The Nokia X5 handset is one of Nokia’s newest models. Neatly packaged as a small square, with only the screen constantly visible, this compact new mobile phone has a flip down QWERTY keyboard for easy typing and a 5-megapixel camera, which includes an LED flash and 4x digital zoom.
As with most new mobile phones, there is a strong emphasis on the ability to play music and connect to social networking sites with the Nokia X5. The handset comes with a music player with the ability to play all major encoding formats, giving it much more versatility than many other handsets. Access to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and Twitter also comes built in to the phone.
However, there are several drawbacks to the Nokia X5. Firstly, there is no 3G capability, meaning that access to social networking sites can be slow and cumbersome when not connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Secondly, the built in memory to the new Nokia X5 is a measly 200 MB, which will quickly get filled up with just a handful of songs and photos. If you want to expand this internal memory then you will have no option but to buy a new memory card, as the phone’s microSD slot can accept memory cards of up to 32 GB.
Buying a 32 GB microSD card, though, will cost over £80, so it may be best to look out for mobile phone deals which include the expanded memory.
