The Nokia 5200 XpressMusic is a lower cost version of the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic. And it shows. The CSTN display is low-grade and the camera is just a VGA. But if you're on a budget, those are lesser issues. It seems like Nokia wanted to make a phone that everybody could afford, and they did so by saving a few bucks on specific components. But the Nokia 5200 also has some very good features.
The Bottom Line:
The Nokia 5200 could be a fairly good low-price cell phone, especially given its nice sound and call quality. Most "cons" listed here are bearable but the camera bug is a real turn-off. Unless you absolutely don't need the camera feature, wait until Nokia releases a software fix or updates the next units.
Hardware & Design Quality
Pros:
The keyboard is nice. The keys are large enough and simple to use.
It has a light weight and an adorable small size though it is thicker than many recent small cell phones.
Cons:
The back cover is a hassle to remove and you can't insert or remove the memory extension card without popping it out. Since this is a music cell phone, you might actually want to swap your memory extension card quite often. An outside memory card hinge would have been preferable.
The CSTN display doesn't compare to most cell phones today (generally equipped with a TFT). Images are pale and when you type a number, the digits are blurry as they move from right to left. But, hey, Nokia's goal with the 5200 was obviously to offer a very affordable version of its XpressMusic cell phones and that kind of technology choice is part of the cost-lowering equation.
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