Nokia 5220 XpressMusic Review
Phone rating: 
In a nutshell: An entry-level music phone that does the business
for well under £100. The 5220 has an excellent music player, a
stereo FM radio and a 2 megapixel camera. Connectivity is excellent,
with Bluetooth, USB and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Memory is limited,
at 30MB, but is expandable to 2GB with a microSD memory card.
Review: October 2008. Updated April 2009.
The 5220 is the entry-level phone in Nokia's XpressMusic range of music
phones. Nokia say that the 5220 has a stylishly asymmetrical design
that's easy to hold. We think it looks a bit funny, but it's no big
deal.
The point is that it's a cheap phone that makes calls, sends texts,
takes snapshots with a basic camera, plays music and has an FM radio
too. The music player is excellent, with support for playlists and most
popular digital music formats, including MP3, MP4, AAC and WMA. The
sound output from the speaker may be a bit tinny, but the 5220 has a
key advantage, which is that you can plug in any standard headphones
to its 3.5mm headphone jack, and then you'll get top audio quality,
courtesy of a dedicated audio chip. You can also use a wireless
Bluetooth headset if you prefer.
The 5220 doesn't have a lot of memory for storing music - just 30 Mbytes
- which is enough for around 8 songs. But you can add a microSD
memory card up to 2GB, which will give you enough storage for around
500 songs.
It's a very lightweight and superslim phone too, and we like it! Some
users are reporting problems with the phone though - recurring themes
are speaker and software problems - read the user reviews below for
more information.
Features of the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic include:
- 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
- Video camera
- Display: Active matrix LCD, 240 x 320 pixels, 256,000 colours, 2
inches
- Music player (MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAc+, and WMA music files / OMA DRM
2.0 and Windows Media DRM)
- Stereo FM radio with Vidual Radio support
- Ringtones: Video ringtones, MP3 and MP4 tones, eAAC+ tones, AAC
tones, WMA tones, 64-voice polyphonic MIDI, message alert tones, and
alarm clock tones
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- Voice commands
- Voice recorder
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, push email (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP 4), Nokia Xpress
audio messaging
- Animated screensavers, wallpaper, themes
- Internet: Opera Mini Browser, WAP 2.0, HSCSD, EDGE up to 118.4 kbps
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, modem, 3.5 mm AV connector
- Memory: 30 Mbytes plus microSD card (up to 2 Gbytes)
- Organiser: Alarm clock, calendar, to-do list, notes, calculator,
stopwatch and countdown timer
- Flight mode
- Triband
- Size: 108 x 44 x 10.5 mm
- Weight: 78g
- Talktime: 5.25 hours
- Battery standby: 400 hours
- Music playback: up to 24 hours
Nokia 5220 XpressMusic User Reviews
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Average rating from 102 reviews: 
Reviewed by Michael from Isle of Man - UK on 18th
Sep 2012
I will tell you what I think of the Nokia 5220 Music Express phone -
Absolute rubbish. I have never seen a piece of utter garbage like it
in my life and I never want to see another one in my life. They are
apalling. They reboot over and over - It won't switch off. Loading texts
stalls and the phone keeps rebooting. How did Nokia get away with putting
this junk out for sale to the general public. It is an absolute disgrace.
If you ever see one of these for sale anywhere - do not buy it - You
will have nothing but trouble with it. I hate the damn phone. Giving
it 1 star is more than generous - I would personally give it nothing.
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Reviewed by Kapil from India on 11th Jan 2012
I like this phone but the problem is that when a heavy theme is loaded
than it got hang n d screen turn to white u hv to run to service center
for reloading of software but still i lv this gadget
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Reviewed by ibrar ALI HASSANI from AUSTRALIA on
22nd Feb 2010
NOKIA 5220 IS THE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Reviewed by James Choke from England on 15th Feb
2010
Had this phone for 1 and a half months, and that screen is unreadable,
the phone can't delete anything, the speaker cuts out time to time when
calling or listening to music and the battery charger socket has caved
in, meaning this phone is useless. I got this phone because my Sony
Ericsson W302 broke (two broke in the space of one month) and it doesn't
recognise my memory card. Nokia have made a rubbish phone.
