Nokia 1209 Review
Tue 22 Dec 2009Filed Under: Mobile Phone Reviews, Nokia | Leave a Comment
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Welcome to the Nokia 1209 review. The 1209 is probably the most basic and cheapest mobile phone you can probably buy new and ‘outright’. The 1209 has features top end mobile phones had 6 years ago! Of course in 2008 we expect a lot more. You can buy one from as little as $19 outright if you look hard enough.
However you must remember that the 1209 is bargain bin material that would probably not look out of place in your average shopping center isle right next to the bargain toilet paper! Mind you in some parts of the world namely developing countries this is amazing technology and no-one can knock that.
The Nokia 1209 is mainly sold completely unlocked or outright and even as a pre-paid. You can make calls and text messages and a few customization features like backgrounds and ring tones and a flash light. There’s not much memory for saving anything though. It does not even have a FM radio.
It’s also got a tiny colour screen with ancient CSTN LCD display. Using one of these phones really shows how far technology has progressed in such a short time.
Overall we can see a few of uses for the Nokia 1209 in most parts of the world. A first phone for the kids to stay in touch or an emergency phone when your expensive main mobile phone breaks down or you are not vaguely technically inclined and don’t need to do anything more than talking. There isn’t much more to choose from at this end of the ‘purchase’ outright phone market. Mind you if you afford a few more dollars the models to choose from expand dramatically. Just check out the brand pages for more!
Specifications
- Nokia 1209
- Network
GSM only Dependent on country - Design
Candy Bar
L102 x W44.1 x D17.8 mm
Weight 78 grams - Display/s
External CSTN 96 x 68 - Camera
None - Video Camera
None - Connectivity
None - CPU
- Memory
N/A MB available to user - Ring tones
Midi - Features
Flashlight
SMS
JAVA MIDP 2.0
Speaker Phone/Hands free
Battery BL-5CA 700Ah
Up to 14 days Standby, 5 hours Talk Time - Package contents
User Guide
Travel charger - Price history
From $19 AUS 2009 (Outright)
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Review
Tue 22 Dec 2009Filed Under: Mobile Phone Reviews, Nokia | Leave a Comment
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Welcome to the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic review. It was released earlier in 2009 but we only got a chance to see it in the flesh while comparing the T106 recently. The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is considered a lower end phone in terms of pricing. Although not comparable to the Telstra T106 we did anyway!
It runs the Nokia’s mass market S40 operating system so - the screensaver and powersavers we develop will work on them! As far was we are concerned the S40 is a fast and simple operating system.
It’s the small brother to the similarly named and more expensive 5310. Hence the functionality is limited even compared to other higher end S40 based mobiles. However what you do get is a still reasonably featured phone for playing music, making calls and texting, organizing your life including a fully featured alarm so you can wake up on time for everything. Perfectly targeted to the younger crowd.
The 5130 XpressMusic is not an iPod Touch by any means but as a standard mobile phone focused on playing music it does a great job.
The standout feature is a proper 240×320 pixel screen that looks good. It also has the industry standard 3.5mm earphone jack and the sound processor is music focused. Although it does have a web browser this is not a 3G phone so your experience will be a bad one. At least it has something for emergencies.
There is not much else we can say about it - typical good but entry level Nokia mobile phone. So if you want a phone that can do most things and want your music to sound good then this model may suit. However there are better ones out there that do much more for around the same price the catch is that the models are older than this one. Eg. 6300. Older is sometimes better. If you are considering the 5130 it may also be wise to look at alternatives from other manufacturers.
Specifications
- Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
- Network
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800 /1900 MHz) - Design
Candy Bar
L107.5 x W46.7 x D14.8 mm
Weight 88 grams - Display/s
External TFT 240 x 320 - Camera
2MP main camera
Picture format: JPG - Video Camera
176 x 144 pixel
Movie format: MP4 - Connectivity
Micro USB
Bluetooth V1.2 - Supports FTP / HFC / A2DP - CPU
- Memory
30 MB available to user
Up to 2Gig MicroSD Flash cards - Ring tones
AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, 64- Midi, WMA, WAMR, MXMF including video - Features
SMS, MMS, WAP, EMAIL
JAVA MIDP 2.0
Featured music player
FM radio
Speaker Phone/Hands free
Customizable backgrounds and screensavers
Picture Viewer
Voice memos
Voice command
Calender and organizer
Battery BL-5C 1020mAh
Up to 12 days Standby, 6 hours Talk Time - Package contents
XP/Vista Compatible PC suite
Personal hands free kit
Travel charger - Price history
From $199 AUS 2009 (Pre-Paid)