Preview of GSM/UMTS-smartphone Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Mobile-review have posted a preview of the new Nokia 5630 XpressMusic. Here is their final impression.
The 5630 XpressMusic’s call quality was never an issue. Its ring tone volume was acceptable, while the vibro alert proved to be of average strength, or slightly below that. Nothing to talk about here.
What we will comment on, however, is the 5630 XpressMusic’s interface speed – it’s been increased big time, largely thanks to the phone’s optimized software. It may even seem that it takes the 5630 merely 10-15 seconds to boot up, although in fact that’s the time it needs to render the home screen (while still initializing some of other modules).
But in other menus the speed boost doesn’t hinge on tricks like this – for instance, NGage games start up considerably faster. On top of that the 5630 XpressMusci manages to save more power by going into hibernation right after its backlight goes off – while it’s easy to bring it back to life by pressing any button, it’ll take the phone some time to render the home screen again. All in all, it stacked up very well against other phones on this front. Though you shouldn’t expect dazzling performance from it, let alone a 600 Mhz CPU. And to be honest, why would it need one anyway?
The phone’s NGage menu sports around 9 different titles, all Try&Buy, unfortunately.
The 5630 XpressMusic is set to land on most markets in mid April at the price point of 199 Euro (before taxes and subsidies), although it won’t be widely available – it’s a niche solution that didn’t really appeal to Nokia’s regional partners. Actually, the recently-announced Nokia 6260 Slide suffered the same fate, as it was showcased long before the launch event of other phones, in an effort to garner at least some attention. Nevertheless, the 5630 XM is still a likable offering.
The 5630 XpressMusic’s call quality was never an issue. Its ring tone volume was acceptable, while the vibro alert proved to be of average strength, or slightly below that. Nothing to talk about here.
What we will comment on, however, is the 5630 XpressMusic’s interface speed – it’s been increased big time, largely thanks to the phone’s optimized software. It may even seem that it takes the 5630 merely 10-15 seconds to boot up, although in fact that’s the time it needs to render the home screen (while still initializing some of other modules).
But in other menus the speed boost doesn’t hinge on tricks like this – for instance, NGage games start up considerably faster. On top of that the 5630 XpressMusci manages to save more power by going into hibernation right after its backlight goes off – while it’s easy to bring it back to life by pressing any button, it’ll take the phone some time to render the home screen again. All in all, it stacked up very well against other phones on this front. Though you shouldn’t expect dazzling performance from it, let alone a 600 Mhz CPU. And to be honest, why would it need one anyway?
The phone’s NGage menu sports around 9 different titles, all Try&Buy, unfortunately.
The 5630 XpressMusic is set to land on most markets in mid April at the price point of 199 Euro (before taxes and subsidies), although it won’t be widely available – it’s a niche solution that didn’t really appeal to Nokia’s regional partners. Actually, the recently-announced Nokia 6260 Slide suffered the same fate, as it was showcased long before the launch event of other phones, in an effort to garner at least some attention. Nevertheless, the 5630 XM is still a likable offering.
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