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Reviewed by Hye from Philippines on 19th Jan 2010
Got this phone for a year now. after 11months the phone's speaker broke
but that's the only prblem. no deletes, battery is fine
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Reviewed by Lyn.Morris from England on 18th Jan
2010
This is a load of rubbish,the screen is unreadable in outside day light,it
seems to please itself what it wants to do,telling me its ringing a
No.when not asked even when it sits on a table,it changes settings of
its own accord.I have tried with it but no longer,i'm of to buy another
phone tomorrow.If anybody wants this rubbish phone its for the taking.
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Reviewed by beth from scotland on 16th Jan 2010
this phone is useless only had it wot 6 hours and it does not let my
memory card work my pick dont working taking it back to mozz to get
a better phone omfg i would not evon give it 1 star
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Reviewed by Veggie from UK on 6th Jan 2010
This is my 2nd 5220 in 6 months. It was fantastic for about a month,
then it "couldn't find operator" so I sent it back. This one has the
same prob, but less frequently; worse than that, the radio has now stopped
working. It's been a pain in the arris, and my network won't change
it again.
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Reviewed by Jed from Philippines on 19th Nov 2009
this phone is the worst!!! at first my phone starts to hang up and then
it gets worse like it turns off whenever i use the camera or the music
player. another thing is the equaliser displays "operation failed" where
i can't customize the music player's equalizer anymore... i can't wait
to buy another phone! this sucks!
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Reviewed by john cena from india on 29th Oct 2009
this is an excellent
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Reviewed by jadu from england on 23rd Oct 2009
sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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Reviewed by Syed Zain Jamil from Pakistan on 22nd
Oct 2009
It's a fantastic, marvelous and best music mobile with music lights
and great speakers.
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Reviewed by guysean from malaysia on 21st Oct
2009
i own this phone for a year now.when u mentioned it can only support
microsd up to 2gb, i was quite surprised coz i'm using a 4gb card &
have no problems so far. furthermore, it can support up to 8gb. just
fyi thanks!
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Reviewed by safardeen from oman on 8th Oct 2009
i bought this phone and it was the best.i got a 2GB micro SD.ive had
for 1 month and its fine exept from sometimes it goes a little slow.
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Reviewed by kahfi from Indonesia on 4th Oct 2009
this things is useless.. I have repaired it for 2 times.. but the results
is same.. 1st day is still ok.. but then, the phone start off by itself,
and the software start to corrupt..
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Reviewed by Reply from South africa on 15th Sep
2009
Would be a good phone except for it hangs, deletes music, emails, smses,
games and applications. Goes blank and have to wait a while b4 it comes
back on. Cant play video or stream memory error and i dnt have many
songs. Anyone know of a way to solve this.
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Reviewed by apurva from india on 26th Aug 2009
plz dont buy this phone you will suffer like hell this phone has no
hopes at all it will start hanging from day one and then the problem
goes on increasing it gets switched off its music player stops speakers
dont work battery fails and all possibly problems plz dont buy i have
personaly experienced
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Reviewed by dougal from UK on 25th Aug 2009
Fab' mobile, got it for under £60 in Tesco, only problem is they don't
have any more in stock and I need to replace it as a friends dog also
took a liking to it and has chewed through the plastic casing and camera
lense!!! anyone know where i can get another one at a reasonable price??
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Reviewed by Jaydee from South Africa on 22nd Aug
2009
Nokia 5220 is a Super Good phone. Fair price, good picture quality,
good sound quality, has speed. I couldn't ask for anything more. What
really surprises me is that i got a 4gb memory and it doesn't give not
a single prob. My advice, go get it. Its worth it
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Reviewed by Mo from England on 11th Aug 2009
This is a wicked fone, I luv this fone, works perfect, lots of stuff
on it. i brought it from tesco and they gave me a year software damage
so if the phone keeps switching off and and mucking about i can just
give it to them and they will fix it. By the way to the people eho want
to know if the fone cn be unlocked well it cn be for 25 pounds but if
ur on tesco and you wer there customer more 3 mouths and top up more
than 25 pounds they will unlock it for free. Let me know if u want to
know anything eles by emailing me on muhammadmiah@hotmail.com. K thanks
glad 2 help.
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Reviewed by adam from england on 10th Aug 2009
Best phone ive had in ages
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Reviewed by db from sco on 10th Aug 2009
think it is a great phone only problem it has a pink light around the
square in the middle anyone know how to get rid of it?
