Nokia 5800 Xpress Music in 2022 | Nostalgia & Features Rediscovered!

[@AbdullaZaki]

What's your favourite Symbian Touch screen device? :D

[@iamhawee]

Mine are Nokia N8 and E6-00 touch qwerty

[@Danielsngnx]

Nokia N8 :)

[@zdanee]

The N900 all the way.

[@blitzer25blitz62]

nokia 6708 for me.

[@TLM860]

@@zdanee Thought that was Maemo?

[@miguelojera2356]

This is my father's first touchscreen phone. I remember playing a 3D version of Bounce on it 👌

[@mdrazu6328]

My first Tutchscren mobile Nokia 5200

[@سحابة-ج7ع]

Same 😭😭😭

[@edit_hk6044]

💯🥺

[@saif_5086]

Same, bounce touch 3d was great game and was difficult as well.

[@musab3210]

exacly the same as me

[@dimitrischristou]

I used to have that phone! Under the front facing camera is not a notification light, it’s a pressure sensitive button for Shortcuts. Also, if you long press the end call button the voice assistant appears. Bounce was iconic

[@zdanee]

I had this in red for many years. The top right "xpress music" thing is not only a light, it's also a shortcut for the music app. I don't think the barren Ovi Appstore contributed much to the demise of this, we Symbian users installed apps the old fashioned way back then: downloaded shady installer files from the web and sel-signing them on our home PCs. If I remember correctly there was also a CPU speed limit when it came out it only run at 396MHz, but in the software upgrade that enabled kinetic scrolling they unlocked the CPU and it became 434MHz. I used Opera Mini back then so the default Nokia browser was no issue, and it had double the screen resolution of the iPhone which was nice. You could also run the older Symbian apps and games that were designed for a non-touchscreen use, and use a virtual keypad. As for that virtual keyboard: the default setting was a T9 on portrait and a full qwerty in landscape, so basically when you wanted to enter a longer text, you used in landscape, but you could answer a text on the T9 with one hand if you preferred. The reason Nokia used a resistive touchscreen is most likely because it was a mature technology and very cheap with great precision, while capacitive screens were still new, expensive and delicate. The screen was also pressure-sensitive so it wasn't only touch or no-touch, but a level of pressure could be read too, some drawing apps made use of it. It also had a TV-output on the headphone jack, you can use the same cable for it that came with the N95. I think it was an important device for Nokia, because it was the first "no compromise" device for them. Previously you had the "business" phones that had WiFi, the "activity" phones that had a GPS and the "fun, kid-friendly" phones that had media-capabilities, but for the first time you had it all in one package and for a reasonable price. This was my first phone with a GPS. Google Maps was als still in it's infancy back then, so the Nokia Maps app with turn-by-turn navigation and offline maps were a huge thing! And you just barely mentioned Quickoffice, but it was a piece of software that made this phone a computer in a pocket back then, it was not obvious at the time that you can open and edit MS Office files. So I think it was a good phone fo the time. Despite that: I used it for about 2.5 years and it was my least favorite Nokia for some reason. As you said, it felt cobled-together, and sluggish, mainly because Nokia was notorious for only including the bare minimum amount of RAM needed to make the phone function. They did it all the time: a good hardware shot in the foot by not enough RAM. I think if Nokia simply put double the RAM in all their phones between 2005 and 2010 they'd have remained a key player because their phones would have felt more fluid and refined... Thanks for the review!

[@samuelkrause816]

Im still Usung My Nokia 5800

[@chad5188]

Damn Essay

[@HiteshGulati]

I remember tilting the phone to bring in the keyboard. Before replying I calculated long my reply will be and then should I tilt the phone for that or use the T9. This was also my first phone which had support for stereo bluetooth headset, I bought neckband style headset from Motorola to use along with these.

[@___Deva___]

This was my 1st touch mobile in 2009. Great phone it was.

