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Key features

• 10.6 mm slim and lightweight body
• Exciting asymmetrical design
• Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• S40 5th edition user interface, FP1
• 2″ 256K-color display of QVGA resolution
• Ambient light sensor
• Hot-swappable microSD card slot, 512MB included
• Snappy 2 megapixel camera (with NIPS low light optimization)
• Decent keypad
• Nokia Maps
• Yahoo! integration
• Nice set of enjoyable games

Music features:

• Dedicated music keys
• Music light effects
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Dedicated music chip
• Stereo loudspeakers
• Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Large capacity battery

Main disadvantages

• Cheapo plastic build
• Tri-band only
• No 3G support
• No smart dialing
• No multi-tasking
• No office document viewer
• QCIF video recording (only good for MMS)

In a nutshell: An entry-level music phone that does the business for well under £100. The 5220 has an excellent music player, a stereo FM radio and a 2 megapixel camera. Connectivity is excellent, with Bluetooth, USB and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Memory is limited, at 30MB, but is expandable to 2GB with a microSD memory card.

The 5220 is the entry-level phone in Nokia’s XpressMusic range of music phones. Nokia say that the 5220 has a stylishly asymmetrical design that’s easy to hold. We think it looks a bit funny, but it’s no big deal.

The point is that it’s a cheap phone that makes calls, sends texts, takes snapshots with a basic camera, plays music and has an FM radio too. The music player is excellent, with support for playlists and most popular digital music formats, including MP3, MP4, AAC and WMA. The sound output from the speaker may be a bit tinny, but the 5220 has a key advantage, which is that you can plug in any standard headphones to its 3.5mm headphone jack, and then you’ll get top audio quality, courtesy of a dedicated audio chip. You can also use a wireless Bluetooth headset if you prefer.

The 5220 doesn’t have a lot of memory for storing music – just 30 Mbytes – which is enough for around 8 songs. But you can add a microSD memory card up to 2GB, which will give you enough storage for around 500 songs.

It’s a very lightweight and superslim phone too, and we like it!

Nokia 5220 XpressMusic Specifications & Features