Nokia 5130 Review – The Good And The Bad

The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic mobile phone is product of the Finnish firm Nokia, was presented in February 2009 and is aimed at developing markets.nokia 5130 review

It operates on S40 V5, the operating system specific to the mark. Works on frequencies GSM 850 – 900 – 1800 to 1900. It incorporates Bluetooth technology, digital camera with built-in 2.0 megapixel resolution with 8x digital zoom has the ability to play music in MP3, AAC, WMA and MP4 high quality thanks to built-in speaker and integrated into mp4 video player with fullscreen ( horizontal). It has support for USB, with micro-USB port and Nokia PC Suite. The display (or screen) is TFT QVGA resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, it is also possible to expand the internal memory of 30 MB for user information through MicroSD memory card up almacemamiento providing up to 16 Gbytes [2 ] for multimedia files. Includes 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector that connects hands-free, stereos or headphones. Annexed we note that the latest firmware (6.65) adds new functions such as how “Flight” and greatly improve your stability.

The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone is dedicated music lovers, as evidenced by the name itself. It is GSM Quadband with design standards, 2-inch QVGA display with resolution of 320×240 pixels and can display 256,000 colors, internal memory of 30 MB, 1 GB memory card included, Bluetooth, built-in speakerphone, 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video films, media player, FM radio with RDS, Voice recorder, converter, WAP browser, ring tones and downloadable games, minibrowser Opera, translator and dictionary.

The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic mobile phone is product of the Finnish firm Nokia, was presented in February 2009 and is aimed at developing markets.

It operates on S40 V5, the operating system specific to the mark. Works on frequencies GSM 850 – 900 – 1800 to 1900. It incorporates Bluetooth technology, digital camera with built-in 2.0 megapixel resolution with 8x digital zoom has the ability to play music in MP3, AAC, WMA and MP4 high quality thanks to built-in speaker and integrated into mp4 video player with fullscreen ( horizontal). It has support for USB, with micro-USB port and Nokia PC Suite. The display (or screen) is TFT QVGA resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, it is also possible to expand the internal memory of 30 MB for user information through MicroSD memory card up almacemamiento providing up to 16 Gbytes [2 ] for multimedia files. Includes 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector that connects hands-free, stereos or headphones. Annexed we note that the latest firmware (6.65) adds new functions such as how “Flight” and greatly improve your stability.

The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone is dedicated music lovers, as evidenced by the name itself. It is GSM Quadband with design standards, 2-inch QVGA display with resolution of 320×240 pixels and can display 256,000 colors, internal memory of 30 MB, 1 GB memory card included, Bluetooth, built-in speakerphone, 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video films, media player, FM radio with RDS, Voice recorder, converter, WAP browser, ring tones and downloadable games, minibrowser Opera, translator and dictionary.

xpressmusic 5130 review

This mobile phone is notable for its small size compared to others in similar benefits. The N5130 has classic format, 2-inch screen and 320×240 pixels, up to 256,000 colors. Its dimensions are 10.7 x4, 7x 1.5 centimeters and weighing 88 grams (battery included).

Presents media player (MP3, WMA, AAC, H.264 and MPEG-4), stereo FM radio, support for Nokia Music Store and control hotkeys music. In addition, the external speaker to stream music to an acceptable quality.

It comes with 1GB microSD memory capacity and 2 megapixel camera with 4x zoom video that can record 176×144 pixel resolution.

The battery, Nokia BL-5C, supports up to 20 hours of music playback and up to 6 hours talk time. Waiting can last about 12 days.

Regarding connectivity, provides Internet access via GPRS, EDGE, and supports TCP / IP with the ability to synchronize with MS Outlook. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is compatible with systems and languages IMAP, POP, SMTP, WAP 2.0, Java, HTML and XHTML. It also has Bluetooth 2.0 connection and micro-USB connector.

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic will go on sale in April 2009 and its free recommended price is between 100 and 150 euros.

In short, this is an affordable mobile multimedia and high performance, but one misses WiFi, touchscreen and maybe GPS omnipresent other models. Of course all of this more expensive mobile phone.

