nokia 5800

greentrainman · 29-11-2008, 20:04

Have been reading the reviews of this phone and it looks really good. Does anyone know when it will be avaliable in the UK.

Samunosuke Ode · 29-11-2008, 21:54

Nokia has been really obscure on that point.Should be expecting it Q1 2009 although i'd venture to say early april. Few quirks i've read about it kinda diminish it(slow ui) but as nokia is only testing the market with this, i expect their Nseries touch screen phone to be top notch.

BT@home · 29-11-2008, 22:30

Since its already out in a few countries and more have just been announced I would expect it in a month or so.

From what I've seen the speed question has been improved alot. Have a look here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJ8ScsHylY for a side by side comparison. iPhone seems really slow compared to many of the 5800 functions.

JamesLacey · 20-01-2009, 23:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by greentrainman

Have been reading the reviews of this phone and it looks really good. Does anyone know when it will be avaliable in the UK.

This Friday 23rd in their London flagship stores and the week after for the rest of the UK... as I wrote in the bigger thread about this, I came across this when looking for reviews and things. http://www.boringstudent.com/total-b...nokia-giveaway

It has more information about the launch and Nokia's prize for the first 100 customers on Friday morning... I can't get down there but if you're a London person - give it a shot?

CaptnSpaulding · 21-01-2009, 16:28

Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery.

Fingers crossed

bramley · 21-01-2009, 22:33

when will carphonewarehouse be shipping their pre-orders out?

CaptnSpaulding · 21-01-2009, 22:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by bramley

when will carphonewarehouse be shipping their pre-orders out?

February sometime apparently.

JamesLacey · 21-01-2009, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery.

Fingers crossed

Really? Thats crazy...! I thought all the deliveries were being sent out after the store release?! Tell us what it's like if it does come tomorrow!!!

CaptnSpaulding · 22-01-2009, 16:00

Just got it about 2 hours ago and so far not been able to try it - it's still charging! It's a really good looking phone though and everyone in work here says it's 'posh'. I like how the red line around the phone is sort of 'pearlescent' - get's brighter depending what angle you look at it.

Was quite shocked at how light it is when all reviews mentioned how bulky and big it is. I don't find it bad at all and it's thinner and lighter than my K800i.

Wish it would hurry up and charge though

vitaminz · 22-01-2009, 19:31

Mine should be here tomorrow, can't wait to use it

EDIT: Just saw the reply above, I also paid for Express Delivery and had my confirmation today, here's hoping we both get it tomorrow :P

CaptnSpaulding · 22-01-2009, 20:36

Loving it so far - much better than my old Sony Ericsson Xperia X1!

Touch screen works a treat, web browser is excellent and typing is easy.

The only let down so far is not having a BBC iPlayer app. Hope it gets supported soon!

Converting some videos at the moment to show off this beauty to friends tomorrow

EDN1 · 22-01-2009, 21:13

Although the phone itself is released 23rd, CPW instore say they won't get it until at least a WEEK later !

I find that hard to understand. Why not have in instore for launch !

EDN1 · 22-01-2009, 21:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

Loving it so far - much better than my old Sony Ericsson Xperia X1!

Touch screen works a treat, web browser is excellent and typing is easy.

The only let down so far is not having a BBC iPlayer app. Hope it gets supported soon!

Converting some videos at the moment to show off this beauty to friends tomorrow

I like what I am hearing keep it coming !

EDN1 · 22-01-2009, 21:36

The phone itself from the following link is cheaper than than the one from Nokia Retail.

http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/pro...GB&sku=3960297

CaptnSpaulding · 22-01-2009, 21:54

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html

£239 at play.com

Cheaper with quidco.

Just been using youtube on the phone - plays through the browser itself or through RealPlayer on the mobile version.
Quality could be better to be honest, but I think it's down to the settings as I only changed the RealPlayers streaming setting a bit and noticed a big difference straight away. Also the firmware version is 10.0.010, when I believe 11.0 has just been released which fixed many bugs including the browser. Haven't been able to update yet though, might not be available in UK yet possibly.