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Reviewed by Nasim from England on 6th Aug 2009
BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Reviewed by Tiger from England, manchester on
5th Aug 2009
got the phone today, easy to use, features are acceptable, it does all
the basic shabaz plus more. Still early days for me but i think im gonna
have some good times with this phone. I put i a gb memory card in and
its working fine. :) I will get back to you lot after a month of playing
with it. :)
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Reviewed by barney marner from england on 29th
Jul 2009
good features best fone
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Reviewed by Kathleen from Scotland on 20th Jul
2009
Bought this phone because i needed something quite sturdy and cheap,
its better than the one i had before! Reasonable price, tho looks a
bit dodgy, but i can access my hotmail and send email on it. The music
player is crystal clear and gets quite loud when you turn it up. Camera
maybe isn't the best but still takes good pictures and videos. I hate
nokia phones and prefer the more modern ones, but i've been very pleasantly
suprised with this
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Reviewed by Eli from Israel on 3rd Jul 2009
My new Nokia 5220 sometimes doesn't ring when a call comes in (it seems
to be a bug in software - after a restart the problem disappears for
some time) - so I miss the call. Otherwise it is a reasonable phone
- but come on, who needs a phone that cannot ring?
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Reviewed by Farrie from Zimbabwe on 25th Jun 2009
thie fone is utter junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it was great for the first few
days but about 20 days after i bought it the speakers stopped working!!!!!!!!it
switches off by itself,deletes songs by itself,the battery life is pathetic
and recently the software crashed!!!!!whatever you do dont waste your
money
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Reviewed by tyler from ireland on 20th Jun 2009
where do i start?this is quite simply a magic phone its just brilliant
im not saying anymore just magic seriously buy it just buy it you will
love it. ive had mine since december and its great just buy it
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Reviewed by Jasper from philippines on 12th Jun
2009
anyone? i need help. my phone's speaker goes nuts! it doesnt work anymore!
itr really sucks man!! it was called express music but the speakers
are going nuts!! what shall i do? anyone? and one thing!!! it restarts
by itself!!!
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
12th Jun 2009
Jasper, you need to contact the shop where you purchased it.
Reviewed by sue williams from uk on 9th Jun 2009
I really do like this phone, easy to use, good camera, would recommend
it
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Reviewed by robinxp from philippines on 6th Jun
2009
i bought the nokia 5220 xpressmusic,, it very nice cp.. only it has
a problem the speaker had broken and i dont know why?? anyone help me
on this..please
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Reviewed by @ntu from Bangladesh on 30th May 2009
This phone rocks... for 5220 heaters- just update it;s firmware everything
will be fine...:-)
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Reviewed by jake from england on 29th May 2009
i think its a great phone every thing on it is great sick phone
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Reviewed by mario from lebanon on 28th May 2009
worst phone i ever had,,,,me and my friends all got it, now wer all
changing..its the worst phone ever, it restarts alone, my phones blutooth
doesnt work, my speakers are broken it doesnt read my sim card anymore
and it stil gets stuck so i have 2 remove the battery and return it....
worst phone ever, the cam aint that much,the only thing i liked was
the music player (if only it could play more than 3 songs in a row without
having to restart my phone) other than that and its bent shape its kinda
fine
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Reviewed by madhavan from india on 27th May 2009
This phone is nuts people in the world plz dont buy this phone either
new or used, you wont beleive prob started from the time the phone was
switched on, THIS PHONE WORKS GREAT ONLY IF THE MEMORY CARD IS REMOVED!!!
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Reviewed by uu head from nyc on 19th May 2009
sickkk phonee
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Reviewed by bob from england on 19th May 2009
it's a sik phone because you can play lots of songs and the games with
the phone are cool
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Reviewed by angry from australia on 18th May 2009
the screen goes blank and hangs while looking at pictures or listening
to music. now when i turn it on the starting animation comes up but
then it hangs and turns off DONT BUY THIS PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by adam from england on 14th May 2009
any of had a problem when you in music playa and the fone restars??????????
