhanced contacts


Applications
  • Java MIDP 2.0
  • Pre-installed Java applications
  • Over-the-air (OTA) download of Java-based applications and games
  • 4 pre-installed games when it purchased


Ringing tones
  • 64-chord/voice polyphonic MIDI ringing tones
  • Supported file formats include MP3, True Tones, AAC, 64-chord/voice polyphonic MIDI tones
  • Video ring-tones
  • Alert and gaming tones


Connectivity
  • A2DP to support Bluetooth stereo headset for high quality, wireless audio transfer
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Remote OTA synchronization with SyncML
  • Mini USB interface with USB 2.0
  • Local/remote synchronization with PC using PC Suite
  • New 2.5 mm. Nokia AV connector
  • Push to talk over cellular network (network dependent)


Browsing and data transfer
  • xHTML
    XHTML
    XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....

     over TCP/IP
  • Full OMA Digital Rights Management 2.0 for content protection
  • Data transfer: GPRS and EGPRS multislots class 10
  • HSCSD/CSD for data modem


Personal Information Management (PIM)
  • Advance series 40 PIM features including calendar, contacts, and to-do list
  • Alarm clock
  • Reminders
  • Calculator
  • New and enhanced calendar view


Other features
  • Internal antenna
  • Animated color screensaver
  • Changeable color themes, user-defined themes
  • Nokia Sensor
  • Flash lite player 2.0
  • Plug and Play mobile devices
  • Nokia Audio Manager and Windows Media Player
  • Nokia Catalogs
  • Nokia Widsets, Google Map and Yahoo! Go (free downloads)
  • Covers: Available colors in Grey-White, Lilac-White, Black-White, All Black cover and the famous Red-White

Sales package contents

  • Nokia 5300 XpressMusic phone
  • Nokia Battery BL-5B
  • Nokia Standard Charger AC-3
  • Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47
  • Nokia MicroSD Card
  • Mini USB cable
  • Universal headphone adapter
  • CD-ROM for PC Suite
  • User Guide manual

Differences of N5300 and N5200

The Nokia 5300 is generally comparable with the Nokia 5200
Nokia 5200
The Nokia 5200 is a Nokia Series 40 mobile phone manufactured by Nokia. It's less featured than its counter-part, the Nokia 5300.-5200/5300 Differences:...

.
5200 5300
Screen Size / Type 128 × 160 pixels / TFT (STN) 240 × 320 pixels / TFT
Display 1.8 inch. 2 inch.
Internal Memory 5 MB 8 MB
External Memory Up to 2 GB Up to 2 GB
Camera VGA 1.3 Megapixel (8x digital zoom)
Weight 104 g. 106.5 g.
Battery Life Talk: 3.2 hours
Standby: 263 hours
Talk: 3.2 hours
Standby: 233 hours

Related handsets

  • Nokia 5200
    Nokia 5200
    The Nokia 5200 is a Nokia Series 40 mobile phone manufactured by Nokia. It's less featured than its counter-part, the Nokia 5300.-5200/5300 Differences:...

     (Slide)
  • Nokia 5610
    Nokia 5610
    The Nokia 5610 is a phone in Nokia's XpressMusic series. Launched in Q4 of 2008 it runs on the Series 40 platform. The phone is available in red, blue, white and pink side colors and can be mistaken for the Nokia N96 in the music video for the song "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry.-LCD Screen Issues:This...

     (Slide)
  • Nokia 5310
    Nokia 5310
    The Nokia 5310 is an XpressMusic mobile phone, released in the fourth quarter of 2007. It is less than a centimeter thick and is available with blue, red, purple, pink, orange, silver or black trim, the main body also being available in grey, black or white. It is currently available in the U.S...

     (Slim)
  • Nokia 5320 (3G Phone)
  • Nokia 5800
    Nokia 5800
    Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a smartphone and portable entertainment device by Nokia. It was introduced on January 2, 2008 and released on April 27, 2008. Code-named "Tube", it is the first touchscreen-equipped S60 device by Nokia, the version being s60v5. It's part of the XpressMusic series of...

     (Touch Screen)
  • Nokia 5220
    Nokia 5220
    The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is a mobile telephone handset Nokia released in Q3 2008. Its design features an unusual asymmetric shape.- Specifications :- External links :* *...

     (Asymmetric)
  • Nokia 5130
    Nokia 5130
    Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is one of Nokia's mobile phones in the series of XpressMusic. Nokia 5130 is manufactured in Romania and it is a Java MIDP 2.0 enabled phone with Flash Lite 3.0. It also has a music player which supports the formats MP3, AAC, WMA, etc. For Internet access it has the Opera Mini...

    (Candybar)

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