[@TheKeithBBB]

This was my first touch screen phone. At the time I loved it. The Nokia Maps was a great feature. I eventually replaced it with the Nokia C7

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

I replaced the Nokia N73 with a C7. And the reason I brought the C7 was because I couldn't afford the N8 😂

[@nitinknight]

My mum and cousin had this phone. It's a beautiful phone with a beast of a speaker system!

[@themuhammad1]

Yeah...

[@sangaybhutia4010]

This phone was bomb when it came out during that time. I also got a free Sennheiser headphones along with this one and it had amazing sound too.

[@gem.dionisio]

Did the same thing. I bought the Sennheisers in ear earphones just for the 5800.

[@chetan.sharan]

man, i like your videos, at-least someone is still wishing better for Nokia. Kudos

[@younsboya4506]

I'm a Nokia fan

[@hemkantgangurde8071]

This was my first phone, really great piece used it for almost 6 years.

[@stefankaric3432]

I had this phone and it was great experience back then, thank you for sharing

[@singharjot86]

It was one revolutionary device from Nokia. What a design by Nokia which was actually the master of designing the phones.

[@Hildegarden]

My first touch screen mobilephone, it was the Best!!! I have it till now, It's immortal!!!

[@ib8543]

I remember playing the built in racing game and how amazing it was to navigate the car by tilting the phone right and left.

[@pudinichigo91]

My brother bought this phone for his 1st Nokia phone, and he's coming from sony Ericsson K800, I was pretty excited back then to try this phone since I also have mine but other model Nokia N79, and I still use my this phone as my secondary phone just for call only, battery pretty good for listening to music and I still never change battery even once since 10 years ago

[@amirkkhan6740]

I had for many many years and loved every bit of it

[@dr.anaB777]

This was my first phone as a kid (i didn't even get to have a sim and just played games or listened to music on it). There was a pre loaded song that i loved but accidentally deleted. It went something like "we keep running around, we run out of town and i don't wanna go home". If someone can help me find that song it'll be a huge help. Also there was a pre loaded game here where we had a trail of colored balls that kept moving towards the end. And we had to shoot a ball from a canon to remove the balls off the trail by matching 3 of the same color. We could choose characters that had special powers- one character could like freeze the balls, one could summon earth/dust that destroyed some of them, one had fire. It was a fun game. If someone can find it, that'll be a huge help too.

[@deanosaur808]

I can't put links here but you can try searching KZbin for "Nokia 5800 preloaded songs" there are a few playlists. The games can be found if you enter a similar search in Google 😉

[@rishabhranjan5162]

Soo many memories with this phone

[@RFTSK7]

Those were the days ❤

[@kazirafakathossain730]

Thanx to you I'm able to remember those nostalgic days of using my Nokia 5800XM.........and never knew it had a blue color variant too.

[@timmyharris1386]

I still own it, though it has been sitting in a cardboard box in my store room for the past 5 years. Your video suddenly inspired me to take it out and use it once again.

[@YOCOSMINMAX16]

I loved this phone

[@nitinmathews864]

The sound output was mind blowing in this...

[@anuragchauhan226]

My first phone back in 2009. Loved playing music, incredible camera with dual led flash, the bounce game, and tons of memories. I literally can't thank my dad enough for this beautiful phone.

[@BDNYCC]

2009, My first touchscreen Nokia phone , had the red one. Why am I crying ?

[@deanosaur808]

Chopping onions? 😂😂😂

[@lawrencejb6829]

My first touch phone ever🙂 This brings back a whole lot of memories.

[@laalki80]

Back when all the phones were quite crap in one way or another, but so much more exciting! 😁 Nowadays every phone looks and basically is the same.

[@stevenakers1995]

I still have one of these and remember being blown away compared to my own when a friend got this back when it was out. I had the X3 at the time. I'd love to see a video about it's lesser brothers and sisters in the 5000 series of touch screens as I love your format of videos

[@dhuwdhuwdhuw]

Finally, I've been commenting you to please review this phone. This is, IMO, the coolest thing that came out in 2008.