Have to say, I find the menu really quick which I thought would have been a problem seeing as it's an S60 phone (my old N73 was laggy as hell!!).

Really do like this phone!

EDN1 · 22-01-2009, 22:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html

£239 at play.com

Cheaper with quidco.

Just been using youtube on the phone - plays through the browser itself or through RealPlayer on the mobile version.
Quality could be better to be honest, but I think it's down to the settings as I only changed the RealPlayers streaming setting a bit and noticed a big difference straight away. Also the firmware version is 10.0.010, when I believe 11.0 has just been released which fixed many bugs including the browser. Haven't been able to update yet though, might not be available in UK yet possibly.

Have to say, I find the menu really quick which I thought would have been a problem seeing as it's an S60 phone (my old N73 was laggy as hell!!).

Really do like this phone!

This only heightens my interst in getting the 5800 !!!

and finally, play reduce the sim free price, there was no way they were surely going to charge £400 quid for it !

I'm interested in the option from play.com now however how do they deliver mobile phones, courier ?

EDN1 · 23-01-2009, 15:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery.

Fingers crossed

where did you order it from? was it from shop.nokia.uk?

CaptnSpaulding · 23-01-2009, 17:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDN1

where did you order it from? was it from shop.nokia.uk?

It was, ordered it about 2 weeks ago.

So far it's good news regarding the phone -

Quote:

Nokia announced today that it has shipped the millionth Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, a milestone that coincides with the successful sales start of the device in the UK. The latest in Nokia’s XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the company’s first mass market touch screen device.

Following its introduction in October 2008, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has seen successful sales starts in a number of markets, including Hong Kong and Moscow where the device sold out within hours of the sales start. Earlier today at the official sales start of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in the UK, more than 150 customers queued outside the Nokia Flagship Store on London’s Regent Street to be among the first to own the device.

vitaminz · 23-01-2009, 19:18

Received it today, I LOVE it so far, it's fantastic

The screen is great and really bright, and the input methods (apart from handwriting, I haven't really used that) are fantastic.

Reccomend this phone to anyone

CaptnSpaulding · 23-01-2009, 19:25

Has anyone here successfully updated their 5800's firmware yet?

Someone on AVForums managed it by just going to the update menu on the phone, however mine says I already have the latest firmware.... but it's v.10. The new firmware is v.11

LTT · 23-01-2009, 20:45

Well after looking and reading review after review forthe past 2 weeks of this phone I finally decided to go ahead and buy it yesterday.

I ordered from nokia online and apparently there's no stock left and the estimated shipping time is 3 to 4 weeks

. I knew there would be a high demand but I didn't think that long!So I rang Nokia to check and the guy said that was a loose date and that it's likely to be 2 weeks max. Going to ring back early next week and see what the status is like then.

Anyone know anywhere else (except for Play) where the phone is/will be on sale for about £250?

Can't believe i'm going back to an s60 device after the past 3 did my head in!

semiminted · 23-01-2009, 21:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html

£239 at play.com

and with a voucher from here ...http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/32338...c-sim-free-un/

its 227!!!!

just ordered mine for the 28th

LTT · 23-01-2009, 21:26

Doh! Knew when I ordered I would've ended up seeing it somewhere cheaper. Not gonna cancel my order and reorder through, would mean going to the back of the preorder queue.

clonmult · 26-01-2009, 09:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding

Has anyone here successfully updated their 5800's firmware yet?

Someone on AVForums managed it by just going to the update menu on the phone, however mine says I already have the latest firmware.... but it's v.10. The new firmware is v.11

Depends on the precise model number/region variant. V11 may not be available for all territories .... yet.

The Deebster · 26-01-2009, 15:12

I am quite tempted by this phone but just wondered if anyone who has one already could comment on the battery life???

