XpressMusic

Last updated
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Product type Cellular phones
Produced by Nokia
Country Finland
Introduced27 September 2006;17 years ago (2006-09-27)
Discontinued2010
MarketsInternational
Previous owners Nokia

XpressMusic was a brand name for a line of Nokia mobile phones that were specially designed for music playback. [1] All of the XpressMusic handsets came with expandable MicroSD memory slots and dedicated music keys, so these phones could also be used as MP3 players. The XpressMusic range was launched in September 2006 to compete with the Walkman brand series from Sony Ericsson. Except the Nokia 3250, all XpressMusic models were marketed with the 5000 series prefixes.

Contents

In September 2009, Nokia announced the Xseries line of phones. The Xseries replaced the XpressMusic brand.

On March 19, 2020, HMD Global announced Nokia 5310 as the revival version of Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, running Series 30+. Later, in 2022, they released "XpressAudio" branded feature phone Nokia 5710 with the main feature that have wireless Bluetooth earbuds inside the phone.

History

2006–2007

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Nokia 5300

The original XpressMusic lineup was announced on 27 September 2006, consisting of an all glossy white shell and durable rubberised sides. First models included the rotating candybar Nokia 3250 XpressMusic (a revamped Nokia 3250) and the slider Nokia 5300 XpressMusic. Another slider similar to 5300 was also launched called Nokia 5200, but that model was not marketed as XpressMusic. These were first released before the end of the 2006. [2]

A few months later for the 2007 year, the Nokia 5700 was added to the lineup, using a twisting function like the 3250. The ux design for music services was designed by Justin Small, previously design lead of UK start up Sendo Mobile Phones and later Motorola Mobile EMEUA. Small forecast that the Spotify model would bloom.

ModelAnnounced datePlatformForm factorScreenNetworksMemory card
(max size)
3250 [3] 27 September 2006
(XpressMusic variant)
S60 3rd Edition Candybar
(Keypad twists)
176 × 208
(18-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS MicroSD
(2 GiB)
5300 [4] 27 September 2006 S40 3rd Ed., FP 2 Slider 240 × 320
(18-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS MicroSD
(2 GiB)
5700 [5] 29 March 2007 S60 3rd Ed., FP 1 Candybar
(Keypad twists)
240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS MicroSD
(2 GiB)

2008

The 2008 lineup saw the first 3G XpressMusic phones, first the 5610 and later the 5320, which included HSDPA. The lineup also added support for MicroSDHC, allowing cards larger than 2GB. The 5610 would be the only XpressMusic phone without a 3.5 mm headphone jack, instead having a 2.5 mm headphone jack.

ModelAnnounced datePlatformForm factorScreenNetworksMemory card
(max size)
5310 [6] 29 August 2007 S40 5th Ed., FP 1 Candybar 240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS MicroSDHC
(2 GiB)
5610 [7] 29 August 2007 S40 5th Ed., FP 1 Slider 240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS MicroSDHC
(4 GiB)
5220 [8] 22 April 2008 S40 5th Ed., FP 1 Candybar 240 × 320
(18-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS MicroSDHC
(8 GiB)
5320 [9] 22 April 2008 S60 3rd Ed., FP 2 Candybar 240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)

2009

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Nokia 5800

The 2009 lineup started with the 5800, one of two new phones (the other being the N97) to use the new touch-based S60 5th Edition, [10] likely designed as a response to the increasing popularity of touchscreen handsets in the market. However, Nokia used the resistive instead of capacitive touchscreen reportedly to appeal to the global market. [11] In this technology, touch is registered when two thin layers of the screen got pushed together under the finger. [12] The 5800 (nicknamed the Tube [11] ) also featured a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss technology. [10] Apart from the 5130 and lesser-known 5330, the rest of the lineup are 3G phones running Symbian S60 software, as the Nseries handsets of the time. Despite being a part of the XpressMusic series, the 5800 combined many standard smartphone capabilities too.

ModelAnnounced datePlatformForm
factor
InputScreenNetworksMemory card
(max size)
5800 [13] 2 October 2008 S60 5th Edition Slate Touch360 × 640
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / Wi-Fi / GPS / A-GPS MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)
5130 [14] 4 November 2008 S40 5th Ed., FP 1 Candybar Keypad240 × 320
(18-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)
5630 [15] 10 February 2009 S60 3rd Ed., FP 2 Candybar Keypad240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / Wi-Fi / GPS / A-GPS MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)
5330 [16] 11 March 2009 S40 5th Ed., FP 1SliderKeypad240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / 3G / UMTS / GPS / A-GPS MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)
5730 [17] 11 March 2009 S60 3rd Ed., FP 2 Candybar Keypad,
QWERTY keyboard
240 × 320
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / Wi-Fi / GPS / A-GPS MicroSDHC
(32 GiB)
5530 [18] 15 June 2009 S60 5th Edition Slate Touch360 × 640
(24-bit)
GSM / (E)GPRS / Wi-Fi MicroSDHC
(16 GiB)

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