Nokia 5140i
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- wilson
- PUF
- 12 Jan 2006
what distance can this phone really fall from and is the camera quality good
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- Jen
- m9P
- 10 Jan 2006
NOKIA - WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR GOOD NAME?? I have the same problem as MICK posted on 2005-12-28 00:09. I have my NOKIA 5140i for 3 months now and, like most, it works well as a phone. I just bought a brand new 5140i GPS Xpress-on Shell which is really worse than useless, no word for it. It comes with GPS software which is slow to work because the receiver seems very weak. The Map travel guide software is the final insult to injury and human intelligence. ie it doesnt work. Period!! If nokia can ship something like this, then it marks the beginning of their downhill slope.. Com'n Nokia, save yourself,... how about getting an updated version of Travel Map, so all your costly GPS shell buyers will get what they paid for. Also if it works on GSM, it needs to be online, and hence costly to run and it sucks. If no one in Nokia can help, having used nokia for 15yrs think its about time I look to the competition.!!
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- Ryo Kawasaki
- Sk2
- 09 Jan 2006
I’ve waited almost a year and half to see if any enhancements are being developed on 5140 initial release, and here we go with better graphics and other minor enhancements on this cute 5140i, with much cheaper price, it is about $190 where I live in Estonia.
What do I need other than this 5140i can provide nowadays as mobile phone? I can log in to all my web mails such as hotmail, yahoo mail, G mail or whatever as well as pay my bills by this phone using WAP/GPRS without any glitch in any location support this function paying by no EXTRA CHARGE to the current carrier EMT in Estonia, if you’re not, simply you’re living somewhere behind the current technology can possibly offer in your life. Just log on to http://mobile.website.com , or in some cases it could be https://mobile.website.com using 5140i and that’s all you need to do, and see what happens.
It has very useful Flashlight, Compass, Thermometer, Calendar, FM radios to make sure that you’d be never put in situation to the total blackness, 5140i can at least be able to orient you no matter where you’re or ended up with on this planet, so I’d recommend it to you at least to check it out and feel it out. Oh, I’ve forgotten to mention it’s capability to deliver photo or Video clips (up to 15 sec or so) via mms to any email addresses without using PC on the spot using mms. It is nothing spectacular about it if you already have high quality Digital Camera or Video recorder to deliver the same without using PC. Nevertheless, I found it as quite handy feature that I can deliver such captures to any email address as I feel like it without transferring such images or clip to PC, and you also can use literally any midi or mp3 files as for your ring tone or alerts for receiving any messages. Remember that Bluetooth is not supported, but so what? I can easily transfer any files in between PC and 5140i using basic USB port, or IR on PC using simple cable cost about 5 bucks or nothing for IR :)
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- Mick
- m9Q
- 28 Dec 2005
I purchased this phone just before Xmas. As a phone I have no complain. Keypad is a OK, cant complain these days, if we want things compact as well. Very stylish. Nice and loud loud speaks, and its feature packed. even sound meter and thermometer. Could even be better if it has a barometer also to . No bluetooth, but it has the GPS shell enhancement which I purhcased for GPS and Satellite Navigation which is automatically downloaded on installation. The GPS works well, but the signal is slow to pickup. To me the Travel Guide ( map navigation) is worse than useless so far. I have spent 2 weeks contacting all Nokia websites, telmap ( its software people), and O2 UK,, done and repeated all the settings 100 times, and the Travel Guide ( nav map system ) cant connect, with " Error cannot synchronise with remote server ". Shame all these people tend to know very little and kept passing the buck..It would be nice to hear from anyone who has managed to get the Travel Guide working.. Something like this should be made quite simple to setup without going into complex settings. Not everyone likes to spend a lot of time doing trial and error if a product is good...
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- robin
- MSR
- 27 Dec 2005
I've currently got the 5140 and about to upgrade. The logical choice is the 5140i but I am reluctant to do this as the only difference I can see is more colours on the screen? Does anyone have any other suggestions for a water and knock resitant mobile phone??