Ta

29-11-2008, 20:04	#1
greentrainman Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: derby Posts: 37	nokia 5800 Have been reading the reviews of this phone and it looks really good. Does anyone know when it will be avaliable in the UK.

29-11-2008, 21:54	#2
Samunosuke Ode Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London Posts: 85	Nokia has been really obscure on that point.Should be expecting it Q1 2009 although i'd venture to say early april. Few quirks i've read about it kinda diminish it(slow ui) but as nokia is only testing the market with this, i expect their Nseries touch screen phone to be top notch.

29-11-2008, 22:30	#3
BT@home Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,911	Since its already out in a few countries and more have just been announced I would expect it in a month or so. From what I've seen the speed question has been improved alot. Have a look here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJ8ScsHylY for a side by side comparison. iPhone seems really slow compared to many of the 5800 functions.

20-01-2009, 23:48	#4
JamesLacey Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Posts: 13	Quote: Originally Posted by greentrainman Have been reading the reviews of this phone and it looks really good. Does anyone know when it will be avaliable in the UK. This Friday 23rd in their London flagship stores and the week after for the rest of the UK... as I wrote in the bigger thread about this, I came across this when looking for reviews and things. http://www.boringstudent.com/total-b...nokia-giveaway It has more information about the launch and Nokia's prize for the first 100 customers on Friday morning... I can't get down there but if you're a London person - give it a shot?

21-01-2009, 16:28	#5
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery. Fingers crossed

21-01-2009, 22:33	#6
bramley Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 52	when will carphonewarehouse be shipping their pre-orders out?

21-01-2009, 22:38	#7
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Quote: Originally Posted by bramley when will carphonewarehouse be shipping their pre-orders out? February sometime apparently.

21-01-2009, 23:59	#8
JamesLacey Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Posts: 13	Quote: Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery. Fingers crossed Really? Thats crazy...! I thought all the deliveries were being sent out after the store release?! Tell us what it's like if it does come tomorrow!!!

22-01-2009, 16:00	#9
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Just got it about 2 hours ago and so far not been able to try it - it's still charging! It's a really good looking phone though and everyone in work here says it's 'posh'. I like how the red line around the phone is sort of 'pearlescent' - get's brighter depending what angle you look at it. Was quite shocked at how light it is when all reviews mentioned how bulky and big it is. I don't find it bad at all and it's thinner and lighter than my K800i. Wish it would hurry up and charge though

22-01-2009, 19:31	#10
vitaminz Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 369	Mine should be here tomorrow, can't wait to use it EDIT: Just saw the reply above, I also paid for Express Delivery and had my confirmation today, here's hoping we both get it tomorrow :P

22-01-2009, 20:36	#11
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Loving it so far - much better than my old Sony Ericsson Xperia X1! Touch screen works a treat, web browser is excellent and typing is easy. The only let down so far is not having a BBC iPlayer app. Hope it gets supported soon! Converting some videos at the moment to show off this beauty to friends tomorrow

22-01-2009, 21:13	#12
EDN1 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,646	Although the phone itself is released 23rd, CPW instore say they won't get it until at least a WEEK later ! I find that hard to understand. Why not have in instore for launch !

22-01-2009, 21:36	#14
EDN1 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,646	The phone itself from the following link is cheaper than than the one from Nokia Retail. http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/pro...GB&sku=3960297

22-01-2009, 21:54	#15
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html £239 at play.com Cheaper with quidco. Just been using youtube on the phone - plays through the browser itself or through RealPlayer on the mobile version. Quality could be better to be honest, but I think it's down to the settings as I only changed the RealPlayers streaming setting a bit and noticed a big difference straight away. Also the firmware version is 10.0.010, when I believe 11.0 has just been released which fixed many bugs including the browser. Haven't been able to update yet though, might not be available in UK yet possibly. Have to say, I find the menu really quick which I thought would have been a problem seeing as it's an S60 phone (my old N73 was laggy as hell!!). Really do like this phone!