[@SSOmusics]

I have both and i love this phone. This is my first touchscreen i have ever had and yeah i agree. At first. Is kinda like "phone with pressing screen like Other Nokia Phone before". But, after the update. The phone is kinda smooth and better. I also love the stereo speaker and sound quality of this device too. But yeah, the camera sucks though Overall. I enjoy using this phone. I really hope Nokia will do another Xpress Music phone which is music oriented phones with editing music app. I think it will sell like hotcake

[@Venus05454]

2006-2009 Phones: Here you go, the phone, a charger, a brick, a pair of earjacks, a collar for your dog, a pen, a house, thanks for buying our product 2017-2023 phones: here you go, the phone and acharger, now fuck off

[@deanosaur808]

You forgot Plectrum for your guitar 😂

[@linuxhelplxmh9165]

Hey Nice video !. I managed to download the lastes firmware for my Nokia 5800. currently using v60.0.003 using JAF setup etc. it works after the update realy smooth.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Its incredible you could still find firmwares for it today :)

[@deanosaur808]

Same here too 🥳 all the tools are still out there but they are getting harder to find. I just love this old phone, it's served me so well over 14 years. But obviously I had to buy 2 more for spare part lol. I've even modified the buttons so that they can never fall out again haha, it wasn't easy 😅

[@jdnaveen321]

I remember having this just for sensor car turning in game and roller coaster game to fancy around my friends, man this brings so much memories I've been missing ❤️

[@wadniemodwi8661]

This was my 1st touchscreen smartphone. I liked it very much at that time. A trip down memory lane.

[@MrGerhardGrobler]

Remember it was featured in JJ Abrams Star Trek? Car mode with it outsized buttons. It lead the way for modern car nodes. I loved mine. And my Express Twist to the Music. That came with a 1GB!! Memory card! The best keyboard of all the Nokia's I owned was between the Nokia E7 and the 9300. The 9309 was really a mobile version of a laptop with build in office.

[@AbdullaZaki]

I do remember that :) and yeah, Nokia's different form factors gave us so money nice options to choose from. Good times.

[@RandomStuffQA974]

Wow i had this in 2008, it was fun using it! iPhone and Samsung came out with a way superior OS then it was sadly the download fall of Nokia. Great memories using Nokia phones from late 90's to Mid 2000's!

[@roerdomp16e]

I actually loved the Nokia 5800. The music reproduction through its stereo speakers and through headphones was stunning for its time. And yes, all of the other features (or lack there off) were the beginning of the end for Nokia.

[@TheJaHa5]

I like the black version. One of my friends owned a Chinese knockoff version of this phone (Instead of XpressMusic, it said MusicXpress 🤣), but I really wish HMD Global would look into bringing back with that XpressMusic line for diehard audio fans though, and similarly, Sony would throw back out some 'Walkman' phones too, ans Motorola would have the iTunes music app equipped on certain phones. I miss those days!!! Those of us who had those phones from the 00's, would kill or be killed for that nostalgic feeling once again! They should look into reigniting that feeling to get a huge grab back of their fans! If HMD Global uses their head, they can even come out with a line of Nokia XpressMusic Bluetooth headphones and/or earbuds!!! Thanks for the vid, and the nostalgia!

[@EminAnimE1]

I had this and loved it back then. It was so pretty and different from any other phone I had up until that time. I remember looking at it a lot in awe lol! Crazy how fast tech evolved.

