Nokia has started shipping its touch screen mobile Nokia 5800 to India and rest others, in order to capture the market of iPhone 3G which is not able to make its mark in the Indian Territory. Now it’s time for Nokia to test it. All though the iPhone 3G is technologically very advanced, its lacking some basic features that every one needs.
Almost all the major brands around the world like Samsung, HTC, LG, etc launched their touchscreen smartphones against the Apple’s Iphone. But, saddly no-one came close to iPhone.
The Nokia 5800 is a real ipPone killer with lots of new features, looks and it comes at a handy price.
We have compared the two here is how is the figures :
1) Size
The iphone is bigger in size and uneasy for one hand grip. Though its thin the width makes is uneasy in the pocket or in hand. Nokia 5800 is designed to fit well into your hands and pocket. Being smaller in width, its easy to operate single handily.
Iphone size: 115.5 X 62.1 X 12.3 mm
Nokia 5800 size: 111 X 51.7 X 15.5 mm
2) Weight
Iphone is much bulkier than Nokia 5800. Nokia 5800 is 25g lighter than Iphone in weight. Some say more heavy = more sturdy, lets just hope that what made the iPhone the heavy weight!
Iphone: 133g
Nokia 5800: 109g
3) Screen Resolution
The Iphone has 3.5” screen while Nokia 5800 has 3.2” but the resolution of 5800 is higher than the iPhone.
Resolution:
Iphone: 480 by 320
Nokia 5800: 640 by 360
4) Storage
Iphone comes with two options – 8GB & 16GB internal memory. Nokia has a more flexible option, a 8GB with micro SD card which is expandable upto 16GB.
5) Input Methods
Iphone: Finger only.
Nokia 5800: Finger, stylus.
6) Features
Apple Iphone has lots of missing features like cut and paste (which could change with the new 3.0 firmware) function, saving email attachments. But, no support for third party headphones is really a bad mark. It has many software bugs and other technical glitches. Nokia 5800 Tube has no such issues plus many more amazing features included. The symbian os v5 has proved worthy!
7) Colors
Iphone: Black for 8 & 16 GB, White for 16 GB only.
Nokia 5800: Red, Blue and Black.
8 ) Battery
Nokia 5800 provides upto 35 hrs of music playing time against Apple Iphone which claims just 24 hrs. Overall battery power (talktime/standby) is also about 30% more in Nokia 5800.
Iphone: 5 hrs talk-time, 300 hrs standby, not removable.
Nokia 5800: 8.8 hrs talk-time, 406 hrs standby, removable battery.
9) Camera
Iphone: 2 MP, no flash, no zoom, no additional camera.
Nokia 5800: 3.2 MP, Flash, 3x digital zoom with Carl Zeiss lens. A second camera in front is available for video calling/conferencing.
10) Video Calling
Iphone: No Video calling possible in Iphone.
Nokia 5800: Video calling is possible.
11) Video Recording
IPhone: No option for video recording.(Can be done only using third party softwares)
Nokia 5800: Video recording is included.
12) Music Service
Iphone: Paid service with Apple Itunes Store. You pay and download music to your Iphone.
Nokia 5800: “Comes with music” service is bundled with Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic phone by which you can download as much music as you want for 1 year- FREE!!
13) Voice Dialing
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
14) Voice Recording
IPhone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
15) Web Browser
Iphone: Webkit based Safari browser, no flash available.
Nokia 5800: Webkit based browser, supports flash lite.
16) FM Radio
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
17) Bluetooth
Iphone: Bluetooth is available for just handsfree, no file sharing possible.
Nokia 5800: Bluetooth available for handsfree and file sharing is possible. Better audio quality on bluetooth in 5800 with A2DP technology which Iphone lacks.
18) Messaging
Iphone: It does not support message forwarding, multiple SMS deletion, sending SMS to multiple recipients and multimedia messages (MMS).(These can change with the new 3.0 Firmware for the iPhone)
Nokia 5800: Has All the above and it has MMS ver 1.3, message size upto 600kb, and automatic resizing of Images for MMS.
19) Price
Nokia 5800 is hopefully unlocked (without any contract) and will sell much cheaper for just £219 in UK which is equal to 279 Euros or $385.
Apple iPhone 3G, on the other hand, with contract in US comes for $199 & $299 for 8 & 16 GB models and the plans with AT&T are way too expensive. Unlocked Apple Iphones sells for around $700 on Ebay.
In other parts of the world, the 8GB unsubsidized Iphone model costs 499 euros ($700) in Italy, 350 pounds ($620) in UK, $700 in India. Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic is expected to sell around the world for about $400 or below.
I think that the results are very clear leading to one final result, that until iPhone makes another release with more features Nokia 5800 is to stay on top, not only because of the slick features but also because it gave birth to a whole new concept to all of the cellular companies like Nokia to keep up with the generation. So after reading the iPhone Vs Nokia 5800 comparison, you still with iPhone 3G, or have you made a little change of mind ? Its up to you!