is soooo inoying . am tellin u ppl and the speakers r not al that, they
hiss alot when on full volume
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Reviewed by rivash sewpersad from south africa on
12th May 2009
dis fone is lyk junk i rather go and by a flippin sagem
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Reviewed by Jay Callaghan from Ireland on 8th
May 2009
I've Had This Fone For 4 Months And I've Had No Problems . . . I Think
It's A Good Fone Except When Your Sometimes Trying To Set A Theme The
Original Theme Sometimes Sets
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Reviewed by Johnny from Scotland on 4th May 2009
I got this phone last year for my birthday and the speakers dont work
at the back either! Sometimes they work, but really quietly and i can
barely even hear it. How can i make it work
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Reviewed by rivash sewpersad from south africa on
3rd May 2009
i had this phone for a few months and the cloud speakers at the back
just stopped working what can i do to make it work
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Reviewed by miza from uk on 2nd May 2009
its a great fun music phone!!! so far no problems the camera is pretty
good. its got everything i need. its great value for money so i would
recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Ryan from USA on 1st May 2009
This phone is just so awesome. in my opinion it is one of the best phones
out right now, it might be the best it is really good i just love it
my text inbox is on 502 messages it holds loads it is just such a reliable
phone but the lg cookie is great too so buy this brilliant 5220 or the
great lg cookie or u are missin out big time c ya
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Reviewed by natasha from england on 27th Apr 2009
had the phone a few days and thought was brill until today when my battery
died and took me ages to get it back on without it freezing up. my sms
time reads an hour slow and have no idea how to change it as well. other
than them problems its a cool phone. the man in the o2 shop sold me
a 4gig memory card with the phone tho an that works fine loaded with
songs.
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Reviewed by kat stefan from uk on 27th Apr 2009
This is a truly awful phone. Decided to stop working the day after the
14 day cooling off period after upgrade from my operator. Sent off to
be 'fixed' came back worse. Freezes, crashes, inexplicably deletes items,
strangely altered the format of all games and tracks downloaded directly
to it so they could no longer play - lost around £30 downloads, operator
refused to reimburse or change phone, stuck with it now until next January.
Charges fully in two hours, but battery life is appalling, needs charged
every day. Save your money.
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Reviewed by AFaulkner from UK on 24th Apr 2009
Have had this phone for approx 1 month - really pleased with it. Had
a Sony Ericsson W550i before and to be fair the music quality (without
headphones) isnt half as good on the Nokia - but the sound quality is
great using headphones through the headphone jack.
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Reviewed by James from Spain on 21st Apr 2009
This phone is awesome and it seems that most of the people who have
problems with this phone are from India, so order it from England. My
battery life is excellent and if u complain about it taking so long
to charge then charge it when you go to bed!!!! (MYDAN, I couldn't agree
with you more)
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Reviewed by PeterGunn from London on 17th Apr
2009
Da fone is da rocka man, it buddaclacs da uddas an it frans up da mesh.
I ad it 4 once to more and I tell you man it suks juice you kno! stil
it dubs an ting to good 4 da boyz ere. 3.5 da phone hole an real time
beat it up sham, me like, u wonna be bumflicked wid dis one bro. U go
get, da boyz say YEAH MAN!!
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Reviewed by Mike from England on 12th Apr 2009
This phone was good at first and then i started havin problems. Every
time i turn it off and then i turn it back on it freezes when i try
to go into my messages or contacts and sometimes even when im looking
at my files. I think its something to do with the updating music files
as it gets stuck but i don't know. Can some1 help? plz Email me at mishy_strach@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by biren from india on 11th Apr 2009
its superb mobile also it's a very cheaper in comapre with other music
phone so it's affordable to everyone.
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Reviewed by Jockcop from Scotland on 4th Apr 2009
For the money you won't get much better, had a 5500 and said I would
never have another Nokia, but this is excellent, had it a fortnight
and over the moon, slightly bigger than the S/E w880i it replaced but
probably a better phone with decent sized keys. Chuffed
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Reviewed by sakaria abdulahi from england on 27th
Mar 2009
dont get the nokia its rubbish it dosent work propely
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Reviewed by Gbenga james from Nigeria on 25th
Mar 2009
i love this phone,shape is ok,music keys are excellent and the speaker
is loud compared to 5310. when i first bought the phone the speakers
were very loud not until this morning when the speaker suddenly reduce.hp
is nt what i think.anyway i still love this phone;i will give 3.5/5
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Reviewed by Nilesh from India on 25th Mar 2009
For music lovers, it is one of the best phones. Sound quality is great.
Besides, It is also quite fast as applications run and open within seconds.
And with GPRS enabled, it really is a treat. You can surf, and even
download games. The camera though 2.0 MP is good enough for shots -
I have taken soem very cool snaps with this camera. The main point is
the form factor - sleek and beautifual and loaded with features. (I
liked this phone better than the Nseries which are bulky and sound not
that clear). Go for the Nokia Xpress 5220.
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Reviewed by marie from philippines on 22nd Mar
2009
i have my phone now for s bout 4 months, but then my speakers wont work
anymore i love this phone its great and alll of that but it gets easily
damaged,i didnt even dropped it
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Reviewed by kunal from india on 18th Mar 2009
hi don't buy this phone as it has speaker problem two times in one month
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Reviewed by jyeshtha from India on 17th Mar 2009
hey i just biught a nokia 5220 and i think its AMAZING! THE DESIGN IS
ULTRA NEW AND SOUND IS GREAT! VERY SLOM,HANDY! BEAUTIFUL AND EYE CATCHING!
GOOD PHONE AND POCKET LOVING! DO HAVE IT !
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Reviewed by Jay from Ireland on 16th Mar 2009
I've Had No Problems With This Phone . . . Think Its Great
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Reviewed by N from Pakistan on 12th Mar 2009
In my opinion the phone is good with its price. The sound is superb
whereas the drawback is its video camera. Although camera is really
good but video cam is worst. Good phone with music n camera bt worst
fr video recordng. I 'll give it to 3/5:-l
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Reviewed by Bstimloo from Morocco on 4th Mar 2009
Hi guys, it's been only a month since I started using it and I have
a problem displaying my contacts! the contact list shows 'empty' although
I have more than 200 numbers in it!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Amar from India on 2nd Mar 2009
Hi all.i Bought this PIECE OF JUNK 1st of march for my fried.So i dint
use it much.Same day when i filled up the 1 Gb memory card upto 600mb
phone started restarting frequently.This s not even worth a penny..I
read some articles n it says all Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is faulty...Pl
don waste ur money in this junk..
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Reviewed by jordan from england on 20th Feb 2009
on the18th of febuary 2009 i purchased the phone it was really good
its slim easy to work no messups on it nice shape loud on the music
and am enjoying every minuite with it
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Reviewed by bob thompson from canada on 17th Feb
2009
what a rubbish fone it kept shutting down on me and kept wiping out
all my programs. went to o2 on sunday and they gave me a lg cookie which
is a brilliant fone. my advice, dont buy it
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Reviewed by Menaka from India on 10th Feb 2009
Never buy this phone. Frequent hanging problems, automatic switching
off problem are a few of the problems. I noticed at Nokia care that
there were several customers with this model.
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Reviewed by maisam from pakistan on 7th Feb 2009
i love it, it is slim and the grooves behind it give a good grip, the
best two things i like are its shape and it can connect with any headphone...
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Reviewed by steven tomkins from scotland on 6th
Feb 2009
what an absolutely fantastic fone ive had no problems with it yet expect
for the memory but it is a wicked fone. people who say its rubbish get
a brain, their useful!
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Reviewed by Ravi from India on 6th Feb 2009
i purchased my mobile on 28th oct.,08..n it was horrible to note that
the mobile started hanging up from 29th onwards... n many of the applications
failed to open... this mobile was sent for repair in an Authorised NOKIA
CARE shop...but even after the repair our problems are not solved n
now the mobile has developed many new problems... the problems are as
under :- 1. the music player n camera gets hanged up frequently 2. it
gets switched off automaticlly 2. sometimes,it does not make or receive
any call 3. call ringer also dosent work 4. it shows the incorrect time
of receiving sms 5. phone memory is almost empty..but still it shows
to delete some items as the memory is full 6. whenever we delete a clicked
image, it shows "unable to delete" 7. many applications fail to open
After the mobile was repaired we were given the assurance that the mobile
will work properly.... but still we are facing the above mentioned problems...
we were also given the assurance that if the mobile dose not works prpoerly
after the repair, we'll be provided with a new mobile....... but it
was horrible to note that when we again went to the nokia care shop...
the employees of the nokia care told us that the whole nokia - 5220
series is defected... and now nothing can happen.. so... it is my humble
request to u that try avoid this 5220
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Reviewed by wasim from india on 6th Feb 2009
it is made in china,but it has cool look
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Reviewed by Martin Johnstone from UK on 27th Jan
2009
I love it. It works with my Viper 121 bluetooth helmet. £68 from Tesco
and £20 free credit. I've fitted a 8GB micro card :)
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Reviewed by B J Anand Krishnan from India on 22nd
Jan 2009
It's a lovely phone gives quality pictures and very good sound in music.The
music in this phone gives the real feel that song.
