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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Cellphone Craving

post #310

*Droolingggg......

Just wanna update my wish list at the moment.....Nokia N79 had been released in my country. The retail price was around US$ 500... Yeahh still expensive...I should wait for a while...wait for the price to fall (a bit)....I'd been consumptive lately..bought a g, a pair of new shoes, 4th gen Ipod Nano which now I wanted to trade with Ipod Touch....Plus I wanted to buy a new laptop...lolzzz...so many things.....Though there were other things that I need to buy, like new set of tires for both Karen and Elisha....Man...I should prioritize....

Been waiting for this variant for almost two months since Nokia officially announced two new models (N79 n N85). I'd been a fan of Nokia since...well...forever...All of my cellphones were Nokia and they're all in candy bar form factor. I liked the simplicity and sturdiness of this mono block...instead of sliding, flipping, twisting, rotating...etc you named it....

Nokia really knew how to make people craving for more (at least for me). On October 2nd, 2008, they announced the first cellphone with Symbian 60 5th edition called Nokia 5800 Express Music. It's the first touch screen cellphone based on Symbian. Nokia decided to go into the 'iphone' doppelganger war along with Samsung (Omnia), HTC (Diamond, Touch Pro), SE (XPeria), and now even RIM launched Blackberry Storm. I had to give it to Apple. It really set a standard which set it apart from the other manufacturers. Apple had become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer by revenue --> Source. Wow....a job well done, Steve Job ;)

Ermmm....Now I began to consider 5800 as an option...
Let see the pro cons...
5800:
+ Touch (n large) screen, 3.2" (640 x 360)
- 'Only' 3.2 MP camera

N79:
+ 5 MP Camera
- 'Only' 2.4", non touch screen (320 x 240)

Hmmm....Which one should I choose? Bigger screen but mediocre camera...or smaller screen but better camera (supposed to be better...but I doubt it) ? But when 5800 would arrive here...??

Well...without further ado....here are some pics of Nokia N79 and 5800 Express Music. Rumor had it that Nokia would launch 5800 in Q2 2009 and at the time preparing variants for touch screen version of E-series. Hmmmm......let's wait and see....

N79 Tech Spec
5800 Tech Spec
Both Phones Comparison


Nokia N79 and 5800 side by side
To be honest, I like 5800 color better


Nokia N79 Hands on, lights on


Nokia 5800 in different angles



And here are some videos of them
N79


5800



Btw...here's the Ipod I was talking about...It's tiny, offered a nice new feature such as shuffle when shaken, genius playlist, and auto rotate...quite a leap I had to say...


Yes...it's this slim...



1 Comment:

prince of darkness break for free said...

i love nokia too, my N73 just died out which kills me......
i think ipod touch isn't as fascinating as ipod nano, losting the feeling of sliding

 

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