Nokia 5130 price is between 100-150 euros.

Nokia XpressMusic 5130 Specs

QVGA TFT
262,144 colors
Memory 1 GB
MicroSD up to 16 GB [1]
ARM9 Processor
Operating System S40 v5
Bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
USB Connectivity
Bluetooth
HSCSD, GPRS and EDGE
Dimensions 107.5 x 46.7 x 14.8 mm
Weight 88 g
Format Bar
BL-5C Battery 1020 mAh
Li-Ion

The good: player and FM radio, Bluetooth, 1GB card included;, Quadband,  Mini browser Opera;, Translator

The bad: Camera improvable,  Poor quality video, No UMTS,  internal memory,  No brightness control display

33 thoughts on “Nokia 5130 Review – The Good And The Bad”

  1. Holy wow … that one with the blue effects is about as sweet as it comes. Now if it only had a slide out keyboard.

  2. I am excited as T-Mobile has come up with the latest 5130 music phone. The design is very simple and decent. The display is quite bright, very attractive. The picture quality is decent enough. The music player is outstanding. This phone is specially meant for music lovers. Battery life is very satisfying. The only drawback is the slippery keypad. Overall, it performs well and is worth buying.

  3. been using this phone for the past 2months…had no problem with the phone itself.performance is quite commendable, given the price.the battery maybe a little poor, and that presents a little problem if you travel a lot and you don’t have a spare battery.i give it an 8 out of 10 rating.

  4. this is gud cellphone with multimedia functioning.but iam facing problem in its video playing that is hanging no doubt sound is extreamly gud.

  5. I got this phone a month ago.It is really great phone. very nice design,good web browser, reasonable price and many other good things… I really like it.

  6. Just bought it today, looks awesome. Lighting effects were a great surprise. Handy phone. The back comes off quite tough thou 🙂

  7. Camera clarity is poor and screen saver is not working. Overall instruement is good

  8. LOVE this phone. Only complaint after a week is the screen is really hard to see outside in the sun

  9. I bought a sony ericsson w205 two weeks ago which has simular specs. In the end I bought this nokia, wow! No regrets.

  10. Fairly Good Phone. Camera & Video quality is not perfect. Battery power is bit poor. But sound & shape are handy. But, my biggest complain is that when it Auto-Redials, “this phone” does not ring back, but silently connect the line which is a very useless & negative point.

  11. i have been using this phone since 9 months this is a good phone with nice sound…

    The major draw back is that this losses its battery time. after almost 5 months its battery time has fallen to 1 day.. and if opperating it goes maxi 4-5 hours….

    Some time irritates

    but i will score it as 7/10

    i have a problem regarding this phone…

    there are almost 3000 msgs saved in my inbox of nokia 5130
    but whenever i try to del any one of them maxi 30 msgs are deleted and then mobile goes in hang posture….
    Please anyone help me out….

    (by email adress is
    enaamkhan@hotmail.com

    Except this problem it is a good phone but i will ssuggest u to go for touch screen mobilessssss….

  12. I Have This phone for a month already and it rules! so simple and fine.. lots of features and has a long-lasting battery life!! i bought mine in the Philippines.. when you purchase the Nokia 5130 XM Phone.. you will be recieving a Nokia 5130 Box too its the most smallest box u will ever see!!! it has the charger, headphones (with mic), USB Cable and the phone of course :)) so i suggest you buy this!! its so affordable!!!!!! 🙂

  13. Nokia company is third class……………. chinese phones are rocking. Monti_ jeelo_patan-sikar….churru …jhujhunu

  14. this mobyl suckS!!
    it has a lot of issues.
    this phone software has got a lotta bugs.
    this phone restarts without reason, and i assure you, the maximum life of this mobile is 15 months.
    beyond which, you’re a sufferer like me.!

  15. Damn phone…

    brought it in may’09
    7 ppl had it in my class of 40
    by dec’10, no one has it…

    Problem: Phone restarts for no reason.. and software crashes

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