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Reviewed by Thomas from UK on 19th Jan 2009
Just got the phone today. So far it seems excellent. Its got one of
the best speakers I've heard on any mobile. Taking the back off, which
on older nokias was never very simple, is now easy, just press the 'eject'
button, it pops off and you just pull it off, and the back is flexible
so it doesn't feel like your going to break it. The fact that it only
supports up to 2GiB SD Cards isn't too bad, I already have a camera
and an MP3 player, so the phone won't be used for those sort of things
really. The Maps feature sounds good, but as the European map is 1.6GB
I haven't been able to put it on yet as only a 512MB card was included.
Buttons are nice. Usual Nokia interface, which IMO is the easiest. Camera
looks very nice, even in dull conditions. Hoepfully it shall continue
to be good.
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Reviewed by john from ireland on 12th Jan 2009
its immence lol
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Reviewed by mantukszzz from lithuania on 10th
Jan 2009
it`s very good mobile !!!
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Reviewed by Vel murugan from INDIA on 9th Jan
2009
Wonderful phone. I just love the quality of pictures while using opera
net and its speed. My small worry is it does not support media player.
Very nice phone.
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Reviewed by d4v3 from Austria on 8th Jan 2009
A well made phone, not too slim and fits well in the hand. Buttons are
well spaced and music buttons are well placed (flush to the case). The
speaker is LOUD, good for answering calls while driving by switching
on the loudspeaker option. Funky light effects (could be turned off).
Accessible USB and micro SD without opening the entire back cover. 3.5mm
headphone jack :) Camera is a little below average, doesn't take great
photos but good enough for reference photos. Forget the "Create Playlist"
option in Music, useless. Instead organize a playlist by using folders
with your computer. Then just open the folder you wish to play located
in "Gallery > Memory card (or Micro SD)", use options to "Mark all",
then use options again to "Open". Then everything in that chosen folder
becomes a playlist. Note: a folder within the folder chosen will not
be included in the playlist so it's best to group your music per folder
and have no subfolders ;) At last a descent battery from Nokia "music"
phone, 1050 mAh! meaning 2+ days worth of music on a charge. I think
this phone, for what it does, is well worth the price you pay compared
to what's out there in the market today. After years of Ericsson phones
i finally found a well made Nokia, Good job Nokia (at last).
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Reviewed by Thomas Dudley from USA on 2nd Jan
2009
i think the nokia 5220 is a classic phone it has got all of my features
that i require in a mobile it is outstanding if you need a new mobile
or you need to change buy this phone it is great you will love it
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Reviewed by zeck_@91 from malaysia on 24th Dec
2008
this phone nokia 5220 XpressNokia is really trendy for teens,have slim
body..the sound was very blast....ROCK YOUR WORLD..!!!1
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Reviewed by boo boo from S-O-T England on 23rd
Dec 2008
sikkk fone nokia recalled most of dem but still sikkk. beast of a fone
n if u wnt it 4 tha camere get 1 wa u expectin frm a fone dat costs
100 cash or less it designd 4 evry dai street life
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Reviewed by Dan from Scotland on 23rd Dec 2008
I bought this phone, my second Xpress Music Nokia, not expecting too
much. The main draw was the headphone jack - this should be standard
on all phones! it's great and means you can use whatever headphones
you chose, rather than manufacturer supplied ones. So I got it home
and was instantly surprised by just how funky it looks, especially the
back cover. Very retro and interesting. Switch it on and you are greeted
by some interesting lights along the side... it's that sort of thing
that appeals to me! The screen is good, all text is clear and its fine
for looking at photos and such. Viewing the internet isn't as bad as
I'd expected so all told - there are certainly no dissappointments considering
the phones price bracket. My problem arrived when I switched on the
(otherwise brilliant) music player. I have a 1gb memory card with 19
songs on it - and yet the player was slow and unresponsive. It selected
tracks that I thought I'd click past 3 or 4 songs ago. Minor, but became
annoying. Worst of all was the phones constant want of turning of REGULARLY
while listening to music. It got so bad that after a week I returned
the phone. I bought the 5220 expecting little and was pleasantly surprised
in most areas (great games included!) but considering I paid £99 for
it - it really isn't worth that and the hardware isn't up to scratch.
By day three I was desperate for it to work and to be happy with it
and continue so for a year... but nope. The thought of using that phone
daily, as my main mobile - nope. Perhaps I had a dodgy one, I dunno.