22-01-2009, 22:47	#16
EDN1 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,646	Quote: Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html £239 at play.com Cheaper with quidco. Just been using youtube on the phone - plays through the browser itself or through RealPlayer on the mobile version. Quality could be better to be honest, but I think it's down to the settings as I only changed the RealPlayers streaming setting a bit and noticed a big difference straight away. Also the firmware version is 10.0.010, when I believe 11.0 has just been released which fixed many bugs including the browser. Haven't been able to update yet though, might not be available in UK yet possibly. Have to say, I find the menu really quick which I thought would have been a problem seeing as it's an S60 phone (my old N73 was laggy as hell!!). Really do like this phone! This only heightens my interst in getting the 5800 !!! and finally, play reduce the sim free price, there was no way they were surely going to charge £400 quid for it ! I'm interested in the option from play.com now however how do they deliver mobile phones, courier ?

23-01-2009, 15:57	#17
EDN1 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,646	Quote: Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding Hopefully mine will be here tomorrow as I just received confirmation from Nokia that it's just been shipped via UPS and I paid for express delivery. Fingers crossed where did you order it from? was it from shop.nokia.uk?

23-01-2009, 17:30	#18
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Quote: Originally Posted by EDN1 where did you order it from? was it from shop.nokia.uk? It was, ordered it about 2 weeks ago. So far it's good news regarding the phone - Quote: Nokia announced today that it has shipped the millionth Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, a milestone that coincides with the successful sales start of the device in the UK. The latest in Nokia’s XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the company’s first mass market touch screen device. Following its introduction in October 2008, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has seen successful sales starts in a number of markets, including Hong Kong and Moscow where the device sold out within hours of the sales start. Earlier today at the official sales start of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in the UK, more than 150 customers queued outside the Nokia Flagship Store on London’s Regent Street to be among the first to own the device.

23-01-2009, 19:18	#19
vitaminz Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 369	Received it today, I LOVE it so far, it's fantastic The screen is great and really bright, and the input methods (apart from handwriting, I haven't really used that) are fantastic. Reccomend this phone to anyone

23-01-2009, 19:25	#20
CaptnSpaulding Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Wales Posts: 5,260	Has anyone here successfully updated their 5800's firmware yet? Someone on AVForums managed it by just going to the update menu on the phone, however mine says I already have the latest firmware.... but it's v.10. The new firmware is v.11

23-01-2009, 20:45	#21
LTT Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,295	Well after looking and reading review after review forthe past 2 weeks of this phone I finally decided to go ahead and buy it yesterday. I ordered from nokia online and apparently there's no stock left and the estimated shipping time is 3 to 4 weeks . I knew there would be a high demand but I didn't think that long!So I rang Nokia to check and the guy said that was a loose date and that it's likely to be 2 weeks max. Going to ring back early next week and see what the status is like then. Anyone know anywhere else (except for Play) where the phone is/will be on sale for about £250? Can't believe i'm going back to an s60 device after the past 3 did my head in!

23-01-2009, 21:13	#22
semiminted Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Everybody wants a flame Posts: 2,770	Quote: Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html £239 at play.com and with a voucher from here ...http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/32338...c-sim-free-un/ its 227!!!! just ordered mine for the 28th

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23-01-2009, 21:26	#23
LTT Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,295	Doh! Knew when I ordered I would've ended up seeing it somewhere cheaper. Not gonna cancel my order and reorder through, would mean going to the back of the preorder queue.

26-01-2009, 09:40	#24
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by CaptnSpaulding Has anyone here successfully updated their 5800's firmware yet? Someone on AVForums managed it by just going to the update menu on the phone, however mine says I already have the latest firmware.... but it's v.10. The new firmware is v.11 Depends on the precise model number/region variant. V11 may not be available for all territories .... yet.

26-01-2009, 15:12	#25
The Deebster Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nottingham Posts: 667	I am quite tempted by this phone but just wondered if anyone who has one already could comment on the battery life??? Ta