Thanks
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- steve
- S9a
- 17 Dec 2005
well i have sat and read all the comments on here with a bemused expression. I hope to provide a usefull insight into the merits of the phone. First if all, i am neither a builder not a outdoor sports fanatic. i just wanted a phone that was well built and i like the feel of the rubber, simple as that! The screen is not as good as a 6230i. but it has its own charm and with the orange menu background looks really nice. To aid visibility i dont have a wallpaper, just white back ground with orange signal and battery indicators. Simple and cool. Okay plus features - the blinking light is usefull not just for locating your phone in the dark, but also it flashes a different pattern if you have missed a call or have a new message, which is handy if you want to glance over to your phone without having to get up and press a key to activate the backlight. And of course its handy to have the flashlight light to, another small feature i found very very handy is the fact that when you write a text message, email, sms, etc and select the send button, instead of having to go through your whole address book you can choose "recently used" which displays your last 10 or so message recipents, which is a lot quicker...and was a feature i missed while i had a 6230i for a while. I also like the sound quality that the rubber case seems to have on the acoustics of the ring tones and loudspeaker function, i found the 6021 and 6230i a bit tinny compared to the 5140i. The radio is also very good. I had a choice to make between this and the 6230i having bought both phones at the same time. yes the 6230i has more functions, but the charm of the 5140i won it over for me. And lets be honest once we have played with all the toys. most of use just want a small light weight phone that is easy to use and navigate and easy to text with, and i would guess that 98% of people mainly use phones for this purpose.
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- rob
- P5r
- 16 Dec 2005
hey i just bought the nokia 5140i and i cant work out how to set up gprs and mms!! Ive rang customer service like i did with my old phone to get it to work but it still wont connect to the internet or send/recieve mms. can anyone pls let me know if they have managed to get their mms and gprs working on their nokia 5140i. plz anyone
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- kiwi
- N7a
- 10 Dec 2005
excellent phone,resisted a 20ft fall without ascatch or even turning off
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- Natasha
- iUX
- 09 Dec 2005
i heard that this phone is water prove and shock prove. is it true ? pls let me know.
kabeerayesha@yahoo.com
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- melanie matthews
- BwW
- 27 Nov 2005
very good phone for the building trade
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- Chanel
- mCT
- 23 Nov 2005
hi guys does any1 no if this phone has bluetooth?thanks!
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- rajender singh
- Pxx
- 22 Nov 2005
good
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- Anders
- m}F
- 17 Nov 2005
Better buttons and display on the next phone please Nokia!
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- VODACLONE
- Mx@
- 12 Nov 2005
The 5140i still has the sound meter on. I have this h/set not that impressed as keypad difficult to use and the quality of the display is poor.
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- ~Andy~
- PP@
- 12 Nov 2005
They took the sound meter off the new model. Does anyone know why??
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- Nathan
- PZj
- 08 Nov 2005
Ive had the 3200 for almost 12 months and it has started playing up on me so i decided to buy a new phone. i was looking around for 6020 but couldnt find it and then i bought this phone...Best descicion i made. Was gonna buy SE W800i but that can wait till nxt yr..gr8 phone for anyone (im 15) and i recommend this phone...battery life sux but thats ok
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- GranG
- 5F{
- 07 Nov 2005
I like Nokia
I utterly dislike this phone
You cannot see the screen 60% of the time... terrible.
The buttons are really hard to press (always press the one next to it)
Why bother with the camera... it is very poor
the sound quality on my handset is very poor.
The handsfree earphones are very uncompfy on my ears.
The battery life is average. The phone is durable.... but way too expensive... I would have been much happier with any other phone... and I have had plenty of Nokia's this one SUCK big time.
The guys that really like this phone, you can get it off me for 30% of the price - come on put your money where your mouth is... ;)
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- drkev
- mXU
- 06 Nov 2005
Do any networks actually support the push to talk feature? Does it actually work?
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- Orn
- PEm
- 05 Nov 2005
If u want better shock,water and dust resistant I suggest Go for the Siemens M75 It outclasses the 5140i more than a mile
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- fraserbaby
- Rn@
- 29 Oct 2005
aye peoples!!! this phone is a gooooooooood phone, especially if you're clumpsey...haha shock and water resistant..