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Reviewed by Shilpu from India on 19th Dec 2008
Nokia 5220 is perfect i all ways....I am going to buy today only....
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Reviewed by Dr. Shajil from India on 17th Dec
2008
I had done an internet study to buy a mobile to get good music quality,decent
camera, good memory and ofcorse good looks. My searched narrowed to
nokia 5220 and 5310. At last i settled for Nokia 5220 music express
for the following reasons - it has better sound quality, battery cost
is half of the latter at the same time, standby time is good. The points
infavour of 5310 are support for 4 GB micro SD card vs 2 GB card for
5220 and a more slim design, but as for me I liked the red model 5220
with it's quadrilateral design more eye catching and 2 GB was more than
required for me.
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Reviewed by MYDAN from LONDON on 16th Dec 2008
blud don't listen to these minor boys who moan about the phone. The
phone is sick! The 3.5mm jack means you can plug in any headphones or
speaker system. yeh! good if you're into tunes. Most of the bumbaklarts
who are winging about poor camera, poor video etc. they are a bunch
of wastemen. This is a BIG BOY fone.
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Reviewed by Tony from England on 14th Dec 2008
I couldnt ask for more. Mine came with 512MB memory card as well as
speakers that uses its own batteries, thats just enough for all my music.so
far so good, but i think I like the phone so much. You cant buy a phone
for under £100 and expect to use it as an lcd television etc. so if
you want digital camera etc go get one.
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Reviewed by Lewis from USA on 13th Dec 2008
It's an all round legendary phone. The camera is fantastic; the MP3
player is awesome; and the radio reception is so clear. The headphones
could be better, but apart from that it's the nearest thing to THE PERFECT
MOBILE PHONE! If I was to design a phone - it would look and feel just
like the 5220. I'll be keeping this phone for years as it is a classic
design :-)
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Reviewed by MSL GOWDA from INDIA on 10th Dec 2008
THIS PHONE REALLY SUCKS, POOR/AVG CAMERA WITH NO FLASH, VERY POOR VIDEO,POOR
BATTERY PACK UP,ALSO IT IS VERY SLOW THAT IT TAKES 3 HRS TO GET FULL
CAHRGED BUT DROPS BACK VERY EARLY, VERY VERY POOR HEADSET PROVIDED,
CAPTURE OF FM IS AVERAGE,POOR SPEAKERS WITH NO CLARITY, OPERA MINI/YAHOO
GO/... PROVIDED BY PHONE IS USELESS, VERY SMALL SCREEN TO USE GPRS,
OVERALL 5/10, I CHANGED IT WITHIN 1 MONTH
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Reviewed by yogesh kumar from india on 9th Dec
2008
good phone but bettery opps.................
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Reviewed by himanshu from india on 30th Nov 2008
KICK ASS!!! FREAKIN COO FONE YO!
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Reviewed by Bhasha from India on 25th Nov 2008
It is OK. Battery is charging at very slow rate. It is taking around
3.5 hour to charge.
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Reviewed by blue from california on 23rd Nov 2008
The Besttt !!
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Reviewed by Ravi from India on 18th Nov 2008
Battery power is not enough to support the visuals, games, music player
and the Blue tooth. Good thing is supported stereo Blue tooth head phones
but battery is not lasting for long.
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Reviewed by Aisling from Northern Ireland on 17th
Nov 2008
Brilliant phone! No Problems with it yet! Best phone i have ever bought!
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Reviewed by abbas from pakistan on 16th Nov 2008
nokia is the doing very well job in my country pakistan
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Reviewed by Robert from Scotland on 10th Nov 2008
Good phone but the camera is not perfect. First one I got had little
dots all over the screen in camera mode..sent back and the replacement
has same problem, minor issue but annoying.
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Reviewed by REHAN from PAKISTAN on 5th Nov 2008
GOOD PHONE BUT THERE IS LITTLE PROBLEM IN SPEAKERS. OVERALL NIC DESIGN.
GRAB IT.
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Reviewed by Ryder from England on 22nd Oct 2008
SIKKK PHONE
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Reviewed by beliiam from china on 19th Oct 2008
This phone rocks, but i brought a nokia 6500 classic and it beats it
so buy dis or buy da ova one or u missin out blood
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Reviewed by Gargoyle from Ukraine on 19th Oct
2008
This phone is very good. i like it =]
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