Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Review - Nokia 5630 Specifications & Features

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic is a bar shaped 3G music phone which comes in colourful & beautifully styled casing. The user can choose one of three colour combinations for their new music phone which include a grey casing with chrome accent, grey casing with blue accent or a black coloured casing with red coloured accent. The coloured accents highlight the phones edges & give this phone a fashionable & individual look to suit the user's style. The 5630 XpressMusic is a from the same range as the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic & Nokia 5800 XpressMusic which are all from the Nokia XpressMusic range & all include high quality music & sound features. The phone comes with a good sized screen which measures 2.2 Inches when measured diagonally & displays up to 16.7 million colours on a screen with a 320 pixel by 240 pixel screen resolution. Below the screen there is a navigation control, shortcut keys followed by a well spaced out keypad for easy text & numeric input which all blend into the casing beautifully. The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic weighs only 83 grams which is lightweight for a music orientated phone with so many built in features & it measures 112mm tall by 46mm wide by 12mm deep which is a good size for single handed operation. The 5630 XpressMusic comes with built in memory which is 128 megabytes in size & the phone has a memory card slot which allows the user to add further memory to their handset & the phone holds up to 16 gigabytes of external memory.

The built in music player supports a huge range of music formats including MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MIDI & WAV formats & comes complete with built in stereo sound speakers which provides a clear sound experience for all to enjoy. The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic comes with good quality music features & functions which allow the user to enjoy their music just the way they would do on a portable music player or home stereo. The user can create playlist & search for their music easily using the screen & navigation key to glide through menus & options in the music player section. The handset comes with volume keys which allow the user to control their sound with ease as the keys are situated on the side of the handset for easy access. The user can enjoy changing their ringing tones to suit their style & enjoy hearing their favourite track out loud each time a new call or message comes in. The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic supports video ringing tones for a visual ringtone experience as well as a sound experience & also supports MP3, MIDI, AAC, WAV & polyphonic sound tones. This music focused phone comes with a built in radio feature which supports FM radio tuning as well as an RDS radio feature for a visual radio information service as well as a radio listening experience.

Communication & call feature are all important features on the 5630 XpressMusic & it comes with many of them which will assist the user when making a call & make each call the perfect experience to suit the user's needs. The phone comes with a call waiting, call on hold, call divert & call timer feature which allows the user to control their calls to suit their needs. The user can access the call log which will store all calls dialled, calls received & calls missed by the user. The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic has an automatic redial feature & supports speed dialling which will save the user much time & effort when making calls. The phone supports low cost call using the VoIP call feature which allows the user to call compatible contacts & enjoy a low cost call with others. A vibrating alert can be set to let the user know when a new message come in as the handset will subtly vibrate which is ideal if the user is in a meeting & does not want to be disturbed by a ringing phone but the user will still know but the vibration of their handset that a new message has arrived. The 5630 XpressMusic comes with a conference call feature which allows the user to enjoy a meeting type call with up to six contacts on one call which is perfect for making arrangements & useful when a group decision is needed. The phone has a built in digital microphone & a speaker system which allows the user to use a hands free speaker phone function when on a call so the user will not have to hold the handset to their ear as the conversation can be enjoyed out loud.

The built in camera feature supports both still image capture as well as high quality video capture. The user can enjoy recording video at up to fifteen frames per second & the video recorder comes with a 2 times digital zoom which allows the user to zoom in & out when recording footage. The user can edit their recording & record up to ninety minutes worth of footage using the built recording feature. The Nokia 5630 XpressMuiusc comes with a video gallery which has a rotating view allowing the user to select & view their videos with ease. The built in camera feature is a 3.2 megapixel camera which has a lens situated on the back of the handset. The user will find a front facing camera on their Nokia 5630 XpressMusic which can be used when the user wishes to take part in a 3G video call with compatible contacts. The main camera is the 3.2 megapixel camera complete with dual LED flash which has a 1.5 metre flash range & the user can change the flash mode to suit their capture mode. The flash modes include an automatic flash, on setting, off setting & a red eye reduction setting. This built in camera has a 4 times digital zoom feature & comes with a dedicated camera capture key which allows the user to capture pictures quickly & easily in the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic. The user can adjust the white balance, scene mode & the capture mode to gain their desired outcome when capturing a picture. The user can store, edit & view their pictures which can be stored in the picture gallery. The user can enjoy the video player which supports all popular video playback formats including MP4, 3GP, RealVideo, H263 & H264 formats. The 5630 XpressMusic can playback video in landscape or portrait view depending on the users viewing choice.

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic supports built in messaging services to suit all users needs when it comes to messaging & staying in contact with others. The phone supports an email service complete with document attachments, an instant messaging service, a SMS text messaging service & a MMS messaging service. The phone also supports a text to speech message reader which is useful when the user is multitasking & wishes to hear their messages read out to them. A predictive text feature will predict each word for the user as the user begins to type, which will save the user time & effort when creating a message with high volumes of text input. The email service allows the user to attach documents when sending an email & supports IMAP, SMTP & POP emails which provides a useful mobile email service for the user of the 5630 XpressMusic to enjoy. A built in Web browser allows the user to gain access to the Internet & enjoy accessing their favourite sites for information. The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic supports WLAN Wi-Fi connectivity which allows the user to gain a wire free connection to local WLAN or close by hotspots which allows the user to gain an Internet connection wirelessly from their handset. The phone comes with a fitted battery which is charged via the power adapter & when fully charged the user can enjoy up to seven hours of GSM talk time or up to four hours of 3G talk time. The battery can provide approximately one hour & thirty minutes worth of video recording time, two hours 30 minutes worth of video calling time or approximately twenty two hours of music playing time. The user can connect their 5630 XpressMusic phone to other devices either using a USB cabled connection between two compatible devices to transfer files & data or by using a Bluetooth® wireless technology connection between compatible devices. This music phone is a 3G handset to therefore it supports a 3G video calling feature, high speed connectivity to the Internet & the user can multitask using more than one feature at a time on this stylish & technology filled handset.