Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review: Nokia's first S60 touchscreen phone — its early answer to the iPhone.
Nokia's first touchscreen swing.
The 5800 XpressMusic was Nokia's first attempt at an iPhone-style touchscreen, running Symbian S60 5th Edition with a resistive panel and stylus. Clumsy by iOS standards, it nonetheless sold strongly and bought Nokia time in the touchscreen transition.
01Display
48/10048/100 puts it above the 45-point average for mid-range phones of 2008.
02Camera
50/10050/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2008.
03Performance
44/10044/100 puts it above the 41-point average for mid-range phones of 2008.
04Battery
60/10060/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2008.
05Build
58/10058/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2008.
06Value
56/10056/100 puts it above the 54-point average for mid-range phones of 2008.
- Nokia's first touchscreen Symbian phone.
- XpressMusic stereo speakers + 3.5 mm jack.
- 8 GB card bundled.
- Carl Zeiss camera.
- Resistive screen needed a stylus.
- S60 5th felt clumsy on touch.
- 369 MHz CPU was slow.
- nHD resolution.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 3-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .