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Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Overview

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Key Features
Dedicated Radio & Station Selection Keys
FM Radio
24 Hours Radio Playback Time
1.8 Inch TFT 65k Colour Screen (128 x 160 Pixels)
Dual Band (GSM 900 & GSM 1900)
SMS (Text Messaging)
Contacts (Store up to 500)
524 Hours Standby

Design

66%

Usability

51%

Features

61%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

Our Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Review

The Nokia 5030 XpressRadio is a radio focused handset which comes with easy to use radio entertainment features & easy to use communication features. The overall size of the casing is rather compact being 44.6mm wide, 107.7mm tall & 14.5mm deep which fits neatly in the users single hands when in use. It a lightweight handset which is only 82 grams in weight therefore easily carried with the user wherever they go. The handset is available in two colour options which include a red on black coloured casing & a graphite grey on black coloured casing. This 5030 XpressRadio phone is a member of the Nokia XpressMusic range but the 5030 is a low budget model of this popular range which includes slightly higher specification handsets such as the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic & the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic.

The Nokia 5030 XpressRadio is a bar shaped handset which comes with a coloured screen which measures 1.8 Inches when measured diagonally which the user can view their menu selections, radio selections, animated colourful wallpapers & messages on for a clear & bright viewing experience. The user will find a large navigation control key positioned neatly below the 1.8 Inch screen which has a square shaped design & is large in size which makes navigating through menus an easy experience from the user. The 5030 has an easy to use keypad which allows the user to input text as well as numbers with ease.

Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Mobile Phone Front View

Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Mobile Phone Back View

Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Mobile Phone Angle View

The main features on this handset is the built in FM radio feature which comes with a built in antenna. The 5030 XpressRadio comes with dedicated radio keys which allow the user to control their radio feature easily whilst viewing on screen radio selections. The phone comes with a headphone connection point which allows the user to insert a set of compatible headphones for a more personal listening experience or the user may chose to share their radio with others when listening to their favourite station over the loud speakers. The radio can also be used along with the alarm clock feature which means the user can hear the radio as their alarm to wake them up each day. The user can enjoy approximately twenty four hours of radio playing time from a fully charged battery on the Nokia 5030.

This radio featured handset also comes with a built in messaging service known as SMS text messaging which allows the user to share messages containing text to other SMS compatible contacts which provides a quick method of communication for the user to use when a call does not suit the users needs. The Nokia 5030 can hold up to two hundred & fifty SMS messages which means the user can access older messages & store those all important messages on their phones memory. The user can enjoy a mobile gaming experience on their new phone which provides entertainment for the user on the go. The phone comes with preloaded games which include a beach rally game & Sudoku game to name a few. This compact handset comes with an integrated phone book which stores all the user's contacts numbers & names allowing the user to store up to five hundred contacts at any one time.

This compact mobile phone works on a GSM dual band network which covers GSM 900 & GSM 1900 & allows the user to enjoy using their new phone in the UK & throughout Europe but this may vary depending on the service provider. The user can recharge the battery provided with the Nokia 5030 by simply charging the handset using the power adapter provided. The user can enjoy up to ten hours of talk time from a fully charged battery & approximately five hundred & twenty four hours of standby time from a fully charged battery. The Nokia 5030 XpressRadio comes with a variety of clock & time features which include a clock with either analogue or digital display, a speaking alarm clock, a countdown timer & a stop watch for timing events.

Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Specifications & Features

Screen
1.8 Inch TFT 65k Colour Screen (128 x 160 Pixels)

Imaging
Animated Wallpaper
Full Screen Wallpaper
Screensaver

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
SMS Storage (250 Messages)

Sound
Dedicated Radio & Station Selection Keys
FM Radio
Radio Alarm Clock
AV Connector
MP3 Ringtones
Polyphonic Ringtones (32 Voice)

Entertainment
Downloadable Games
Snake Xenzia Game
Beach Rally Game
Sudoku Game

Organiser
Phonebook
Contacts (Store up to 500)
Calendar (Monthly View)
Clock (Analogue & Digital)
Speaking Clock & Speaking Alarm
Alarm Clock
Stopwatch
Countdown Timer
Calculator
Converter
Reminder

Connectivity
AV Connector

Network
Dual Band (GSM 900 & GSM 1900)

Internet
None

Memory & Talk Time
64 MB Memory
10 Hours Talk Time
524 Hours Standby
24 Hours Radio Playback Time

Weight & Size
82 g
107.7 x 44.6 x 14.5 mm

Your Nokia 5030 XpressRadio Reviews

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Reviewer: Yaroslav - Ukraine
Date: 28th Jan 2010

Hey, Miroslav from Bulgaria, don't you forget that a PHONE is just to making CALLS. There are a lot of people that don't need anything else. & Nokia 5030 does it perfectly. & there is the Radio & Flashlight & up to 7 day work. & it costs only 55 US dollar. Can you find something better for THAT money? Nokia was & always be the best maker of budget phones. Perfect second or child's phone, or for someone who lives in a country house or goes for long wild country trips.

Flashlight, Radio, A week without charging. Wow.

Design

80%

Usability

100%

Features

100%

Reviewer: Miroslav - Bulgaria
Date: 21st Dec 2009

This so called phone must be some kind of a joke from Nokia. Just remembering that we are now (at the end of) 2009 (phone was introduced Q2 2009) & there may exist a Nokia phone that has NO other connectivity than GMS 900/1800. Come on! 'Lucky' for us users, the fun just starts here. Who would have thought that this phone does not support contact names longer than. 16 characters? ! Who would have imagined that an Xpress whatever branded handset can only be taught new melodies using the good old Composer. On the hardware side things look a little better though, rubbish plastic, very hard to open the back cover, AWFUL keyboard, bad quality speaker (s), so so as a GSM, barely managing to hold connection in a 6 story building. I can continue this for a whole day but I guess there just isn't a single good thing that can be said for this phone so I am going to stop here.

In any case don't buy this thing unless you really have no other choice.

Design

50%

Usability

Features

Reviewer: M Hassan - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 13th Jun 2009

Regarding the Nokia 1650 phone, I do have some reservations as far as the drawbacks & technical faults of Nokia 1650 are concerned, here I request to all the end users of Nokia 5030, are the following issues eliminated or still occurring in the Nokia 5030 as under?

Nokia 1650's DRAWBACKS, FLAWS & TECHNICAL FAULTS:

- Very bad & dreadful Keypad's buttons setting that interrupts to type a fluent text message.
- Poor quality of FM Radio reception especially indoor's response is so deprived.
- the sound of the Ringtones are very low, particularly the composed tones are extremely stumpy.
- Absence of SMS storage meter, so the users can't detect & watch the numbers of stored messages inside the Inbox, Sent & Drafts items folder, either in Phone memory or a SIM memory.
- Assigned numerical values for the Contents of Menu & sub menus are missing. For example if any end user does press 1 or 2 or 3 & 8 or 9 after pressing the menu key, could not browse the desire location directly.
- Where the 8MB memory does exist in Nokia 1650 & how could we utilize this utility?
- the format of BACK LIGHT TIMING is required in form of Time duration (I.e. MM:SS) neither in the pattern of (Normal, Extended, Off) time periods.
- We can fix only ten reminders in the dates of calendar & user can not view their assigned schedules with Date & Time individually as well.
- User can fix the Time tracker only above than 30 seconds not less than 29 seconds.
- the installation of torch & flashlight is also faulty because if we open the front cover of this phone the Torch light is not exactly in the central position that is why consumer could not utilize the full advantage of this function. So some adjustment in this regard is also required.

Awaiting for the response, anxiously. Thanks in advance & best regards!

Design

70%

Usability

50%

Features

80%

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