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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic vs Apple iPhone 3G

Submitted by Anandharaj on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 12:12

Nokia has recently launched their first touch-screen phone, called Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This is mean that now Apple iPhone have its competitor. Now in this battle, who is gonna win?

I have been reading a lot of articles and blogs in Net, people are giving their comments and comparison of this two models. I have gathered all those information and here listed some comparison of this two models, hope this will help you to decide who is the "winner".

Nokia 5800 XpressMusicApples iPhone-3G

Note: If any of this information stated below is not correct, please do not hesitate to comment it.

  Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Apple iPhone 3G
Network Technology WCDMA 900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Dimension (mm) 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
Weight (g) 109g 133g
Screen / Display
  • 3.2" screen
  • 640 x 360 pixels nHD resolution (16:9 ratio)
  • single-touch
  • 3.5" screen
  • 480 x 320 pixels resolution
  • multi-touch
Internal Memory 81 MB 8GB / 16GB
Memory Expansion MicroSD up to 16GB (8GB memory card included) -
Camera
  • 3.2 megapixel CMOS camera with Carl Zeiss Lens
  • 2048 x 1536 pixels (Secondary: 320 x 240)
  • Autofocus
  • Dual LED Flash
  • 3 x digital zoom
  • 2.0 megapixel CMOS camera
  • 1600 x 1200 pixels
  • No Autofocus
  • No Flash
  • No digital zoom
Video
  • 640 x 480 pixel with up to 30fps
  • Up to 4x digital video zoom
  • 640 x 480 pixel with up to 30fps
  • -
Connectivity
  • GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA
  • Bluetooth (v2.0)
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • Micro USB 2.0
  • 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
  • TV out interface
  • GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA
  • Bluetooth (v2.0 + EDR)
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • USB 2.0
  • 3.5 mm stereo headphone
  • -
Talk Time Up to 8.8 hours (GSM) / 5 hours (WCDMA) Up to 10 hours (GSM) / 5 hours (HSDPA)
Standby Time Up to 406.2 hours (GSM) / 400 hours (WCDMA) Up to 300 hours
Input Method Stylus, plectrum, finger touch, QWERTY keyboard, handwriting recognition Finger touch
FM Radio Yes No
messaging SMS / MMS (v1.3) / Email (IMAP, POP, SMTP) SMS / Email (IMAP, POP, SMTP)
#1Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 16:03.

It might be worth noting that

It might be worth noting that the iPhone does not have a standard USB 2.0 connector, but requires a special non-standard cable.

There also exists AV-out cables for iPhone.

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