[@SubhamKarmakar24]

I still have both the 5233 and 5800XM. Absolute legends, these two. Everybody had to have one of these phones back in the day. If you had any one of these, you were just cool, bottomline. And of course, I have the Red 5800XM because duh, XpressMusic = Red and black. I still have my 5130XM and that is also in red ❤️ Love these phones man, I miss these peak Nokia days so much 🥲

[@jaanu2222]

you have to get used to it for using this phone , once you're ready you can do tons of stuffs in it , it has great sound , good camera and app support , you can customise it's font's , use transition animation (some advance level system tweaks) , what i was more fascinated that using ovi maps that time , and i was surprised to see that it was more accurate than google maps and works with 2g internet

[@ihaveacoolhat1]

I had one of these in 2010. I loved it. First sort-of smartphone I ever owned, before I got my first Android phone a couple of years later.

[@Rugal2410]

Once a dream now a legend

[@gem.dionisio]

The 5800 was the second to the last Nokia ive owned (the Nokia C1-01 had that honor of last) and my first touch screen "smart phone". Used mine from 2009 to 2014... its last year relegated to media player duty. The interface, settings and look of the software is simple that i setup all the samsung phones anf tablets (add the Asus and Acer tablets) to look like the symbian s60 5 (still have the nokia wallpapers too). My 5800XM was a black with a silver stripe. Mine didnt have the Bounce game (must have deleted it in the unboxing).

[@TechRuvaid]

amazing, next unboxing nokia 5700 XM

[@3_hb0]

My first touch screen phone 🥺😍 bring me memories ..

[@hiptran8907]

Had this in 08. such a cool device. I miss the guita pick that mine came with in the original box. It can be used for the touch screen as well.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Heart shaped if I recalled correctly. Yeah it was cool!

[@metaheisenberg]

It was the normal triangular pick shaped for me... i don't know how you guys got the heart shape... you sure it was from nokia?

[@gamergoneretro7898]

My brother owned one back then. I remember it coming in a big box with a lot of goodies in it like software CDs, an awesome set of earphones, a stylus that had a phone stand in it, stickers etc

[@smallworld_bigheart]

Camera samples?

[@samuelkrause816]

Best video ;). Brings so Many memories back👍🏻. Im still using my Nokia 5800

[@DragonlordXV]

Still have mine, one of the best .

[@thepamster008]

This was back in the day when manufacturers really gave thought on the designs of a phone. I had the blue one and loved it. It came with a rubber case and an extra stylus shaped as a guitar pick.

[@darkerm76]

Can't wait for Nokia 6600 review. Someday? Soon?

[@rubbermarble888]

This was my favourite phone when I got growing up, the selection of music being able to be downloaded was mad Oh god the Bounce game brings back memories ahhh

[@natez0891]

my 1st touch screen phone

[@dashtikawa7450]

for me as well

[@l4d1k06]

I moved from a weird keyboard layout Symbian Siemens SX1 over an N73 with TomTom, Opera etc. to the 5800 and loved the large screen and yes resistive touch was a bit unsmooth, but hey I couldnt effort an iphone so what. I stayed with Symbian until I moved to Android. Was one of my favorite phones. ❤️

[@HiteshGulati]

Same with me, had an eye for iPhone but bought Nokia thinking its as good as an iPhone but from a known company. Moved over to Android 2 years later and stayed with it. This actually got me thinking that had this phone not launched I would have bought an iPhone sooner or later and would have never tasted Android. This phone basically helped Android built its userbase, keeping a great bunch of users on hold by offering touch experience for android to come in and offer a decent OS. What are your thoughts?

[@DarkOracleOfDeath]

Back then, the Apple AppStore had just released. I still don't get why people complain about the lack of apps on Symbian/Windows when the original iPhone came with no app store or no way of side loading any apps, so you'd get only what Apple gave you and you could do nothing about it. I never had the 5800, but I had some slight variations: 5530 and 5230, both great. For me however, the best platform still is Windows Mobile which believe it or not still works well and it's still being used to this day on certain barcode scanners and other industrial machines. I had a HTC P3600 which was ages in front of Apple. It had 3G, the ability to install apps, change registry entries, homescreen (called Today screen). On the iPhone you can't even change your homescreen today. They'll probably "innovate" that in about 10 years. As if, we wouldn't have been able to do it on Android as well since forever.

[@Jonsky1986]

My first smartphone can miss the times when I could make custom firmware for the Nokia 5800 to remove bloatwares and add speed performance and port features that are available on other Nokia S60v5 such as the Nokia C6-00, Nokia 5530, Nokia 97

[@c0rxpseb0i13]

It would be dope if they made one that would be more usable for these times supporting current apps like instagram and stuff maybe a bit bigger

[@vito_keys]

My first ever smartphone. Gifted by my parents after I finished elementary school, and using it through high school until 2012, where I switched to the BlackBerry Storm 9550

[@lukuscannon9697]

this was my first touchscreen phone I absolutely loved it I still had this phone right up until 2013 until someone stole it I was angry

[@mylaw7337]

I think this phone still have one of the best speaker phone.

[@juniorr2646]

You have no idea how much i love this phone the only reason i remembered it it's because i bought the zfold 4 and when it's folded it reminds me off my old nokia phone 📱, when it's folded

[@Edelxander]

At the time of the release, i was one of many to queue to buy this. Great phone at the time.

[@francismakhanga2324]

My first touch screen phone. Built with great speakers

[@Gtoonm]

This was my second phone ever, afte the 5320 xpressmusic. Loved it, used it to listen to music to such an extent, it was problematic. The camera was ridiculously good for the time. I love that phone

[@mohdzee12]

My brother gifted me 5233 which was identical to 5800, but i sold that phone and bought this gem of a phone and my family never knew it..! :D

[@carinoavatar]

Still have this phone and it still works

[@SouravSatvaya]

You can make some nostalgia videos with these following device: 1. Nokia 701, which was really a beautiful looking device. I guess this was the 1st phone which looks somewhat similar to Windows Phone 7 series phones. 2. Nokia 700, which was something different looking. 3. Nokia Lumia 610 or 710, anything related to WP 7.x.

[@RaggaDruida]

This was the first (and one of the only 2) phone that I bought new... There were so many things done right with it! But also so many things that were just a problem, specially with getting apps for Symbian and the OVI things... The other thing that for me was a big downside was the lack of physical music control buttons as the previous XpressMusic phones had...

[@tomassadil324]

I used to have that white and red slide Nokia XpressMusic and then I had this one in blue... Good old times, shortcut under selfie camera was OP.

[@congobongo1743]

Still Use this as my mp3 phone, best thing is even muggers don't interest in it, perfect phone for running nights or driniking beer and don't bother if it drops to sea or something.

[@deanosaur808]

Some muggers would like to steal a classic Nokia. I know I would if I was a mugger lol

[@metaheisenberg]

I literally cry when i think about how amazing these phones were back then... downgrade as compared to now obviously but the 5800 being my first phone has a special place and i'd still give up my present phone for a brand new 2009 version of the 5800... because, why not... it was a cult phone...

[@Francis.Rivers]

My 1st touchscreen phone. I love that phone.😊

[@SandipanMajhi-o9s]

Bro I had this phone. It was crazy.

[@MrCopierre]

My first touch screen phone from 2009 🥰

[@Tech1StudioOfficial]

I had one at the age of 13 💙 my brother gifted me. It was the first 3G phone i had and No one my friends ware having a device like that with big touchscreen display and a touch pen we go together out side near town to get 3g network 😍 It was beautiful days with fast internet connectivity to download movies and 😉 etc…😋

[@saqibsami2783]

I have used Whatsapp on Nokia 5800 XM in year 2015. Sound quality, user interface, bright torch and 30 FPS camera were amazing at that time.

[@joydipghoshe]

I had the 5233 , was a great experience ❤️

[@stefang1087]

Hey Abdulla. What do you know about Nokia X200?

[@saichiirt]

this was my first touchscreen phone, as well as my first symbian os phone..

[@maaaaitei]

I was obsessed with this phone when i was a kid. Sadly, i never had it

[@garymidgley-qi6bp]

I use mine to this day for music at work in my top pocket excellent for me.

[@BradTech.]

1:28 That "light" is actually the 'Xpress' button!

[@ahadpathan2484]

This is my first touch phone ❤❤ when was in 2012 and completed my secondary grade with good grade. As a resulting my elder brother gift this phone...so that feelings like was like get moon

[@xploricious6669]

I still have this device working red color is my favorite

[@Xavier_Everwhere]

I Still Have this Phone😎😎, I liked it's TV out feature that is working now also

[@punjabiboy6830]

My favorite touch mobile from that time .loved it do much .

[@mohamedmostafa-qj5mx]

i remember everyone in my country wanted one and ilke the blue one

[@saif_5086]

Raging thunder and toon warz were the best games i played on this phone. It had stereo speakers at that time.

[@Beaver355]

Still my fav Nokia phone. Btw up the top isn’t the notification light - you press on that to quick access your music and other media.

[@JulesTravels-On]

Hi, hope you can help. Have 8.3 5g and phone not ringing for incoming calls. Vibrates ok. Speaker ok. Works for media, alarm, speaking on call etc. Have personalised ringtone so tried with nokia one and still no joy. Have rebooted, done safe mode and reset apps. Don't know where else to go! I have phone mostly to phone so not hearing incoming call is nightmare! Any tips. Had recent update any issues you've heard off. Many thanks

[@konstidog]

I'd be curious to see a vid on the xpressmusic 5530. remember having classmates with both models

[@joergstrong]

I had this phone! It was my very first good phone, and my second phone in total. I liked the lightweight, the very good and loud speakers, and the amazing battery life. Unfortunately the display broke just after two years, right when the guarantee expired. I tried to replace the touchscreen, but it didn't work out. I switched to Sony.

[@TeamGun]

I had one, liked it.

[@kforkrish]

All these i still remember getting by this beast smartphone:😊 1. 3g Connectivity 2. Navigation function 3. Xpress Music Stereo speakers With In built Shazam podcasting app 4. Vga Front camera 5. 3.2 megapixels AutoFocus Carl Zeiss main camera with dual led flash, and iso sensor also an red eye detector. And to top all that, a dedicated 2 stage physical shutter button. 6. 1350mah battery 7. Free 8GB tf Memory Card. 8. AV output 👍👍👍

[@deanosaur808]

One other feature I loved.. this phone could be used as a usb/Bluetooth modem 🥳

[@deanosaur808]

Of course you could connect with WiFi too ☺️

[@kforkrish]

@@deanosaur808 yes wifi is also, I forgot because used the feature less frequency when i had it.😅

[@emilecroons]

Funnily enough I do not remember this one that fondly. It was just another symptom of Nokia's internal dysfunction at that time. Significant that it was the first touchscreen S60 phone so Symbian^1 but IMO it did a lot to damage the brand. As the iPhone had already been out for 17 months when this became available people who got this were disappointed with the UX and knew there was better touch and UI elsewhere. Sold like crazy, which was damaging! I imagine it was a considerable number of people's last Nokia phone. Mad to think it took them another two years to finally have a fully competitive product on the market with Symbian^3 devices. And even then they only really got good with Belle a year later. Shame what happened after that. Belle was better than all the Android devices I tried at the time. And Meego Harmattan was so far out ahead in UI and UX compared to any of its contemporaries. Not to mention all the incredible devices! 😥

[@CuongNguyen-jo3wy]

Can you preview nokia lumia 620 ? That is my favourite phone

[@Mani20386]

My first touch screen mobile 2010❤️🔥 using 4 years😢

[@paopao7613]

I used the blue one. Back in the day, Ovi store was so exciting.

[@kaynwells6936]

I had this years ago. Best phone I ever owned until my current iPhone